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By Anne Pyburn Craig on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013 - 10:00 pm
St. Valentine, it might be remembered, got into a heap of trouble for marrying couples in defiance of the government, which had decreed that young men remain single so that they’d make better soldiers for the state. No matter your feelings about Hallmark-... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013 - 1:16 am
New York State is slated to miss a key Wednesday deadline in the long march toward issuing regulations on hydrofracking.
State health commissioner Nirav Shah announced Tuesday, in a letter to Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) commissioner... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 - 7:58 pm
Above: A photo of Doyle at WIOX 91.3FM's studio in 2011. Photo by Simona David, via the WIOX Facebook page.
Terry Doyle, a Catskills reporter and radio show host who was a widely-known fixture of the local music community, died last week.
Doyle died... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 - 11:49 am
Photo of New York Cardinal-Archbishop Timothy Dolan, circa 2009. Via Wikimedia Commons.
On Monday, Pope Benedict XVI shocked the world by announcing that he would resign on February 28. As the New York Times noted in a front-page story, he will be the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 - 8:45 am
Weather advisories are in effect across the Catskills this morning, as snow and freezing rain make for a slick commute on local roads. The slippery stuff is expected to shift over to rain by noon.
The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 - 9:19 pm
Above: A Buddha looking serene this morning in Olivebridge under a new 6-inch cap of snow. Thanks to Dona Marie for the photo.
This morning, people around the Catskills were asking: Where's Nemo? The wrath of Friday's snowstorm spared us, for the most... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 - 10:05 am
Above: A snowstorm forecast from the Weather Channel broadcast on Thursday morning. From the Weather Channel's YouTube channel.
A nor'easter in the forecast for Friday and Saturday -- dubbed "Nemo" by the Weather Channel -- promises to bury upstate New... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 - 1:18 pm
Photo of Sean Eldridge taken December 14, 2012. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Sean Eldridge may be best known to the national press as "Chris Hughes's husband" -- the guy whose high-profile marriage to the wealthy Facebook co-founder and New Republic publisher... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 - 10:29 am
This letter was sent by Michelle Sidrane, the president of Fleischmanns First and the owner of the Breezy Hill Inn, to Olympic Regional Development Authority CEO Ted Blazer following his appearance at the Boiceville Inn in Olive on January 24, 2013. (See... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 - 10:17 am
Photo of NYC mail carrier by Flickr user Wayne Surber. Published under Creative Commons license.
By August, news outlets around the country are reporting, the U.S. Postal Service will put a halt to Saturday mail delivery in an effort to cut costs at the... Read more
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