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By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015 - 5:21 pm
Above: Forecasted windchill temperatures for Thursday, Jan. 8, from the National Weather Service's Binghamton office.
Several Catskills school districts have announced delays for Thursday, Jan. 7 because of frigid temperatures expected on Wednesday night... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015 - 10:50 am
As Republican Congressman Chris Gibson was sworn into his third term in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, Jan. 6, he announced that it would be his last.
In a statement, Gibson said that he will step down from the U.S. House of Representatives at the end of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015 - 7:33 am
Above: Catskills icicles. Photo by Mark Zilberman, via the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
Hello 2015! We're back after a holiday break, just in time for winter to really sink its teeth into the Catskills.
The National Weather Service is warning that high... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Dec. 26, 2014 - 11:28 am
Above: Barnes Hill on a sunny fall day in 2014. Photo by Dennis Schevjda, via Flickr.
If the national travel press has anything to do with it, the Catskills will be flooded with tourists in 2015.
Two separate publications, Fodor's and Travel + Leisure,... Read more
By Christine Allen on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014 - 10:00 am
Thank you to all our customers and friends for the best year we
ever had.
Let’s embrace with love, hope, understanding, compassion and a kind word for those around us.
We are blessed.
www.lyonmountainbluebarnantiques.com
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014 - 9:46 am
Above: A Flood Watch is in effect for the eastern Catskills until the day after Christmas. Image via the National Weather Service in Albany.
It's going to be a rainy Christmas in the Catskills. The National Weather Service has issued multiple weather... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Dec. 22, 2014 - 9:04 pm
Above: The proposed route of the Constitution Pipeline in 2013. Via the Constitution Pipeline's website.
Since Dec. 12, the Constitution Pipeline has filed formal eminent domain proceedings against 55 landowners along the pipeline’s proposed 124-mile... Read more
By Christine Allen on Friday, Dec. 19, 2014 - 9:13 pm
Three of our finer pieces are ready for that Holiday giving.
- Engraved and painted wood panel manger scene 18 x 26
- Hepplewhite Mahogany Exquisite Chest of Drawersall Original brass pulls, the inside drawers are solid cherrya magnificent piece
- Very... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Dec. 19, 2014 - 12:35 pm
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is basking in the celebratory mood of his constituents this week. On Wednesday, Dec. 17, his administration announced that New York State will ban hydraulic fracturing natural gas drilling and also gave a green light to a casino resort... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014 - 12:00 pm
Above: Vendors set up at a Stamford holiday market in 2013. Photo via the Greater Stamford Area Chamber of Commerce's Facebook page.
Farmers and artisans will give you one last chance to buy Catskills-made local gifts this weekend in Stamford at a Holiday... Read more