Delaware County
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jan. 3, 2014 - 12:47 pm
Above: The view from the newly-opened Windfall trail at Windham Mountain, where about a foot of light, powdery snow fell during the recent snowstorm. Belleayre, Hunter and Plattekill are also rejoicing in a bumper crop of fresh powder.
Skies over the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014 - 4:47 pm
In a news conference this afternoon, Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared that several major roads in New York State would be closed late tonight because of the snowstorm bearing down on the Northeast.
In the Hudson Valley, I-84 will be closed to commercial traffic... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014 - 2:35 pm
Three local residents and a dog were drowned in two separate accidents in Delaware County this week, the New York State Police announced Thursday morning. In both incidents, the victims apparently fell through thin ice and succumbed to hypothermia.
The... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014 - 11:47 am
A snowstorm moving into upstate New York from the southwest is expected to dump heavy snow on the Catskills, starting this afternoon and continuing overnight.
A combination of heavy snow, blowing winds and subzero temperatures will make travel in the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013 - 11:33 pm
Above: A screenshot of the forecast hydrograph for the West Branch of the Delaware River in Walton, taken at 11:20 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 21.
The National Weather Service at Binghamton has issued a flood warning for the West Branch in Walton, effective... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Dec. 20, 2013 - 2:34 pm
Not-so-heavy industry: A Scottish Highland cow grazes in a Meredith farm field. Photo by Ulla Kjarval; republished with permission.
On Thursday, Dec. 19, the town board of Meredith passed a ban on heavy industry aimed at keeping hydrofracking out of the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Dec. 20, 2013 - 11:06 am
Above: Lucky Dog Farm Store in Hamden sells local groceries and serves lunch. Photo by Richard A. Smith.
In many ways, the Catskills region is the land that time forgot. Too rural to attract droves of big-box stores, and too stubborn to change fast, the... Read more
By Gloria Zola-Mulloy on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013 - 10:23 am
Chris Engel will open a show of his work, "Selections" with a party at Zoom Gallery on New Years Day from 3-5 PM. The gallery is proud to offer work by this distinguished artist who after studying at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013 - 11:10 pm
Soon to be seen in Margaretville? Photo of Best Western sign by Flickr user ninniane; published under Creative Commons license.
A long-planned transformation of the Margaretville Motel into a 62-room Best Western hotel got a major boost from New York... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Dec. 16, 2013 - 1:14 pm
Bob Ackershoek on the air at WIOX 91.3FM in 2010, when the radio station launched. Photo by Julia Reischel.
Bob Ackershoek, the host of the long-running "This is the Rock" radio show on WIOX 91.3FM and the co-owner of Cassie's Cafe in Roxbury, died on... Read more
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