Greene County
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011 - 1:32 pm
This Saturday, do as the pagans do and head to the hamlet of Palenville in Greene County to celebrate all things witchy. Organized by Palenville's resident priestess, Cathryn Platine, and her religious order, the Maetreum of Cybele, Pagan Pride Day will... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011 - 12:00 pm
A Catskill man who allegedly fired a few shots through a front door in a dispute with his girlfriend has turned himself in, according to the Greene County Sheriff's Department. The Daily Mail reports:
Jeremy Lee, 35, was arrested Sunday after police... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011 - 5:01 pm
Photo of new Ashland wastewater treatment plant courtesy of NYC DEP.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today that a new sewage treatment plant in the Greene County town of Ashland is complete.
The plant will serve 90... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011 - 12:42 pm
Photo of Mountain Jam 2011 by Peggy Fusco. From the Mountain Jam Facebook page.
The town of Hunter is riled up about the level of police presence at Hunter Mountain's annual Mountain Jam music festival. Local elected officials paid the Greene County... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011 - 10:53 am
Do you enjoy watching mud-covered contestants leap over pits of fire en-route to glory, accolades and booze? The Warrior Dash, a 3-mile race, obstacle course, and after-party on Windham Mountain, had got your number.
Warrior Dash racers are a hutzpah-... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011 - 9:14 am
According to a news report by Cyclists International, 20-year-old Colby Samstag, a junior at the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the university's cycling team, was severely injured in the Tour of the Catskills race on Sunday.
The website... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 - 6:29 pm
AT&T announced yesterday that they've just flipped the switch on a new cell tower on Route 23 between Prattsville and Ashland, in Greene County:
"More than ever before, customers look to wireless communications to stay in touch with family, friends... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011 - 1:08 pm
Image by Flickr user Samantha Manton.
Say it ain't so, New York Times "Our Towns" columnist Peter Applebome! Not only are you jumping on the "Hudson Valley/Catskills is the new Brooklyn" bandwagon, but you're doing it with an enormous 2,553-word NYT... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011 - 4:57 pm
Tomorrow, some 800 cyclists will descend on Greene and Ulster Counties for the fourth annual Tour of the Catskills, a three-day road race that spans nearly 200 miles and draws both amateur and professional cyclists from far and wide. The race will kick... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011 - 4:03 pm
Above: Arm-of-the-Sea Theater, which will perform this weekend at the Batavia Kill Stream Celebration.
For those who might not know what, exactly, the "kill" in Catskill stands for, there's a whole festival happening this weekend that will cement the... Read more
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