Greene County
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Apr. 28, 2011 - 9:23 am
A stretch of Route 23B in Cairo, by Flickr user dougtone. Published under Creative Commons license.
Unlike most upstate New York towns, the Greene County town of Cairo has never had zoning laws to govern where and how development is carried out. But for... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Apr. 28, 2011 - 8:27 am
Radar image of severe thunderstorms over eastern New York and Pennsylvania at 8:20am. Via the National Weather Service, Binghamton station.
It was a wild weather night for much of the Catskills region. Here in Andes, wind and rain reached a fever pitch... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Apr. 26, 2011 - 10:48 am
The Daily Mail reports that Bailiwick Ranch, a zoo in the town of Catskill in Greene County, lost a bunch of animals in a fire in the property's reptile house last night:
“It’s upsetting,” said Garry Koschitzki, the facility’s owner. “You come home and it... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 25, 2011 - 1:31 pm
In the Albany Times-Union today: The Irish American Heritage Museum, which has been a summer fixture in the Catskills town of Durham for 25 years, is moving to Albany and will be open year-round.
It's an exciting move for the museum, which up til now has... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Apr. 25, 2011 - 8:54 am
Greek-style yogurt with cinnamon. Photo by Flickr user thepinkpeppercorn.
On Saturday, the Daily Star ran a story about the odd phenomenon of yogurt companies taking our region by storm.
Chenango County, the paper reported, is home to not one, but two... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Apr. 15, 2011 - 3:09 pm
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation officers have set a large trap for the bear that knocked down a Cairo woman in front of her home earlier this week, the Daily Mail reports. The first bear that is caught in the trap will be killed,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Apr. 14, 2011 - 8:47 am
The Daily Mail is reporting this morning that a black bear cruising for tasty garbage attacked a Cairo women in her driveway yesterday afternoon. The woman, who is 53, hurt her back during the encounter, and was taken to Albany Medical Center for... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Apr. 13, 2011 - 1:57 pm
Onions v. corn: Which one can take the political heat? Photo by Flickr user Matthew Fugel.
Sometimes, even fruits and vegetables are political. Today's Daily Freeman features an update in an ongoing drama over where to locate the Catskill farmers' market... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Apr. 7, 2011 - 4:24 pm
The Maetreum of Cybele, in Palenville.
The town of Catskill is appealing a judge's decision that it may have discriminated against a group of pagans by refusing to grant them a religious property tax exemption.
According the the Greene County Clerk's... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Apr. 5, 2011 - 10:47 am
Four cops on a stakeout. Six suspects making a drop at a hidden stash. Eleven female victims.
Egg-laden female walleye victims, that is. The sordid tale of a big bust of poachers after spawning walleye unrolls like an episode of The Wire in Dick Nelson's... Read more
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