Eminence
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 6, 2013 - 6:00 pm
Above: A screenshot of a National Weather Service image showing the projected 5-day track of Tropical Storm Andrea as it moves up the East Coast, as of Thursday afternoon. For a current image, check the NWS's Tropical Storm Andrea page.
Heavy rains and... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 29, 2013 - 1:28 pm
To the editor:
We, the elected municipal officials of the Towns and Villages in Ulster, Greene and Delaware Counties, are writing to our regional media outlets, DEC and New York State officials in support of the Belleayre Resort at Catskill Park. We... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 28, 2013 - 10:02 am
This spring, Peekamoose Restaurant & Tap Room sponsored our Catskills-wide photo contest, in which over 60 readers from around the region sent us images of their favorite Catskills outdoor experiences.
After much deliberation, our seven-person jury... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 24, 2013 - 11:45 pm
Thanks to dozens of advertisers, our excellent freelancers and contributors, and a team of graphics and creative specialists, we've finished the 2013 Catskills Outdoor Guide.
Print copies hit the streets today, just in time for Memorial Day weekend. (Sure... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, May. 23, 2013 - 6:43 pm
Above: Hundreds of rubber duckies take to the waters of Gooseberry Creek in the Tannersville Rubber Duck Race & Crazy Boat Race and Festival on May 25. Photo via the Great Northern Catskills website.
Memorial Day weekend in the Catskills abounds with... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 22, 2013 - 2:20 pm
On Tuesday, May 21, New York State voters went to the polls to decide the fate of local school budgets and elect members to school boards.
Most budgets throughout the five-county Catskills region passed. A few were voted down, and will now have 30 days to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 22, 2013 - 1:33 pm
The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a tornado warning for south central Delaware County and northwestern Sullivan County, effective from 1:09pm to 1:45pm.
From a message posted on NY-Alert:
At 108 PM EDT...National Weather Service... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 21, 2013 - 1:53 pm
The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center has issued a severe thunderstorm watch, effective until 9pm, for 45 counties in New York State as well as northwest Connecticut, western Massachusetts, and southern Vermont.
The NWS warns that... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 17, 2013 - 10:39 am
Above: A screenshot of the USGS's "Did You Feel It" map for an earthquake that struck northwest of Ottawa on Friday morning.
Update, 10:43am: The USGS has revised their initial 5.0 estimate for the earthquake down to 4.4.
A 4.4 earthquake that struck... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 16, 2013 - 12:38 pm
State senator Cecilia Tkaczyk, an outspoken opponent of hydrofracking, is proposing new legislation that would prohibit out-of-state drillers from disposing of fracking waste in New York State.
On Wednesday, Tkaczyk held a press conference about the... Read more