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By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Apr. 15, 2014 - 9:30 am
Above: Temperatures around upstate New York around 8 a.m. this morning, showing a cold front moving east across the region. The National Weather Service in Albany writes: "Current 8 a.m. temperature in Albany is 63 degrees while behind the cold front in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 9, 2014 - 4:53 pm
It's a familiar story in small-town America: Little community bank strikes a deal with a giant national corporation, and suddenly there's a new logo on your local bank branch.
Only this time it's the other way around. NBDC Bank -- also known as the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Apr. 2, 2014 - 9:44 am
Above: “Two Boys and a Dog in East Meredith” by Cindy Dunne, the second-place winner of last year's Catskills Outdoor Guide photo contest.
Update: The contest is now closed. Winners will be announced on May 27, when the 2014 Catskills Outdoor Guide hits... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Apr. 1, 2014 - 4:03 pm
Above: Delaware River July 2013, by Jody Bryant, an entry in our Catskills Outdoor Guide Photo Contest. (The deadline to enter is Thursday, April 3.)
Today is the first day of fishing trout fishing season in New York State, one of the first true signs... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Apr. 1, 2014 - 11:32 am
Above: The Java Lounge, an upstairs café at Joshua's, overlooks Tinker Street in Woodsock. Photo courtsey of Joshua's.
It’s an exciting time for the Catskills restaurant scene. In the past few years, the area has launched many new restaurants. (For a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Mar. 30, 2014 - 10:25 pm
Roads in the higher elevations of the Catskills are dangerously slick tonight, especially in the western Catskills counties of Delaware and Sullivan, where the National Weather Service's Binghamton office has issued a special weather bulletin about bands... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Mar. 29, 2014 - 3:39 pm
A mix of heavy rains in the forecast, late-spring snow still clinging to mountain slopes, and still-frozen ground could be a recipe for flash flooding in the Catskills region Saturday night through Monday, forecasters warn.
Heavy rain is expected to move... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Mar. 27, 2014 - 4:23 pm
A year after it was begun, a New York State program to help homeowners pay for damage inflicted by Irene, Lee and Sandy is coming to a close. The NY Rising Housing Recovery Program, which funds repair, mortgage assistance, flood mitigation and buyouts of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 27, 2014 - 12:22 pm
Above: The entries in the "traditional" category of the Fleischmanns First Maple Festival's annual Maple Bake-Off, which was held last Saturday. Photo by Michelle Sidrane.
The great thing about Maple Weekend is that it's actually two weekends.
Yes, you'... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Tuesday, Mar. 18, 2014 - 11:18 am
Above: Old-fashioned aprons hang in a Main Street window in Fleischmanns for the annual Maple Bake Off. Photo courtesy of Fleischmanns First.
The sights, sounds and smells of sap boiling in the sugarhouse mean that sweetness, like springtime, is just... Read more
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