Livingston Manor
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 - 1:56 pm
On his way from Montreal to a sold-out show at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, Justin Bieber made an unscheduled stop in the Catskills. The Bieb tweeted:
when your bus breaks down in the middle of the catskill mountains... #notswaggy
— Justin Bieber... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 - 11:12 am
On Thursday afternoon, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation unveiled its latest set of proposed regulations to govern hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. The new proposed regulations replace an earlier set of draft regulations,... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 - 3:37 pm
Above: Santa pays a pre-Christmas visit to the annual Woodstock Holiday Open House in December 2010. Photo by Julia Reischel.
Shopping small and local for the holidays will get you a whole lot more than a warm fuzzy glow of political rectitude. It’ll get... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 - 9:26 am
Above: The Hoos building in Livingston Manor on Wednesday, November 21, the day after it was destroyed by fire. Photo by Kurt Knuth.
Right before Thanksgiving, a devastating fire destroyed the historic Hoos building in the center of Livingston Manor. The... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 - 10:50 am
Above: Morning light shows off the early-winter snow on the flanks of Hunter Mountain today. From Hunter's Facebook page.
The Catskills high peaks got a pretty dusting of snow this week, and local ski resorts are poised to take advantage of it. The... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012 - 12:45 pm
Above: Livingston Manor's Main Street sporting Christmas decorations on Wednesday, November 21, the day after a fire destroyed four beloved local businesses. Photo by Lisa Lyons, via the Morgan Outdoors Facebook page.
Like the Whos down in Whoville, the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012 - 4:46 pm
Above: The Livingston Manor Fire Department responds to a fire after an explosion at the Lazy Beagle, a restaurant at 2 Pearl Street in Livingston Manor. Photo taken at 4:10pm; reproduced with permission from the Liberty Independent. The Indy also has... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 - 9:39 am
On Friday morning, the Federal Emergency Management Agency opened three centers in Sullivan County to help local residents who were affected by Sandy with the process of applying for federal aid.
The centers are located in the towns of Liberty, Bethel and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012 - 1:11 pm
Above: A Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York truck makes a local delivery in Kiamesha Lake soon after Sandy's arrival in the region, October 31, 2012. Photo by John of Catskills Photography; shared in the Watershed Post Flickr group pool.
Good... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 - 10:35 am
Sullivan and Ulster counties are on a list of New York State counties declared eligible for individual aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, along with the lower Hudson Valley and New York City metropolitan area.
Both counties have also asked... Read more