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By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011 - 10:02 am
Monticello just lost one of its coolest attractions -- the indie-rock festival All Tomorrow's Parties, which was held at Kutshers Country Club for the past three years. This year, the festival's organizers told the New York Times on Tuesday, ATP will be... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Nov. 22, 2010 - 5:36 pm
Detail of this week's "Potshots" cartoon, by Gary Mayer. As anticipated last week, Governor David Paterson announced today that he has struck a deal with the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans to build a gaming resort in the hamlet of Bridgeville in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010 - 5:58 pm
Above and below: Sullivan County Sheriff's Deputies and State Police troopers pull over a few of the scores of high-performance cars that ripped through the speed limit this afternoon. Photo provided by NY State Police. This afternoon, local law... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 - 10:22 pm
We're covering today's flooding across the Catskills with lists of closings, photos, and your reports as fast as we can type them. Help us out: Email us photos or information about road closures and flooding, or post your info in the comments section... Read more
By wateradmin on Monday, Sep. 6, 2010 - 11:54 pm
Barry Thompson, a Boston-based music writer, has been filing dispatches from the music festival All Tomorrow's Parties throughout the weekend. Above, the band whose name the New York Times refuses to print plays "Twice Born." (Warning: We printed it, and... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, Sep. 5, 2010 - 10:18 pm
Barry Thompson, a Boston-based music writer, is filing dispatches from the music festival All Tomorrow's Parties throughout the weekend. It's totally not his fault all the bands here have F-bombs in their names. Above, Shellac performing at Kutsher's... Read more
By wateradmin on Saturday, Sep. 4, 2010 - 10:20 pm
Barry Thompson is a damn flatlander and a music writer from Boston. He shot this video of Iggy and the Stooges performing “Shake Appeal” at Kutsher's yesterday. He'll be filing dispatches from the music festival All Tomorrow's Parties throughout the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 2, 2010 - 12:26 pm
If you're one of the 2,000-odd partygoers headed for Kutsher's this weekend, we salute you. And if not, you had surely better have a good excuse. Indie music festival All Tomorrow's Parties, now in its third year, will be taking over the Monticello... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 - 10:26 am
Another ATV mishap, although so far, this one isn't fatal: 19-year-old Matthew Sanok was riding in the town of Thompson on Saturday when he hit a pile of rocks and was thrown from the vehicle, reports the Times Herald-Record.  Earlier: Catskill 15-year-... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 - 8:09 am
We all know that Kutsher's was a mecca for young comedians in its Borscht Belt heyday, but the Wall Street Journal has a fun article about how it also nursed the likes of Wilt Chamberlain and Mickey Mantle. For Wilt, who worked as a bellhop at Kutsher's... Read more

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