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By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2014 - 4:06 pm
Above: A trailcam in Delaware County catches a nocturnal glimpse of an elusive wild boar. Photo taken in August 2013; courtesy of USDA APHIS.
A statewide ban on the hunting and trapping of feral swine -- also known as wild boars or Eurasian boars -- went... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2014 - 11:15 am
Above: A graphic from the National Weather Service in Binghamton, showing the flood watch area across upstate New York and Pennsylvania that is in effect Wednesday through early Thursday morning.
Heavy rains are in the forecast for eastern New York and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 28, 2014 - 10:48 am
Above: Car theft suspect Brandon Rifenburg. Photo courtesy of the Ulster County Sheriff's Office.
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office waited eleven days to release the name of a suspect who was shot by police after a car chase through several towns. But on... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Apr. 22, 2014 - 10:01 am
Nature's always close at hand in the Catskills, on Earth Day and every day. Photo by Kellsey Buerge; submitted to our 2014 Catskills Outdoor Guide Photo Contest.
Earth Day turns 44 this year. In cities across America, environmentally-minded citizens are... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Apr. 18, 2014 - 2:55 pm
Above: A map of a proposed 11.5-mile walking and biking trail near the Ashokan Reservoir, on an Ulster County-owned railroad track that was once part of the Ulster & Delaware railroad and is currently leased to the Catskill Mountain Railroad. Map from... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 16, 2014 - 11:09 am
People across the Catskills awoke this morning to find April's first green shoots covered in snow. Above: A row of icicles that sprouted overnight from a Margaretville roof gleams under a dazzling blue sky. Photo by Lissa Harris.
According to snow reports... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 16, 2014 - 9:48 am
A driver fleeing police pursuit in a car reported stolen from a Marbletown home was shot by a police officer on Tuesday night, the Ulster County Sheriff's Office reports.
Around 10:40 p.m. on Tuesday, police say, Ulster County 911 received a call from a... Read more
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 - 2:03 pm
Above: Images from a photo gallery of arrests made during the recent URGENT investigation "Operation Spring Cleaning," posted on the Ulster County Sheriff's Office's Facebook page.
Over three dozen arrests were announced with great fanfare on Wednesday... 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
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