Highland
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 - 9:10 am
That pink swath over most of the Northeast and Midwest? That's winter storm warnings, issued for a band of snow and sleet that's moving northeastward across the nation. Source: National Weather Service.
Skies over the Catskills are dazzling blue, but by... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 - 9:35 am
Left: David N. Reese, who was arrested and charged with murder in the 2nd degree after allegedly shooting a coworker at the DEP on February 3, 2014. Photo via the Kingston Police Department's Facebook page.
A 33-year-old Olivebridge man was fatally shot... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 - 9:39 pm
Fishing on the Pepacton Reservoir: Has that umbrella been steam-cleaned? Photo taken July 17, 2013; from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's Flickr page.
In the past few years, there's been a shift of attitude at the New York City... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 - 9:03 am
Above: A trailcam captures a nighttime view of a wild boar in Delaware County. Photo taken in August of 2013; courtesy of Justin Gansowski of the USDA.
This week, federal wildlife agents armed with cameras and sniper rifles are patrolling New York State... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014 - 11:21 am
Above: A screenshot from GoogleMaps showing the location of the Home nightclub at 3353 Route 9W in Highland, in the Ulster County town of Lloyd. The nightclub recently changed its name, and was formerly known as the Primetime.
A shooting at a nightclub... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jan. 24, 2014 - 7:42 pm
New York City's newly-inaugurated mayor, Bill de Blasio, made it clear he's opposed to hydraulic fracturing in New York State in a speech to fellow mayors in Washington D.C. on Thursday.
De Blasio told the U.S. Conference of Mayors that "the one thing I... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 - 1:55 pm
Above: Even in subzero weather, Roxbury looks picture-perfect. Photo taken Wednesday at sunset by Greg Henderson of the Roxbury Motel.
Above: It's a nippy 4.1 degrees right now on Belleayre Mountain, but the freshly-groomed corduroy looks pretty inviting... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 - 8:43 pm
Meet the elusive ice circle: An unusual ice formation that occurs on slow-moving water during intense cold weather. In the video above, posted today by the folks at the Woodstock Inn On The Millstream, a broad ice circle rotates slowly in the Millstream's... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 - 8:12 pm
Meteorologist Mitch Gilt of the National Weather Service measures snowfall in Binghamton after a recent storm. Photo from NWS Binghamton's Facebook page.
After three major storms in three years, New Yorkers are investing heavily in high-tech weather... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 - 5:51 pm
Above: New York State Agricultural Society President Diane Held congratulates Schoharie County farmer Richard Ball, recently appointed as New York State's new Commissioner of Agriculture, at the group's 2014 forum on New York agriculture. Photo from the... Read more
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