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By Julia Reischel on Monday, Feb. 2, 2015 - 11:20 am
Above: A sheepdog guards its flock during a Catskills snowstorm on Monday, Jan. 2. Photo by Mark Zilberman, via Flickr.
After the fakeout from last week's snowstorm-that-wasn't, a foot of snow is falling across the Catskills today, Monday, Feb. 2. Many... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 - 12:23 pm
Above: Locally cured bacon from Fleisher's, the artisanal Catskills butcher shop that has outposts in Kingston and Park Slope, Brooklyn. Photo via the Fleisher's Facebook page.
Another downstate media outlet is tackling our question: Is 2015 the year of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015 - 12:16 pm
9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27: The travel ban in Ulster County (and in most other New York counties) has been lifted, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office:
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo this morning announced that the travel ban in the Hudson Valley (Dutchess,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015 - 4:58 pm
Above: Projected snowfall totals in the Catskills and Hudson Valley by Hudson Valley Weather.
Update, 1/26: We are tracking live updates on the progress of the storm through the Catskills and Hudson Valley. Click here to follow along.
The forecasters at... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015 - 3:53 pm
Above: Tyler Borchet, center, searches the driftwood pile at the Jan. 23 driftwood giveaway in Olivebridge. Photo by Julia Reischel.
Driftwood is the Catskills version of the iPhone -- people line up around the block to get it.
Hundreds waited in below-... Read more
By Pure Catskills on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 - 2:00 pm
Ohio native Marla Puccetti, who co-owns The Heron in Narrowsburg, NY with her chef/partner, Paul Nanni, grew up in the restaurant industry – her uncle ran a steakhouse and her father owned an Italian restaurant – but it was not the career path her family... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015 - 4:36 pm
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection is hosting an odd event this Friday, Jan. 23: A driftwood giveaway.
The DEP has a driftwood glut on its Ashokan Reservoir, one of the city's upstate lakes that supplies NYC's drinking water. A... Read more
By Margaretville Health Foundation on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015 - 3:47 pm
February would be, well.....January!
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By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015 - 5:43 pm
Above: Families board a Thomas the Tank Engine train in Kingston during a Catskill Mountain Railroad event in September. Photo via the Catskill Mountain Railroad Facebook page.
Ulster County is preparing to file more litigation in an attempt to evict... Read more
By Laney Salisbury on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015 - 12:22 pm
Above: A bear snacks on birdseed after smashing a bird feeder at a home in Andes in 2006. Photo by Peter Possenti (using a telephoto lens.) Used with permission.
The spot Tim Meservey found at the base of a tree early one Saturday morning in September ... Read more
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