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By Julie McMahon on Friday, Nov. 15, 2013 - 5:42 pm
Above: A Catskill Mountain Railroad train heads west to Phoenicia, for the first time since the 2011 Irene floods washed out part of the railroad's track. The railroad used ticket sales to fund the rebuild, since FEMA funding to repair the track is still... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013 - 9:27 am
Above: Prime Steakhouse & Spirits welcomes the Windham ski crowd. Photo by Jennifer Strom.
Let’s just pause for a moment and think a grateful thought about Catskills restaurateurs.
First of all, opening a restaurant anywhere takes guts. The effort and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 - 10:24 am
Above: Hot peppers come by the pint or the peck at Shaul Farms in Middleburgh. Photo by Richard A. Smith.
Buying Catskills foods year-round is like being on a 12-month-long scavenger hunt. One farmstand has the heartiest greens and another specializes in... Read more
By Jennifer Strom on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013 - 1:16 pm
Foods of the Catskills, styled and shot by Toni Brogan and featured on our Catskills Food Guide cover.
Everybody eats. Whether at our kitchen tables, at a fancy restaurant or out of a car cupholder on the daily commute, every meal we eat represents a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013 - 6:31 pm
Above: Democratic supervisor Marge Miller and Republican challenger Nelson Delameter, of the Delaware County town of Middletown. In unofficial results from the county Board of Elections, Delameter bested Miller by just 22 votes.
Most of Tuesday's races in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 - 10:30 am
The results of Tuesday's local elections are in -- some expected, some surprising, and some still hanging in the balance as absentee ballots that could decide close races continue to roll in. We posted highlights from local races live on Twitter Tuesday... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Nov. 4, 2013 - 12:04 pm
Listen to the pumpkin. Photo by Flickr user Tanner Lovelace; published under Creative Commons license.
In small-town America, odd years are where the political action is. On Tuesday, November 5, New York State goes to the polls to elect local officials.... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Friday, Oct. 25, 2013 - 11:28 am
Above: Pumpkins at Sunfrost Farms in Woodstock. Photo by Flickr user Kat Stan; published under Creative Commons license.
Halloween may not formally arrive until next Thursday, but celebrations of ghoulies and ghosties and all manner of beasties are in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013 - 4:29 pm
November 5 is coming up soon, but if you're still on the fence about who you'll be voting for, it's not too late to do a little pre-election research. On Saturday, October 26, voters in the Ulster County towns of Olive and Shandaken will have a chance to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013 - 12:41 pm
Above: A white-tailed deer browses at the shore of the Ashokan Reservoir. Photo by Flickr user Ken Ficara; published under Creative Commons license.
Local hunters, New York City wants your help: The burgeoning deer population around the Ashokan Reservoir... Read more
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