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By Julia Reischel on Monday, Oct. 31, 2011 - 9:52 am
If you were affected by Tropical Storm Irene and live in the Catskills, today -- October 31, 2011 -- is your last chance to apply for federal disaster aid through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Phone lines will close at 10pm tonight. Call 800-... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011 - 9:01 am
Above: Snow and a downed tree blocking a road in Dutchess County last night. Photo by Steve Hopkins, via Facebook.
Well, that was something. Five to 10 inches of snow wet, heavy snow are blanketing the Catskills this morning after an overnight blizzard.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011 - 2:03 pm
Above: A map of the terrain Ryan Owens traveled through on his 6.5-mile walk from West Shokan to Denning while he was lost in the Catskills on October 28 and 29 with only a long-sleeve T-shirt and a bottle of water. To view Ryan Owens's walk in a larger... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011 - 8:56 am
2pm update: Ryan Owens has been found! Click to read our follow-up story.
1:30pm update: This story has been edited to remove a quote from Mauer. Martha Frankel reports from Shokan that the search for Ryan Owens continues this afternoon.
Original story... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 - 1:32 pm
The first snow of the season is already melting on lawns and plopping off tree branches in the upper elevations of the Catskills. But it looks like that was just a taste of what's in store for us: Tomorrow, the area could get six inches or more.
From the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 - 12:04 pm
Looks like winter is here for real: The higher elevations in upstate New York, including the tops of the Catskills peaks, are looking at a few inches of wet snow tonight.
The National Weather Service has also issued a hard freeze alert that covers Greene... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 - 11:29 am
Photo of wolf in Wolf Park, Battle Ground, Indiana by Flickr user sometimesong. Published under Creative Commons license.
It's official: Wolves are the new cougars.
A study published recently in Northeastern Naturalist, by Roland Kays and Robert Feranec... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 - 8:28 am
Dear Editor,
I am supporting Holley Carnright for District Attorney of Ulster County.
As our current DA, Holley Carnright has prosecuted over 18,000 cases and more than 100 individual members of street gangs in Ulster County. He has a 95% felony... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Oct. 24, 2011 - 3:42 pm
The Olive Meet-the-Candidates Forum at the Olive Town Meeting Hall, October 22, 2011. Photo by Julia Reischel.
About 40 Olive residents turned out on Saturday morning on October 22 to meet their candidates for various town offices at a candidates' forum... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 24, 2011 - 10:16 am
Governor Andrew Cuomo's office announced this morning that several members of his administration will be touring flood-damaged communities in upstate New York this week, beginning this afternoon.
Today, Lieutenant Governor Bob Duffy and Environmental... Read more
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