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By Margaretville Health Foundation on Friday, Nov. 6, 2015 - 2:32 pm
Department: MH Administration Schedule: Per Diem Shift: M-W-F Days (18 hour week) Weekends of Events (OT) Union: No Position Summary: The Margaretville Health Foundation Administrative Development Coordinator provides administrative, program, and mission... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015 - 9:16 pm
The polls are closed across the Catskills, and we're following the returns as they come in using our Storify widget, below. You can stalk your own results right along with us. Raw election results are being posted on the board of election websites for ... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015 - 4:24 pm
Above: One of the many creepy scenes at Night Terrors Haunted Farm in Schoharie.  Halloween is this Saturday, Oct. 31, and the Catskills are celebrating with costume bashes, trick-or-treat events, zombies, witches and more. Here’s our five county guide to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 23, 2015 - 2:46 pm
Above: Gov. Andrew Cuomo riding a motorcycle through the Catskills. Photo via the governor's press office, via Flickr. Riding on a motorcycle in a leather jacket through the peak of the Catskills fall colors, Gov. Andrew Cuomo led a procession of bikers... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015 - 4:21 pm
Above: Sugar maples. Photo by DeirdreLovesTrees, submitted to the Watershed Post Flickr pool. This is it: The peak of fall. Columbus Day Weekend is the biggest weekend of the year in the Catskills, the time when the leaves peak in glorious colors and the... Read more
By Margaretville Health Foundation on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015 - 3:00 pm
The Auxiliary of Margaretville Hospital and Mountainside Residential Care Center will again present the Harvest Moon Ball. An annual tradition which honors the Keene Roadman Volunteer of the Year will take place at Hanah Resort and Country Club on... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 2, 2015 - 2:22 pm
On Friday, Oct. 2, the Army National Guard removed a deadly pileup of logs from the Esopus Creek where 14-year-old Jordyn Engler drowned last month. A warning sign has also been installed, apparently in the last 24 hours, by the New York Department of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015 - 12:54 pm
For the first time since Sept. 5, when a family outing on the Esopus Creek turned tragic, Jeffrey Engler is speaking publicly about the accident that claimed his daughter's life. Fourteen-year-old Jordyn Engler's death, which occurred at the peak of... Read more
By Alan Via on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015 - 11:16 am
The annual Lark in the Park kicks off this weekend on Saturday, Oct. 3 and runs for a week through Columbus Day on Monday, Oct. 12. This annual celebration originated in 2004 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Catskill Park, and is an opportunity... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 30, 2015 - 2:06 pm
Over six inches of rain have fallen in the past day in the high peaks region of the Catskills, causing minor flooding in streams in Greene and Ulster counties on Wednesday, Sept. 30.  Schools in the Greene County town of Catskill closed early today, and... Read more

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