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By Jennifer Strom on Tuesday, Mar. 4, 2014 - 4:17 pm
Above: Slickepott's Pam Lamont and Betty Acre Farm's Aissa O'Neil talked up their products at the Pure Catskills booth at a New York City trade show on Monday afternoon. Photos by Jennifer Strom.
For three days this week, you could sample Slickepott... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014 - 11:26 am
Top: Bill Pullman with Jessica Vecchione, the founder of the Catskill Mountains Film Festival. Photo by Riikka Olson, via the CMFF Facebook page. Above: Bill Pullman explains his relationship to the Catskills. Video shot by festival founder Jessica... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 - 12:47 pm
The Boiceville branch of Community Bank, at 4141 Route 28, was robbed on Wednesday morning, according to a report from the Daily Freeman.
The bank -- formerly a branch of the Wilber National Bank, a company that was acquired by Community Bank in 2010 --... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 - 11:20 am
A 13-year-old girl from the Wawarsing hamlet of Greenfield Park is missing and may be in Kingston, Kingston police announced Thursday.
Shamara Shante Sterling was reported missing by her family on Monday, Feb. 17. She was last seen at a friend's home on... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 - 11:52 am
Above: Snow falling thick and fast at 11:40 a.m. in Margaretville at the WP HQ.
This winter isn't over yet. The National Weather Service in Albany is predicting that a "quick burst" of 1 to 3 inches of snow will fall in the eastern Catskills this... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 - 11:05 am
Above: New DEP commissioner Emily Lloyd and New York City mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday in the Blue Room at City Hall, where de Blasio announced the appointment of Lloyd and two other city administrators. Photo courtesy of Mayor de Blasio's office. ... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014 - 4:31 pm
Photo illustration. The reservoir in the background is the Pepacton in Delaware County; photo by Timothy Cox, shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group pool.
A union representing about 200 watershed police working for the New York City Department of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014 - 2:49 pm
1. We heart art. On Valentine's Day, meet and mingle with the artists in permanent residence at the Woodstock Commons, a new affordable-housing center for artists, seniors and working families. "Share The Love," a gallery show featuring the artists'... Read more
By Jennifer Strom on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 - 9:59 pm
Beers of the Catskills: There's plenty to choose from. Photo from the Facebook page of Cave Mountain Brewing Co. in Windham, whose proprietors are planning to expand into wholesale.
Craft beer drinkers of the greater Catskills region, rejoice: many new... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 - 2:36 pm
With a snowstorm approaching the Catskills region, Trailways New York has cancelled all service on several routes that go through the area for Thursday, Feb. 12. Many other routes throughout upstate New York are also cancelled or are operating on a... Read more
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