Ulster County
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Apr. 26, 2013 - 10:34 am
Photo by Dan Century of cicadamania.com. Published under Creative Commons license.
Brood II: It sounds like a low-budget horror movie. But it's real, and it's poised to engulf the East Coast from Georgia to Connecticut, an onslaught of giant bugs that... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Apr. 25, 2013 - 9:48 am
Photo by Linda Law. Courtesy of the Center for Symbolic Studies.
C’mon out and frolic ‘round the Maypole. The Center for Symbolic Studies's annual Beltane festival, taking place this year on Saturday, April 27, regularly draws a crowd of over 1,000 to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 22, 2013 - 9:01 pm
Above: Video of Richie Havens performing "Freedom" at Woodstock in 1969.
Folk legend Richie Havens, who was the opening act at the 1969 Woodstock festival, died on Monday of a heart attack in his home in Jersey City. He was 72.
The Roots Agency, who... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 22, 2013 - 12:10 pm
Over the weekend, the Ulster County Sheriff's Office released an updated list of their top ten most wanted fugitives from justice.
The ten men on the list are wanted for a wide variety of alleged offenses: assault, larceny, welfare fraud, failing to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Apr. 19, 2013 - 4:23 pm
The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for Sullivan County, along with much of Pennsylvania, for Friday afternoon and evening. (Update, 9:30pm: The area is no longer under tornado watch.)
Sullivan County, along with the rest of the Catskills... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Apr. 19, 2013 - 1:42 pm
Photo by Flickr user Chris Costes; published under Creative Commons license.
Sharpen your No. 2 pencils, kids. This week, public-school students in third through eighth grade across New York State buckled down at their desks for the first round of tough... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Apr. 18, 2013 - 5:39 pm
Seeds of change, sprouting at last. Photo taken in a Catskills garden on April 17 by Julia Reischel.
The official Earth Day, April 22, falls on a Monday this year. Celebrations and events around the region are taking place this weekend, next weekend, and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 17, 2013 - 2:58 pm
Above: Scale model of the planned hotel and lodge buildings at Highmount -- part of the proposed Belleayre Resort project -- from a supplemental draft environmental impact statement released Wednesday by the DEC.
The long-planned Belleayre Resort project... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Apr. 16, 2013 - 11:54 am
Eighteen runners from the Catskills region -- Delaware, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster Counties -- were among those registered for the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15, where explosions killed at least three people and injured over 140.
The... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Apr. 16, 2013 - 11:24 am
Top: A photo by Amanda Lee Popp, which won an honorable mention in last year's Great Outdoor Experience Photo Contest.
The contest is now closed. Winners will be announced on May 28, 2013. Thanks!
To celebrate the 2013 Catskills Outdoor Guide that we'll... Read more
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