Catskills
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Nov. 27, 2015 - 9:45 pm
Above: "Islamberg: A Muslim Community in the Catskills." A video produced by Jessica Vecchione of Vecc Videography in partnership with the Watershed Post. We take a look at how the small religious community of Islamberg has dealt with threats from people... Read more
By woodstocklibrary on Friday, Nov. 27, 2015 - 4:00 pm
If interested, fill out the application available as a PDF (http://www.woodstock.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/filling_vacancy_board.pdf) or in the library at the Circulation Desk. Please submit the completed application to the Library Director. Search... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015 - 10:26 am
Photo by icoNYca, via Flickr.
As the fourth Thursday in November rolls around, we gather in a spirit of gratitude for our mountain peaks and sparkling creeks, our deer and raptors and black bear, and for each other. Here are some places to feast among... Read more
By woodstocklibrary on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015 - 5:04 pm
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015 - 10:13 am
Above: Mama's Boy Market in Phoenicia. Photo via the Mama's Boy Facebook page.
Mama's Boy Market, the funky little coffeeshop in the heart of the Ulster County hamlet of Phoenicia, will close on Monday, Nov. 30, according to owner Michael Koegel.
"We... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015 - 7:47 am
Above: Maureen Wacha of Walton, a motel owner, spoke against the Delaware County bed tax at a public hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 24. Photo by Robert Cairns.
Those who pay for overnight stays at hotels, motels and other lodging establishments in Delaware... Read more
By Rebecca Andre on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015 - 6:57 am
Above: Photo by Kevin Chang, via Flickr.
Today—Saturday, Nov. 21—marks the beginning of rifle season in the Catskills. Rifle hunting season runs through Dec. 13, which means that hunters and hikers need to be share the woods safely during this... Read more
By Alan Via on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015 - 4:56 pm
Most people have never heard of Catskills trails with names like Venus' Bath, Countryman Kill Falls, Moonshine Ridge, Lover's Loop, Yankee Smith and Rip's Ledge.
All of them are seldom-hiked unofficial trails that begin on private land owned by the Winter... Read more