Catskills
By Robert Cairns on Friday, Jun. 10, 2016 - 2:46 pm
Above: A donkey basketball game at Margaretville Central School in April 2015. Photo by Pauline Liu, via Facebook.
A once-popular fundraiser will not happen at Margaretville Central School this year.
Donkey basketball, which involves students and teachers... Read more
By woodstocklibrary on Thursday, Jun. 9, 2016 - 2:55 pm
By Robert Burke Warren on Thursday, Jun. 9, 2016 - 10:26 am
Above: The logo for "Taking Flight: Birding in the Catskills."
For over a century, birdwatchers have come to the Catskills to enjoy the staggering variety of feathered species on display. This weekend’s “Taking Flight: Birding in the Catskills,” held at... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 8, 2016 - 9:25 pm
Above: One of many depictions of the Onteora Indian at Onteora Central School. Photo via the Onteora Humans Rights Club.
At a meeting on Tuesday, June 7, the Onteora Central School District Board of Education voted 5 to 2 to change the school’s mascot... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 8, 2016 - 6:51 am
Above: Souvenir pennies made by the new machine in Phoenicia. Photo by Brett Barry.
Kitsch-lovers rejoice! You can squish one of four Catskills-specific designs onto a souvenir penny in the Ulster County hamlet of Phoenicia using a hand-cranked machine... Read more
By discomedusa on Tuesday, Jun. 7, 2016 - 10:56 pm
By Tobe Carey on Tuesday, Jun. 7, 2016 - 1:37 pm
By West Kortright Centre on Tuesday, Jun. 7, 2016 - 12:44 pm
By West Kortright Centre on Tuesday, Jun. 7, 2016 - 12:41 pm
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jun. 6, 2016 - 9:54 am
Above: Doug Senterman, the Catskills Program Coordinator of the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, cuts the ribbon on a new 0.5-mile trail at the Maurice D. Hinchey Catskill Interpretive Center. Photo courtesy of Doug Senterman.
On Saturday, June 4, a... Read more