Arts
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 25, 2011 - 4:35 pm
Martha Frankel, a Boiceville-based writer, artist and provocateur, shared some intimate memories of the late Elizabeth Taylor with the Daily Freeman this week. Frankel recalls that she met Taylor while strenuously trying not to offend her by making eye... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Mar. 24, 2011 - 1:34 pm
In upstate New York, March is dreary season: a month made of mud, sleet, damp, and forlorn hopes for spring. In Brazil, March is Carnaval: riotous color, parades, wild costumes, and the infectious beat of the samba. After months of winter, it hardly seems... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 21, 2011 - 1:30 pm
According to an article in the Patriot News last Thursday, the creekfront property that belongs to the family of anti-fracking crusader and filmmaker Josh Fox has been cited by Pennsylvania regulators for environmental violations. Fox is the director of... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, Mar. 20, 2011 - 8:50 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here.
Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years. Originally hailing from Detroit, he lived for many years in New... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 17, 2011 - 11:42 am
After a winter of designing and judging, the Central Catskills Collaborative has chosen a new logo for the newly-christened Catskill Mountains Scenic Byway, the stretch of Rte. 28 that runs from Hurley to Andes.
You can see the winning logo above.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2011 - 10:07 am
The Woodstock Times and WGXC have neat sports news his week: John Thorn, a Catskill resident and baseball history guru, has been appointed to the post of Major League Baseball's historian.
John Thorn's new bookThorn has experience pontificating about the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Mar. 13, 2011 - 12:47 pm
The SUNY Delhi ice sculpting team, with coach Thomas Recinella on the left. Photo by Julia Reischel.
Margaretville's Main Street was transformed into a festive frozen gallery yesterday, thanks to the talents of the SUNY Delhi ice sculpting team. Ice swans... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, Mar. 13, 2011 - 11:53 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here. (To see the cartoon in more detail, click the image.)
Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years. Originally... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Mar. 12, 2011 - 4:19 pm
Michael Koegel, owner of the Mama’s Boy coffee shop on Main Street in Phoenicia, is still a very fresh face in town. The former Manhattanite moved up to the mountains full-time to open up his shop just last year. But he’s already jumped into small-town... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 11, 2011 - 3:53 pm
Proof that it really is "two rocks for every dirt." Photo of workers digging up rocks on the Taylor farm in Stamford, circa 1950.
The Delaware County New York Geneaology and History website has just re-published, free of charge, the entire text of "These... Read more
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