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By Robert Cairns on Tuesday, Jul. 28, 2015 - 3:36 pm
The New York State Fair has banned sales of merchandise bearing the Confederate battle flag, but the Delaware County Fair will not follow suit.
The flag, the best-known symbol of the southern rebellion in the U.S. Civil War, became more divisive than at... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jul. 28, 2015 - 7:13 am
A woman driving from the Bronx to the Delaware County village of Sidney was found with 499 bags of heroin when she was pulled over for a traffic violation on Saturday, July 25, police say.
Left: Sonia Ramirez. Photo via the Delaware County Sheriff's... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Friday, Jul. 24, 2015 - 12:51 pm
Above: Contractors work on the rehabilitation of Delhi's Kingston Street bridges. The bridges carry Route 28 over the West Branch of the Delaware River. Photo by Robert Cairns.
The mayor of the Delaware County village of Delhi says that work on the main... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Thursday, Jul. 23, 2015 - 5:17 pm
Above: A police officer making a drunk driving arrest. Photo by Flickr user Jeffrey Smith.
Delaware County will have a full-time prosecutor for Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) cases following action of the county's board of supervisors on Wednesday, July... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 22, 2015 - 4:46 pm
People riding ATVs on Post Hill Road in the Sullivan County hamlet of Mountaindale discovered the remains of a human body on Friday, July 17, according to the Times Herald-Record:
The remains of the body ... were so badly decomposed, all that was left... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jul. 21, 2015 - 9:57 am
Above: Adam Cross, left, the code enforcement officer for the town of Lexington, and Kim Do, a part-time Lexington resident who helped compose the "Broadband Anthem," at the Broadband Pep Rally on July 18. Photo by Julia Reischel.
A boisterous crowd of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 16, 2015 - 4:36 pm
A black bear cub that got its head stuck in a plastic jar was freed by Greene County DEC conservation officers after a four-hour stakeout in the Catskills hamlet of Palenville on June 30.
The cub, stumbling blindly with its head stuck in a large opaque... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Jul. 11, 2015 - 12:58 am
In one of his final acts as New York State's top environmental official, Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens acted on Friday to allow the long-awaited Belleayre Resort project in the Catskills to move forward.
In a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 9, 2015 - 9:47 pm
A second person has been charged in connection with a Tennessee man's plot to attack Islamberg, a Muslim community in the Catskills, according to federal prosecutors.
Robert R. Doggart, a 63-year-old former congressional candidate, was arrested on April... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Tuesday, Jul. 7, 2015 - 9:48 am
Above: Innkeeper Stacey Patch in the living area in one of the guest rooms at The Sherwood's Inn at Riverview. Photo by Robert Cairns.
To help ease an accommodations crunch in the midst of a Catskills tourism boom, buildings that house SUNY Delhi students... Read more
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