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By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015 - 11:58 am
It’s town and county election day in the Catskills, and incumbents and would-be elected officials are squaring off in over 100 local races spanning Delaware, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster counties.
Many town supervisors, town councilors and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015 - 7:35 pm
Above: Kraft Macaroni and Cheese. Photo by Mike Mozart, via Flickr.
The Kraft Heinz Company, a giant food corporation that formed last summer when H. J. Heinz merged with Kraft Foods Group in a mammoth deal backed by Warren Buffett, will likely close a... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015 - 10:53 am
The Delaware County Board of Supervisors, without much fanfare, has updated the county's ethics policy, which has been the subject of much controversy this year.
The board, at a Wednesday Oct. 28 meeting, passed a resolution adopting “The 2016 Ethics and... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Friday, Oct. 30, 2015 - 6:32 am
Above: Leigh Melander, owner of a lodge in Fleischmanns, argued against a proposed bed tax during a public hearing on Oct. 28. Photo by Robert Cairns.
After a run-up of weeks and a public hearing held on Wednesday, Oct. 28, the Delaware County Board of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015 - 10:14 am
Above: KeyBank officials Charles Larsen and Jacquelyn Kahrs present a $2,000 check to Phoenicia Fire Chief Gary Carr. Photos contributed by Robin Kirk.
The staff of the KeyBank building that was gutted by fire in the Ulster County hamlet of Phoenicia on... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015 - 4:24 pm
Above: One of the many creepy scenes at Night Terrors Haunted Farm in Schoharie.
Halloween is this Saturday, Oct. 31, and the Catskills are celebrating with costume bashes, trick-or-treat events, zombies, witches and more. Here’s our five county guide to... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015 - 1:24 pm
Above: This artist's rendering shows what the proposed Delhi Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is expected to look like. The project includes a combination of renovation and new construction at the site of the former Delaware County Countryside Care... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015 - 11:41 am
Above: Mounted officers rode through obstacles during a demonstration of skills on Friday. Photo by Robert Cairns.
Delaware County has its first mounted police patrol since the 1980s.
Six members of a multi-jurisdictional force of cops on horseback... Read more
By Timothy Knight on Monday, Oct. 26, 2015 - 5:35 pm
Above: The Summit Shock Facility in the Schoharie County town of Fulton was closed in 2011. Photo via the New York State Office of General Services, via Flickr.
Over two dozen residents packed the Fulton Town Hall on Monday, Oct. 19 to express their... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Oct. 26, 2015 - 10:01 am
Above: Dennis Crowley, a founder of Foursquare, speaks at the Catskills Conf on Saturday, Oct. 24. Photo by Julia Reischel.
Luminaries in the tech world, including the founder of Foursquare and the managing director of Etsy, wore sweatshirts and flannel... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 23, 2015 - 10:26 pm
Above: An AMBER Alert for Walton resident Edna Cering and Sidney resident Michael Hazen. Source: Fox 5 News.
Update, Saturday, Oct. 24: The newborn has been located at the home of a relative and appears to be in good health, according to a press release... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 23, 2015 - 2:46 pm
Above: Gov. Andrew Cuomo riding a motorcycle through the Catskills. Photo via the governor's press office, via Flickr.
Riding on a motorcycle in a leather jacket through the peak of the Catskills fall colors, Gov. Andrew Cuomo led a procession of bikers... Read more
By Alan Via on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015 - 12:22 pm
Above: Hiking near the the Moonhaw on the Friday and Balsam Cap range in shoulder season conditions in 2012. Photo by Shirley LaPlante.
As October shoulders its way into November, the cool sunny days can easily lull us into a sense of comfortable... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015 - 11:23 am
Above: "Farmhouse Rules," a new cookbook by Nancy Fuller, who hosts a Food Network show of the same name.
Nancy Fuller, the host of the Food Network television show “Farmhouse Rules” and the owner of Hudson Valley food distributor Ginsberg's Foods,... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015 - 3:37 pm
Above: Wayland “Bud” Gladstone, left, and Ed Callahan participated in a candidates' forum on Sunday. The empty seats were reserved for candidates who did not show up for the event. Photo by Robert Cairns.
A candidates' forum drew 50 Andes residents to the... Read more
By Paula Ann Mitchell on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015 - 5:29 pm
Above: A Company 1 Production film crew setting up at a house in Saugerties on Monday, Oct. 19. Photo by Paula Ann Mitchell.
A film starring 1980s-era icon Molly Ringwald is shooting at locations around the Hudson Valley this month.
While the film’s... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015 - 11:13 am
Above: A black bear feasts on cherries in the backyard of a home on Broadstreet Hollow Road in Shandaken on Sept. 9, 2015. Photo by Christian Casals, submitted to our 2016 Catskills Food Guide Photo Contest, which is now closed.
We got a bunch of great... Read more
By Timothy Knight on Monday, Oct. 19, 2015 - 6:26 pm
Above: Gilboa Supervisor Tony VanGlad, left, accepting a check from Oorah Camp Director Avraham Krawiec in July 2014. Photo courtesy of the Schoharie News.
Schoharie County officials have denied an application from Oorah, a New Jersey-based nonprofit... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Friday, Oct. 16, 2015 - 2:54 pm
A local law to create a hotel and motel occupancy tax came a step closer to reality on Wednesday, Oct. 14, when the Delaware County Board of Supervisors scheduled a public hearing on the law to add two percent to the bills for overnight stays.
Wednesday's... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015 - 5:09 pm
Despite some initial opposition, a dairy goat farm has received a permit to operate a microcreamery and retail store in a long-vacant barn in the center of the Delaware County town of Andes.
Cyndi Wright, the owner of Dirty Girl Farm, received approval... Read more
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