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By Julia Reischel on Monday, Sep. 28, 2015 - 12:52 pm
Above: Jay Ungar & Molly Mason perform "Ashokan Farewell."
It took Catskills fiddler Jay Ungar less than an hour to write "Ashokan Farewell," a haunting fiddle tune that has become an iconic folk song covered by legions of fans and memorably used by... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Sep. 25, 2015 - 12:20 pm
Above: A screenshot of the Duque famliy being interviewed on CNN.
When Pope Francis visits the Our Lady Queen of Angels School in Harlem today, Friday, Sept. 25, a family from the Delaware County village of Margaretville will be there to meet with him.... Read more
By Paula Ann Mitchell on Friday, Sep. 25, 2015 - 11:51 am
Above: Two of Steve Heller's robots welcome visitors to the Fabulous Furniture Pop-Up Shop at 40 Mill Hill Road in Woodstock. Photo by Karen Falch.
It’s a bit like the Prada Shop at Barney’s without all the haute couture garments, fragrances, footwear... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Sep. 25, 2015 - 11:28 am
A 60-year-old Jefferson man shot and killed a 43-year-old man in the Schoharie County town of Jefferson early on Thursday, Sept. 24 during a dispute in a home on Westkill Road, police say.
Left: Jack S. Macaluso. Photo via the New York State Police.
Jack... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Sep. 24, 2015 - 12:36 pm
A Roxbury man who has a history of threatening police and members of Delaware County's Department of Social Services was arrested again on Wednesday, Sept. 23 for allegedly threatening to kill his wife and 14-year-old daughter with a rifle, according to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Sep. 24, 2015 - 11:54 am
From left to right: Muhammad Muriel, Furman Gilmore, Michael Richardson and Jessica Richardson. Photos via the New York State Police.
A large heroin trafficking operation based in the Greene County town of Cairo was uncovered by police on Wednesday, Sept... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 23, 2015 - 3:06 pm
Above: Image by Flickr user Liz West.
Fields of cauliflower once lined the cool, wet hills of the Delaware County Catskills. The region featured perfect growing conditions for vegetable, which Mark Twain called "cabbage with a college education."
The... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 23, 2015 - 11:00 am
Above: Garlic grown by Grand Gorge Garlic and Maple. Photo by Julia Reischel.
Tens of thousands of people come to the annual Hudson Valley Garlic Festival in Saugerties every year to celebrate everyone's favorite clove. For two days this weekend, about ... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 22, 2015 - 9:12 am
Above: A man who reportedly tried to steal a 15-foot steel tank was caught when the tank crushed the bed of the pickup truck carrying it, causing some erratic driving. Photo via the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office.
A 33-year-old Glen Wild man bit off... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Sep. 21, 2015 - 2:35 pm
Above: The newly-renovated KeyBank building in Phoenicia reopens on Monday, Sept. 28. (A few finishing touches, including a metal handrail on the entrance ramp, will be completed by then.) Photo courtesy of KeyBank.
The KeyBank building in the Ulster... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Sep. 18, 2015 - 3:48 pm
Above: This photo, of a duck in Parksville, was taken by Chris Graham and won second place in the 2015 Catskills Food Guide Photo Contest.
The contest is now closed. Look for the print 2016 Catskills Food Guide next year for the winners! - Ed.
It's... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Sep. 18, 2015 - 11:07 am
Above: An historic marker for Blenheim's covered bridge in 2008. Photo by Jimmy Emerson, via Flickr.
After years of wrangling, historic preservationists have won their fight to build a replica of Blenheim's Old Covered Bridge, which was washed out in... Read more
By Timothy Knight on Thursday, Sep. 17, 2015 - 10:16 am
Unless something drastic occurs in the next three months, homeowners in Schoharie County may be facing a possible property tax increase of eight to nine percent next year, according to budget officer Bill Cherry.
Citing the expenses of the newly created... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 16, 2015 - 12:50 pm
A John Lennon scarecrow, above, stands watch over Bovina Farm Day on Sunday, Sept. 6, one of the contestants in the festival's scarecrow contest. The Lennon scarecrow didn't win--that honor went to "Edgar Allen Crow," by Marni Greenberg, below. Photos by... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Wednesday, Sep. 16, 2015 - 12:32 pm
Above: Helene Angley, the winner of "New Faces of Comedy" Contest at this year's Woodstock Comedy Festival, will perform on Friday, Sept. 18 at the Kleinert-James Theatre in Woodstock. Photo via heleneangley.com.
The weekend of Sept. 18 through 20, the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 16, 2015 - 11:23 am
Update: 11:49 a.m. The alert for Louise E. Scheurich was cancelled at 11:49 a.m.
An 87-year-old Narrowsburg woman is missing after being last seen at 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 15 getting gas in Binghamton, according to the New York State Police in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 15, 2015 - 2:27 pm
The Walton Reporter has on-the-scene reporting from the Delaware County town of Colchester, where a tractor trailer apparently smashed into a home around 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 15. The driver of the truck has been injured, the paper reports:
A... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 15, 2015 - 2:11 pm
Police around the Catskills made a slew of drug trafficking arrests this past week, finding a secret marijuana grow house in Walton, 98 bags of heroin during a traffic stop in Saugerties, and a dealer who allegedly sold prescription medications from his... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Monday, Sep. 14, 2015 - 7:18 pm
Nearly 80 people gathered on a hillside in the Delaware County town of Franklin on Saturday, Sept. 12 to protest proposed natural gas pipelines and a planned gas compressor station. The site was chosen because it overlooks a field which is on the planned... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 14, 2015 - 5:41 pm
We're gearing up to publish the next edition of the Catskills Food Guide, our annual print publication devoted to local food, farms and dining in Delaware, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster counties.
A few things to look forward to in the 2016... Read more
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