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By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011 - 9:16 am
No, that's not a miniature town in a train set. It's Delhi, seen through the lens of local photographer Vala Kjarval, who took this photo a few days ago.
Kjarval has an eye for finding a startling perspective on familiar objects and landscapes. You can... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011 - 4:44 pm
Photo: 2010 Delaware County Fair from above. From delawarecountyfair.org.
The Delaware County Fair in Walton got off to a muddy start yesterday, but a little rain can't spoil the county's biggest, loudest, stickiest, most gloriously carnivalesque event of... Read more
By wateradmin on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011 - 1:10 pm
Last week's Olive Town Board meeting occurred in the wake of a contentious public meeting about the new Town of Olive comprehensive plan. Our Olive government correspondent, Cindy Johansen, videotaped both meetings. This video, divided into seven... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011 - 12:52 pm
Just a quick note to report that tonight is the Shandaken Democratic caucus. It's taking place at 7pm at Glenbrook Park on State Route 42. (In a hat tip to Tom Rinaldo, we're running the lovely photo of the donkey above to complement his photo on last... Read more
By wateradmin on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011 - 12:13 pm
That’s a question I asked myself nine years ago when I first moved to Shandaken. Back then, I foolishly assumed that a giant mother company named Trailways owned all the Trailways buses nationwide. As we all know, assumptions can get you in trouble. That... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011 - 11:55 am
Last Saturday, the little Delaware County town of Andes came alive with the rat-a-tat of marching drums and the plunk of banjo strings, as the annual Community Day parade wended its way down Route 28. And then the festivities really got underway. (It's... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011 - 9:22 am
Ulster County will be making some tough budget decisions this fall, the Daily Freeman reports:
In a memo to Legislator Richard Gerentine, chairman of the county Legislature’s Ways and Means Committee, Budget Director Arthur Smith said that earlier... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 15, 2011 - 8:56 pm
This just in from the Phoenicia Observer:
Shandaken and Phoenicia are experiencing power outages that started at 1900 hours (7pm) due to a transformer fire located on Rdy Frank Rd, in Shandaken. NYSEG is working on the sitation and a time frame for the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 15, 2011 - 5:41 pm
Photo of the Fleischmanns theater in 2009 by Doug Kerr, via Flickr.
A dispute over the ownership of the Fleischmanns movie theater has finally been resolved, leaving the village of Fleischmanns in the movie business.
In a decision issued last week, U.S.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 15, 2011 - 3:56 pm
The Catskill Scoop reported around 2:15pm that emergency crews were dispatched to Hasbrouck Road in the Sullivan County hamlet of Woodbourne, which had been completely flooded out. Their website has several photos of the flooded road.
According to the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 15, 2011 - 1:01 pm
YouTube video of JRunners' 2010 Brooklyn-to-Catskills relay.
The journey from Brooklyn to the southern Catskills is a well-worn annual migration route for the city's Jewish community. But this week, the regular schlep up to the green hills of Sullivan... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 15, 2011 - 11:41 am
11:40am update: The flooding on Route 212 has been cleared, according to NY-Alert and Tony Fletcher, who tweeted us the good news.
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 15, 2011 - 10:26 am
11:15am: Update from Kathleen Nolan, via Facebook:
When I drove by just before 9 am, the center Triangle formed by the intersection of Country Route 40 (Old Plank Road) and Route 212 was flooded -- I think that's the intersection you mean. A crew of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 15, 2011 - 8:33 am
The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a flood watch until 5pm today across western New England and eastern New York, including Greene, Schoharie and Ulster Counties:
Through This Evening * Locally Heavy Rain And Scattered Thunderstorms Are... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011 - 11:00 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.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011 - 2:09 pm
Photo by Flickr user Skånska Matupplevelser.
A local farming couple is planning to build a creamery in Delaware County, and hoping to bring the future of Catskills dairy farming with them.
By building the Kortright Creek Creamery, goat farmers Tom and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Aug. 12, 2011 - 9:23 pm
Photo of Perseid meteor shower by Flickr user Tommy Hyunh. Published under Creative Commons license.
On the off chance you're still on the Internet this fine evening, we suggest you get out, peer up at the sky, and get your fill of the August sky's most... Read more
By wateradmin on Friday, Aug. 12, 2011 - 3:48 pm
Dispatch from Shandaken #3: This is not a test. This is the real thing. Clementine is missing and probably is very scared, and her people, including two children, are worried sick over her. A $500 reward has been posted for her safe return.
This is also... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 12, 2011 - 1:05 pm
The Dancing Cat Saloon and the Catskill Distilling Company have been steadily building a distillery right across the street from Max Yasgur's historic Woodstock-hosting dairy farm in Sullivan County for about a year now. Tomorrow, owners Monte Sachs and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Aug. 12, 2011 - 12:22 pm
A 21-year-old man drowned yesterday afternoon in Mohican Lake, in the Sullivan County town of Lumberland, after jumping from a rowboat and attempting to swim to shore.
The Times Herald-Record reports:
The young man, who was with the group in the rowboat... Read more
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