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By Julia Reischel on Thursday, May. 28, 2015 - 4:27 pm
A vacant ice cream parlor in the Greene County village of Tannersville has reopened as Mama’s Boy Burgers, a roadside grab-and-go eatery serving 26 flavors of custard and local grassfed hamburgers.
The restaurant, which has indoor and outdoor seating and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 27, 2015 - 2:00 pm
This Saturday, the Hanford Mills Museum in East Meredith is launching a new festival, the Build-Fix-Grow Festival, to celebrate “the ingenuity and creativity of the past and the present."
The festival offers an odd and appealing combination of museum... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 27, 2015 - 11:51 am
A 24-year-old Coxsackie man resorted to cemetery desecration when he needed some extra cash in April, according to a press release from the New York State Police.
Kristopher K. Komaromi stole multiple concrete flower planters from grave sites in Coxsackie... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 26, 2015 - 4:51 pm
A 32-year-old man died and his 12-year-old passenger was seriously injured after their motocycle crashed head-on into a car in the Greene County town of Athens on the morning of Saturday, May 23, according to a press release from the New York State Police... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 26, 2015 - 4:28 pm
A 36-year-old Long Island man died instantly after he crashed an ATV into a creek in the Delaware County town of Tompkins on Sunday night, May 24, police say.
Keith J. Stratton of Bellmore, New York had been at a family party on Apex Road that evening,... Read more
By Alecia Lynn Eberhardt on Tuesday, May. 26, 2015 - 2:48 pm
Greg Wilhelm, who just completed his last semester at SUNY Cobleskill, is not your typical recent college grad. As he finishes his bachelor’s degree in business administration, he is starting a real business: Royal Meadery, which is on track to open in... Read more
By Alan Via on Tuesday, May. 26, 2015 - 12:00 pm
A great Catskills trail is hiding in plain sight in the Pine Hill Wild Forest of Shandaken, just off of Route 28. Turn onto Matyas Road and follow it to its end to get to Rochester Hollow, a treat for hikers, snowshoers, skiers, birders, photographers,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 22, 2015 - 9:19 pm
The print 2015 Catskills Outdoor Guide has hit the streets!
This year, the guide features articles about waterfall hikes in the Catskills, courses in wilderness survival, a survey of the best local endurance races, a guide to kid-friendly and accessible... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 22, 2015 - 9:19 pm
Above: A fold-out set of Catskills Outdoor Maps comes in the middle of every 2015 Catskills Outdoor Guide.
The Catskills region is remote and rural — and it’s a big place. To help you navigate it, we’ve created a couple of visual guides to the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 22, 2015 - 8:54 pm
Above: "Ashokan Reservoir" by Mark Miller, the grand prize winner of the 2015 Catskills Outdoor Guide Photo Contest.
It's Memorial Day weekend, and our print 2015 Catskills Outdoor Guide has hit the streets! Copies are waiting at dozens of locations... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 22, 2015 - 8:27 pm
Above: The Roosa Gap brush fire burns on the Shawangunk Ridge on Tuesday, May 5 as onlookers watch from Thornton Road in Wurtsboro. Photo by Michael Wentland.
An 18-year-old Wurtsboro man has been arrested for setting fires in the Sullivan County town of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 22, 2015 - 7:54 pm
Above: Trout are thrown from a bucket into the East Branch of the Delaware River on Thursday, May 21. Photos by Burr Hubbell.
Even the fish are getting ready for the first big weekend of the summer season in the Catskills.
Burr Hubbell sent us these... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 22, 2015 - 7:25 pm
A 25-year-old Virginia woman died and her three passengers were injured when she crashed a car on I-88 in the Delaware County town of Sidney on Wednesday, May 20, police say.
Ericka Sa-Keema, of Lorton, Virginia, was driving a 2002 Ford east on the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 22, 2015 - 12:46 pm
Sunrise this morning -- Friday, May 22 -- marked the beginning of the boating season on four of New York City's upstate reservoirs in the Catskills: the Cannonsville, the Neversink, the Schoharie and the Pepacton. Boating on the reservoirs is allowed... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, May. 21, 2015 - 4:40 pm
On Tuesday, May 19, the Ulster County Legislature voted 17 to 6 to endorse a deal between the county and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection to build an 11.5-mile hiking, walking and biking trail along the northern shore of the... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, May. 21, 2015 - 10:34 am
Above: Princesses in Liberty's 2014 Memorial Day Parade. Photo by John of Catskills Photography, submitted to the Watershed Post Flickr pool. This year, Liberty's parade takes place on Monday, May 25 at 10:30 a.m.
Ah, Memorial Day: a bittersweet tang,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 20, 2015 - 2:54 pm
Above: Woodstock resident Joe Ali, third from right, was saved by first responders from Woodstock Fire Department Companies 4 and 5 after he went into cardiac arrest in December 2014. Ali was reunited with the people who worked to save him at Ulster... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 19, 2015 - 4:10 pm
Posted by Scott Trueblood on Thursday, March 26, 2015
Above: A photo of Scott Trueblood hang gliding, posted on his Facebook account.
A hang glider with a newly minted pilot's license died after crashing into a mountain in the Ulster County town... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, May. 18, 2015 - 9:28 pm
Above: Video taken at a press conference held in Binghamton on Monday by the Muslims of America, residents of the Tompkins community of Islamberg. Video shot and edited by Jessica Vecchione of Vecc Videography.
From February to April of this year, Robert... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 15, 2015 - 4:28 pm
Above: Cupcakes at the Gardiner Cupcake Festival. Photo via the Gardiner Cupcake Festival website.
Ever since 2009, lovers of cupcakes have gathered in Ulster County for the annual Gardiner Cupcake Festival.
Now in its sixth year, the festival attracts... Read more
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