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By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 2, 2010 - 11:17 am
Today's Daily Star takes up a vexing problem: The county fair is getting old. Really old.
Many of the directors of the county fairs in Chenango, Delaware, Otsego and Schoharie counties and the town fair in Afton have served for years. There are between... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 2, 2010 - 10:29 am
Supposedly, Sullivan Co. was supposed to launch a new, one-stop-shopping website for all of the minutes of meetings held by county and county-funded organizations yesterday. But I can't find any sign of one. Anyone else know if that site ever went live?
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 2, 2010 - 10:19 am
A woman stranded in the middle of Morningside Lake yesterday in Fallsburg was in the middle of being rescued by a park staffer when both were struck by lighting. Both are reportedly in critical condition -- according to the Times Herald-Record, lifeguards... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010 - 11:59 am
According to a press release issued on July 20, Sullivan County is launching a special website today that will publish the minutes of county meetings. In the statement, County Manager David P. Fanslau says that the move is designed as a service for county... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jul. 30, 2010 - 1:29 pm
It's that time of year again: The much-anticipated Schoharie County Sunshine Fair starts today and will be running all week. With a rodeo, demolition derby, tractor pulls, show animals and a giant Ferris wheel, the Sunshine Fair is about as innocently all... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jul. 30, 2010 - 11:49 am
A blue-ribbon draft horse at the Schoharie County Sunshine Fair.
Wondering what to do this weekend in the Catskills? Here our are picks:
Schoharie County Sunshine Fair
Schoharie County's annual fair doesn't fool around. It starts today with harness racing... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 29, 2010 - 3:41 pm
Daily Freeman reporter Jay Braman Jr. writes that the dream of making Route. 28 through Delaware and Ulster counties into a revenue-generating scenic byway might be dying. The idea, championed by a group called the Central Catskills Collaborative, sounded... Read more
By Simona David on Wednesday, Jul. 28, 2010 - 2:32 pm
Bob Ackershoek, the owner of Cassie's Cafe in Roxbury, in his role as the co-host of a '70s rock show on WIOX.
Right before Labor Day, a corner of Delaware County will be getting its very own radio station.
WIOX, which will be heard on 91.3 FM, will... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 28, 2010 - 12:22 pm
It's turning into an awful week for teen drivers in the Catskills.
First, there was the fatal ATV accident on in Palenville on Monday that killed 15-year-old Michael White and 17-year-old Jennifer O'Brien.
Then yesterday, 17-year-old Natalia Gorgen was... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jul. 28, 2010 - 12:20 pm
A tomato plant showing the early signs of late blight infection.
Bad news, gardeners: Late blight, which cut a swath of destruction across the Northeast last summer, is back in upstate New York again. Cornell Cooperative Extension sent out a press release... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 27, 2010 - 1:08 pm
The Daily Freeman reports that the town's plan is to buy the massive bluestone sculpture for $800,000 of grant money, and then turn the site over to a private commission to run it without spending taxpayer funds.
Deputy Supervisor Fred Costello Jr. said... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 27, 2010 - 12:35 pm
Michael White, who was in 10th grade at Catskill High School, was killed last night in a Palenville accident involving an all-terrain vehicle, according to the Daily Mail and WNYT. Jennifer O’Brien, a 17-year-old, survived but is critically injured.
WNYT... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 26, 2010 - 1:04 pm
A genealogy junkie named Alanna just made a shocking discovery in her family tree:
Joseph Wood in a suspected fit of suspected rum induced jealousy killed his wife with a hatchet ... My GrGrGr Grandfather murdered his wife….my GrGrGr Grandmother. I... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 26, 2010 - 12:27 pm
Clark Richters of the Kingston News Blog reports that Kingston Area Public Access is facing a shutdown over three months' unpaid rent at their studio, in the Seven21 Media Center.
Just a few months ago, Roll Magazine wrote of a glowing future for the up-... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Jul. 25, 2010 - 10:46 am
Michael Koegel, who launched the new Phoenicia eatery "Mama's Boy" over Memorial Day, got an ecstatic review in the Daily Freeman this week. But one thing he said sparked a retort in the comments section:
I wish Mr. Koegel great success, but to say there... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Jul. 25, 2010 - 10:25 am
David Knudsen, who chronicles the Sullivan County real estate market on his blog, has a provocative proposal for Sullivan County. Instead of striving to fulfill the second home dreams of the "arugula and goat cheese set," he writes, Sulllivan County... Read more
By wateradmin on Saturday, Jul. 24, 2010 - 10:03 pm
Left to right: Erica Mahlkuch, Luc Moeys and Nina Paturel.
Luc and Nina are at it again. Woodstock residents Luc Moeys and Nina Paturel, that is. With their newest venture, Yum Yum Noodle Bar, the duo behind Cafe With Love and Oriole9 are now joining... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jul. 23, 2010 - 4:16 pm
All children living in a U.S. school district, regardless of their immigration status, are entitled to a free public education. So why are New York State school districts requiring parents to show visas, green cards or Social Security numbers to register... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jul. 23, 2010 - 3:57 pm
On Tuesday, Linda Borghi's feud with her Shawangunk neighbors over her Walker Valley biodynamic farm intensified when Ulster County legislators declined to grant her an agricultural exemption to the local zoning laws.
Pointing out that two other farms... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jul. 23, 2010 - 3:32 pm
...and it's quashed pretty fast. But it generated this lovely little haiku of a newspaper story:
Two out-of-state women were cited for disorderly conduct mid-day Thursday after they staged a protest about President Barack Obama on post office property... Read more
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