News
By WP Newsroom on Sunday, May. 30, 2010 - 1:36 pm
Sounds like a good time was had by all at the Tannersville Duck Race yesterday -- an annual event that, as of this year, now includes a Crazy Boat component. From the Catskill Daily Mail:
Among the more inventive boat designs were the Canoe Quack, a blue... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, May. 29, 2010 - 11:17 am
Summer may not officially be here until June 21, but Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of the season in the Catskills. In the town of Andes, on Route 28 in Delaware County, three new business ventures are debuting this weekend. We stopped in at... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 28, 2010 - 5:54 pm
Kingston's a tough town -- and with a massive federal crackdown on gang activity in Newburgh just wrapping up, locals are worried it could get tougher. But civic-minded residents are determined to fight back.
Yesterday, Kingston's energetic new... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 28, 2010 - 11:57 am
The legendary 80s band is playing a benefit for the Woodstock Day School at the Bearsville Theater tonight. In anticipation, the Daily Freeman interviewed Chris Stein, the band's guitarist:
The band’s connection to Bearsville comes from Stein, who lives... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 28, 2010 - 11:30 am
U.S. District Judge Lawrence Kahn just ruled that 100,000 state workers can't be furloughed and will get their raises, budget issues be damned. From the AP.
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 28, 2010 - 10:45 am
Featured in the NYT's real estate section this week: A converted church in Stamford, Delaware County, on the market for $168,000.
The sellers, an interior designer and a firefighter, spent 12 years of weekends transforming this once dilapidated 1850s... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 28, 2010 - 10:23 am
You know it's a political hot potato when legislators stay up all night. The New York State Assembly passed Gov. Paterson's keep-the-state-parks-open bill around 3am last night, according to WPTZ. The Senate is reportedly considering the bill right now.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 28, 2010 - 12:24 am
In the Catskills this weekend and have no idea how to celebrate Memorial Day? Here's our picks of the best of the weekend's parading, feasting, and memorializing.
Tannersville Rubber Duck Race & Crazy Boat Race
First, hundreds of rubber duckies go... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, May. 27, 2010 - 11:33 pm
A proposed resolution by Oneonta Democrat Richard Murphy, which would have called on the state to pass a moratorium on hydrofracking, has died in committee, the Daily Star reports. It's possible the bill could go back to the drawing board:
Murphy said he... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, May. 27, 2010 - 6:21 pm
John A. Sanzone Sr. allegedly used false mortgage documents to give himself a loan while he ran Catskill Mortgage in Stamford, NY. Via WBGH in Binghamton.
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, May. 27, 2010 - 5:47 pm
All week, there's been talk of a hail-Mary agreement that would manage to re-open the parks for Memorial Day. Now the AP reports that Gov. David Paterson says that there really is a deal:
Paterson said negotiations that ended early Thursday morning would... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, May. 27, 2010 - 1:04 pm
The Times Herald-Record documents that rarest of events: an apology from the New York City DEP to an upstate town.
"We forgot about Wawarsing," Paul Rush said at a meeting with homeowners and local lawmakers. "We should have been more connected. We should... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, May. 27, 2010 - 10:37 am
And a reality TV show is following their every move. Former drag queen Josh Kilmer-Purcell and his partner, Martha Stewart alum Brent Ridge, are starring in the Fabulous Beekman Boys, slated to air on Planet Green on June 16. The couple runs Beekman 1802... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, May. 27, 2010 - 10:18 am
The New York Times declared on Monday that Rosendale has reached a Brooklyn hipster saturation point. How can you tell? Maggie Gyllenhaal has been spotted there, as have "vintage clothes and skinny jeans." And there's one cafe, Market Market, that seems... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, May. 27, 2010 - 9:29 am
Small-town newspaper articles usually begin with a sober account of the news. But today, Windham Journal staff writer Michael Ryan broke the mold and decided to start an article about municipal improvements in the town of Ashland with a little more pow: ... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 26, 2010 - 11:27 pm
The Hudson Valley LGBTQ Center in Kingston is looking to hire a new executive director. Big Gay Hudson Valley has a job description:
This person will be responsible for overseeing all operations of the Center, working with the Board to expand and promote... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 26, 2010 - 11:09 pm
It's official: New piglets are cute as hell. Ulla Kjarval of Spring Lake Farm has the photographic proof.
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 26, 2010 - 10:54 pm
Youngsville resident Robert Roach allegedly tried to hold up a pharmacy in Jeffersonville this afternoon with a baseball bat, only to discover that he'd tangled with the wrong pharmacist. From the Times Herald-Record:
Deputies say that Robert Roach, 55,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 26, 2010 - 5:12 pm
It's been rough running a newspaper in the Catskills this week. A flaming power line took out the Daily Star's power for most of last night, causing significant delays to today's paper. The Star was able to report on its inability to report, however:... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 26, 2010 - 3:46 pm
The rear of the building at 2310 Bridge Street that housed the Cha Cha Hut was gutted by fire early this morning.
Just opened in January, the Cha Cha Hut in Roxbury was already well on its way to becoming a beloved local institution. But around 2am this... Read more
Pages
