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By John Phillip Tappen on Tuesday, Jun. 24, 2014 - 8:28 pm
State Police from Cobleskill arrested a 14-year-old Sharon Springs resident in connection with an April burglary.
According to Police, the teen broke into the Eclipse Overhead Door store, a garage door company on State Route 10 in Sharon Springs, and once... Read more
By John Phillip Tappen on Tuesday, Jun. 24, 2014 - 7:01 pm
Sullivan County legislators passed a resolution protesting the New York Secure Ammunition Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Act last week, according to the Times Herald-Record.
State departments that oversee enforcement of the SAFE Act had said “they plan[ned]... Read more
By Katherine Speller on Tuesday, Jun. 24, 2014 - 5:23 pm
Winners of the Upper Delaware BioBlitz photo contest will be recognized on Sunday at the Ten Mile River Camp in Tusten as part of the weekend-long event celebrating the biodiversity of the Upper Delaware watershed.
Out of a pool of 300 submitted photos,... Read more
By Jennifer Strom on Monday, Jun. 23, 2014 - 4:25 pm
For Catskills dairy farmer Shannon Mason, it all comes down to controlling her own—and her family’s--destiny.
Putting the fruits of her labor on a milk truck every two days meant surrendering to the economic realities of the commercial market, with its... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jun. 23, 2014 - 3:45 pm
The Schoharie Valley, at the northern edge of the Catskills, is still recovering from the ravages of Tropical Storm Irene, which submerged the valley and its fertile farmland in 2011. Out of that disaster sprang Schoharie Area Long Term Recovery, known as... Read more
By John Ferguson on Monday, Jun. 23, 2014 - 3:09 pm
Climb up and over the rocky Shawangunk Ridge to a spectacular vista overlooking the Hudson Valley. Meander along hundreds of miles of carriage lanes and trails through the Mohonk Preserve. Ride through rolling pastureland on 19th- century dirt roads,... Read more
By Katherine Speller on Friday, Jun. 20, 2014 - 5:22 pm
The Narrowsburg School building, vacant since 2005, has been sold to a developer who plans to turn it into a drug rehabilitation center. The school is the latest in a series of Catskills schools that have been shuttered and repurposed because of declining... Read more
By John Phillip Tappen on Friday, Jun. 20, 2014 - 1:05 pm
Above: Historians in Fenian uniforms from an event last fall. Photo courtesy of Sam Levitt.
For those who have never heard of the Fenian Raids, a piece of little known Irish history, they will be recounted this weekend at the Old Stone Fort Museum Complex... Read more
By Katherine Speller on Thursday, Jun. 19, 2014 - 3:50 pm
An Ellenville man was jailed after recklessly assaulting an infant, police say, leaving the child with a skull fracture and other injuries.
Thierry A. Owens, 21, was arrested on Wednesday and faces two felony counts of reckless assault of a child and one... Read more
By John Phillip Tappen on Thursday, Jun. 19, 2014 - 3:07 pm
Police have reported the discovery of skeletal human remains found Wednesday morning near Esopus creek in the Town of Ulster.
State Police Capt. Robert Nuzzo told the Daily Freeman the remains were found around 7 a.m. by a person cleaning the brush around... Read more
By John Phillip Tappen on Thursday, Jun. 19, 2014 - 1:42 pm
Above: The Clark House B&B Barn in Palenville, where the tattoo exhibition will be held as a part of the Palenville Hidden Gallery Walk. Photo by Allen Bryan.
The Palenville Hidden Art Gallery Walk will give visitors the opportunity to uncover art in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 19, 2014 - 12:56 pm
On Memorial Day, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) opened four of its Catskills reservoirs to recreational boating for the summer. We're partnering with the DEP and the Catskill Watershed Corporation on a brand-new Catskill... Read more
By Katherine Speller on Wednesday, Jun. 18, 2014 - 7:29 pm
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, one of the largest employers in Delaware county, will eliminate approximately 15 percent of the positions at their manufacturing and distribution plant in Hobart.
“Based on the ongoing evaluation of resources in Hobart,... Read more
By John Phillip Tappen on Wednesday, Jun. 18, 2014 - 2:11 pm
A storm with winds in excess of 60 mph that swept through Delaware County early this morning has left thousands without power, according to New York State Electric and Gas Corporation (NYSEG).
The storm was brief, beginning at midnight and lasting roughly... Read more
By John Phillip Tappen on Tuesday, Jun. 17, 2014 - 7:37 pm
Eric Webler pulled his buddy’s van into the McDonald’s parking lot and began editing what would become an award winning film.
“We’re amateurs,” Webler said. “We needed the wifi.”
Webler said he was 10 years old when he got his start in filmmaking after... Read more
By Katherine Speller on Tuesday, Jun. 17, 2014 - 6:07 pm
Although a summer evening stroll through a graveyard sounds like something straight out of “The Addams Family," the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown’s cemetery tours offer an educational twist on an otherwise spooky outing.
Held on Saturday,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 16, 2014 - 11:32 pm
Late on Sunday night, a massive propane explosion leveled a house on River Road in the Pennsylvania town of Damascus. Across the Delaware River, on the New York side, residents of the Sullivan County hamlet of Callicoon heard the blast and saw the flames... Read more
By Katherine Speller on Monday, Jun. 16, 2014 - 1:41 pm
The miles of trails that crisscross the Catskill Park would be in rough shape, if not for the volunteers that brave mud, weather, prickers and bugs every year to keep them in good condition.
This month -- just in time for National Trails Day -- those... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 13, 2014 - 3:33 pm
Bands of thunderstorms and heavy rain are headed eastward across western and central New York, prompting National Weather Service forecasters in Binghamton to issue a flash flood watch for south-central New York and the western Catskills.
Forecasters are... Read more
By Lillian Browne on Friday, Jun. 13, 2014 - 12:05 pm
Strapping on your hiking shoes isn’t the only way to see the Catskills: You can also hit the trail on horseback. Trail-riding companies operate throughout the region, and they offer an alternative way to enjoy the spectacular views and fresh mountain air... Read more
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