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By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2014 - 4:06 pm
Above: A trailcam in Delaware County catches a nocturnal glimpse of an elusive wild boar. Photo taken in August 2013; courtesy of USDA APHIS.
A statewide ban on the hunting and trapping of feral swine -- also known as wild boars or Eurasian boars -- went... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2014 - 11:15 am
Above: A graphic from the National Weather Service in Binghamton, showing the flood watch area across upstate New York and Pennsylvania that is in effect Wednesday through early Thursday morning.
Heavy rains are in the forecast for eastern New York and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Apr. 29, 2014 - 3:25 pm
Above: An adult eagle and an eaglet in the bald eagle nest near the Gilboa Dam in Schoharie County. Photo via the NYC DEP's Flickr account.
For the second year running, a pair of bald eagles nesting near the Gilboa Dam has hatched a pair of fuzzy gray... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 28, 2014 - 12:35 pm
A 23-year-old East Meredith man who was arrested for allegedly trying to rob an auto scrap shop in Davenport has been charged with committing several robberies in Oneonta as well.
On Saturday, April 26, state police responded to a report of a robbery at... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 28, 2014 - 10:48 am
Above: Car theft suspect Brandon Rifenburg. Photo courtesy of the Ulster County Sheriff's Office.
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office waited eleven days to release the name of a suspect who was shot by police after a car chase through several towns. But on... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Apr. 25, 2014 - 6:13 pm
A man was severely injured after losing control of his all-terrain vehicle on Route 10 just north of the village of Sharon Springs on Thursday, April 24, according to press releases from the Schoharie County Sheriff's Office.
The man, Franklin Butler of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Apr. 25, 2014 - 11:29 am
Above: Business owners discuss a proposed bed tax for Delaware County at a public meeting in Arkville on March 25, 2014. Photo by Julia Reischel.
The Delaware County Board of Supervisors took the first step towards levying a two percent tax on room and... Read more
By Julie McMahon on Friday, Apr. 25, 2014 - 8:21 am
Above: Where the Mattice home stood on River Street in Stamford, only the chimney is left standing. Photo by Nick Mattice.
As Nick Mattice jumped from the second story of the home he’d live in his whole life, the only thing running through his head was:... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2014 - 6:30 pm
Above: Photo of the Bull Run culvert passing under Main Street in Margaretville, the site of a proposed flood mitigation project that may be carried out with funds from the NY Rising program. Photo by Tetra Tech; from the Margaretville NY Rising Committee... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 23, 2014 - 9:04 am
Above: Police announce the arrest of 21-year-old Basheem Bennett for a 2 a.m. shooting at Murphy's Restaurant and Pub in New Paltz that left one man dead and a woman injured. Left to right: Lt. Perry Soule of the Ulster County Sheriff's Office, Chief... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Apr. 22, 2014 - 10:01 am
Nature's always close at hand in the Catskills, on Earth Day and every day. Photo by Kellsey Buerge; submitted to our 2014 Catskills Outdoor Guide Photo Contest.
Earth Day turns 44 this year. In cities across America, environmentally-minded citizens are... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Apr. 21, 2014 - 5:28 pm
Above: A goddess on an altar at the Maetreum of Cybele in 2010. Photo by Julia Reischel.
The question of whether a tiny Pagan group's Palenville headquarters qualifies for a religious tax exemption will be heard by the highest court in New York State this... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 21, 2014 - 1:56 pm
A South Cairo woman faces assault charges after a fight at the New Baltimore Best Western, in which police say she cut someone with a utility knife.
The suspect is 26-year-old Paula Werenczak, who has been charged with second-degree assault, third-degree... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Apr. 20, 2014 - 1:11 pm
A 2 a.m. shooting at Murphy's Restaurant and Pub, a popular Main Street pub in New Paltz, left one victim dead and another seriously injured, New Paltz police announced Sunday morning. The shooter is still at large.
The identities of the victims have not... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Apr. 18, 2014 - 2:55 pm
Above: A map of a proposed 11.5-mile walking and biking trail near the Ashokan Reservoir, on an Ulster County-owned railroad track that was once part of the Ulster & Delaware railroad and is currently leased to the Catskill Mountain Railroad. Map from... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Apr. 18, 2014 - 12:10 pm
Above: Katlynn Shamro models Margaretville's winning dress design at the competition in Saratoga Springs on April 10, 2014. Photo by Michele Dietz.
A team of high school fashion designers from Margaretville Central School took top honors at the New York... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Apr. 17, 2014 - 7:57 pm
A Level 3 sex offender from Walton who was found hiding in a Hamden garage earlier this week has been charged with removing a GPS device that tracks his location and committing several break-ins.
Police say 32-year-old John Cumo took off his GPS device... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 16, 2014 - 11:09 am
People across the Catskills awoke this morning to find April's first green shoots covered in snow. Above: A row of icicles that sprouted overnight from a Margaretville roof gleams under a dazzling blue sky. Photo by Lissa Harris.
According to snow reports... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 16, 2014 - 9:48 am
A driver fleeing police pursuit in a car reported stolen from a Marbletown home was shot by a police officer on Tuesday night, the Ulster County Sheriff's Office reports.
Around 10:40 p.m. on Tuesday, police say, Ulster County 911 received a call from a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Apr. 15, 2014 - 9:30 am
Above: Temperatures around upstate New York around 8 a.m. this morning, showing a cold front moving east across the region. The National Weather Service in Albany writes: "Current 8 a.m. temperature in Albany is 63 degrees while behind the cold front in... Read more
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