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By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 14, 2014 - 9:23 am
A 59-year-old Gardiner man who fired a gun near people on his neighbor's property held police at bay through the night on Friday and into Saturday morning, barricading himself in his house on Route 44/55 and refusing to come out.
Police responded to a... Read more
By Jenna Scherer on Friday, Apr. 11, 2014 - 3:23 pm
Above: Jason Hackenwerth's Aviary in its original form, as a one-night installation made for a gala at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan. Photo by Kristopher McKay.
Latex balloons are generally considered to be more the stuff of children’s... Read more
By Jennifer Strom on Thursday, Apr. 10, 2014 - 12:21 pm
At the annual TAP New York fest, New York State craft brewers showcase a wide variety of local beers, from crisp lagers and hearty ales to rich, malty stouts and porters. Photo courtesy of Hunter Mountain.
There are lots of reasons to celebrate craft beer... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 9, 2014 - 4:53 pm
It's a familiar story in small-town America: Little community bank strikes a deal with a giant national corporation, and suddenly there's a new logo on your local bank branch.
Only this time it's the other way around. NBDC Bank -- also known as the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 9, 2014 - 2:51 pm
Should you write "butt" in a newspaper? Mid-Hudson News is doing it. Help us, AP Stylebook.
A 20-year-old Windham woman has been jailed on charges that she stabbed her live-in boyfriend in the aforementioned bit of his anatomy -- the right buttock, to be... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 9, 2014 - 2:03 pm
Above: Images from a photo gallery of arrests made during the recent URGENT investigation "Operation Spring Cleaning," posted on the Ulster County Sheriff's Office's Facebook page.
Over three dozen arrests were announced with great fanfare on Wednesday... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Apr. 8, 2014 - 1:53 pm
Above: Members of the Denning Zoning Board of Appeals consider a wind turbine variance on February 25, 2014, before postponing the vote to March 25. From left: John Barnum, Mark Boncek, Frances Chewiwi, and Archie Ackerly, Jr. Photo by Julia Reischel. ... Read more
By Jacob Pucci on Monday, Apr. 7, 2014 - 5:35 pm
Above: Delaware Phoenix began with absinthe and has recently expanded into whiskey. Photo by Jacob Pucci.
Delaware Phoenix Distillery grew out of a personal hobby and an 8-gallon still.
Proprietor Cheryl Lins, a pioneer among upstate New York spirits... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Apr. 4, 2014 - 4:08 pm
Above: The Phoenicia Library under construction. Photo by Nancy Howell.
Spring in the Catskills means new sounds in the landscape: the patter of raindrops, the tweeting of songbirds, and the sweet, sweet sound of hammers on nails. This season brings a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Apr. 4, 2014 - 12:10 pm
You Catskills folks are a talented bunch.
Sixty-five of our readers submitted photos to our 2014 Catskills Outdoor Guide Photo Contest before the deadline last night at April 3, 2014, and they're breathtaking. Check them out in the slideshow above or in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Apr. 3, 2014 - 10:18 am
Above: Panelists at last year's Woodstock Writers Festival. Photo by Dion Ogust.
Now in its fifth year, the Woodstock Writers Festival kicks off tonight with four days of workshops, story slams, and panels that put writers, readers and bibliophiles... Read more
By Jennifer Strom on Thursday, Apr. 3, 2014 - 8:35 am
Above: The view from the table at Heather Ridge Farm. Photo by Jennifer Strom.
Owner Carol Clement calls her place “centrally isolated” at the top of Scott Patent mountain in the southeastern corner of Schoharie County. The location makes a visit there a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 2, 2014 - 12:38 pm
Post by Schoharie Co. Fire Wire & News.
Above: Photo from the scene posted on Facebook by Schoharie Co. Fire Wire & News.
A 47-year-old woman threatening suicide, and splashing herself and her home with gallons of gasoline, triggered a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Apr. 2, 2014 - 9:44 am
Above: “Two Boys and a Dog in East Meredith” by Cindy Dunne, the second-place winner of last year's Catskills Outdoor Guide photo contest.
Update: The contest is now closed. Winners will be announced on May 27, when the 2014 Catskills Outdoor Guide hits... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Apr. 1, 2014 - 4:03 pm
Above: Delaware River July 2013, by Jody Bryant, an entry in our Catskills Outdoor Guide Photo Contest. (The deadline to enter is Thursday, April 3.)
Today is the first day of fishing trout fishing season in New York State, one of the first true signs... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Apr. 1, 2014 - 11:32 am
Above: The Java Lounge, an upstairs café at Joshua's, overlooks Tinker Street in Woodsock. Photo courtsey of Joshua's.
It’s an exciting time for the Catskills restaurant scene. In the past few years, the area has launched many new restaurants. (For a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Mar. 31, 2014 - 7:18 pm
Above: A Lenco armored state police vehicle brought in to assist with a situation on Route 212 on Monday, in which police crisis teams arrested a woman who was armed with a handgun and threatening suicide. Photo from the Woodstock Fire Department's blog.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Mar. 31, 2014 - 11:53 am
A head-on collision between two BMWs on Route 9W in Highland claimed two lives early Saturday morning. The crash, which was widely reported by local media outlets, shut down 9W for hours.
Today, the Town of Lloyd Police Department identified the two... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Mar. 30, 2014 - 10:25 pm
Roads in the higher elevations of the Catskills are dangerously slick tonight, especially in the western Catskills counties of Delaware and Sullivan, where the National Weather Service's Binghamton office has issued a special weather bulletin about bands... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Mar. 29, 2014 - 3:39 pm
A mix of heavy rains in the forecast, late-spring snow still clinging to mountain slopes, and still-frozen ground could be a recipe for flash flooding in the Catskills region Saturday night through Monday, forecasters warn.
Heavy rain is expected to move... Read more
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