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By Julia Reischel on Friday, Sep. 25, 2015 - 12:20 pm
Above: A screenshot of the Duque famliy being interviewed on CNN.
When Pope Francis visits the Our Lady Queen of Angels School in Harlem today, Friday, Sept. 25, a family from the Delaware County village of Margaretville will be there to meet with him.... Read more
By Alan Via on Monday, Aug. 24, 2015 - 2:04 pm
The trailhead for beautiful Andes Rail Trail hike is located on County Road 2 (also known as 266 Depot Street) at the edge of the Delaware County hamlet of Andes. The attractive Andes Rail Trail and Train Depot sign surrounded by gorgeous flowers herald... Read more
By Paula Ann Mitchell on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015 - 4:26 pm
It was sometime in the late 1980s when one of Martin Millman’s longtime customers called to say that he was on his way to the Phoenicia Pharmacy to pick up his EpiPen prescription.
The man had just gotten stung by a bee, and every second counted.
“The... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Jul. 11, 2015 - 12:58 am
In one of his final acts as New York State's top environmental official, Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens acted on Friday to allow the long-awaited Belleayre Resort project in the Catskills to move forward.
In a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 24, 2015 - 12:49 pm
Above: Catskills v. Hamptons T-shirts on The Graham & Co.'s Instagram page in 2013.
The "Year of the Catskills" continues: On Tuesday, June 23, the New York Post's Page Six gossip column quotes an "NYC nightlife guru" as saying that, yes, the... Read more
By Alecia Lynn Eberhardt on Tuesday, May. 26, 2015 - 2:48 pm
Greg Wilhelm, who just completed his last semester at SUNY Cobleskill, is not your typical recent college grad. As he finishes his bachelor’s degree in business administration, he is starting a real business: Royal Meadery, which is on track to open in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Apr. 30, 2015 - 4:38 pm
Saturday, May 2 is the “I Love My Park Day,” a day of outdoor cleanup and volunteerism sponsored by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the Parks and Trails of New York organization.
One of the woes of the Catskill... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Apr. 28, 2015 - 4:28 pm
Forty-two days after he was badly burned in an explosion in his garage in the Delaware County village of Margaretville, 72-year-old Glenford "Sandy" Scudder died of his injuries on Sunday, April 26 at Westchester Medical Center, according to an obituary... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2015 - 12:13 pm
Above: The Margaretville Motel, which was slated to receive $1.3 million from New York State after being developed into a Best Western hotel. Plans for the project are now uncertain. Photo by Julia Reischel.
Peter Molnar, a prominent local businessman who... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 26, 2015 - 4:20 pm
Along with maple syrup and the first red blush of buds on the mountainsides, spring is bringing a bloom of new publications devoted to covering the culture, arts and lifestyle of the Catskills — through the eyes of flatlanders.
These days, urbanites are... Read more