Margaretville
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Jun. 12, 2012 - 2:22 pm
We've received a bunch of letters this month. Read them all in our letters section. To support the Margaretville American Legion Post's rebuilding efforts, send a check to American Legion Post 216, PO Box 41, Margaretville, NY 12455. -- Julia Reischel... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 31, 2012 - 11:54 pm
For years, the state-owned Belleayre Mountain Ski Center in New York's Catskill mountains was a playground for police officers and other “VIP” skiers who were allowed to ski for free at the discretion of Belleayre management.
Two years ago, Belleayre came... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 30, 2012 - 3:33 pm
For a story in today's paper, Wall Street Journal reporter Joseph Avila made the trek from Manhattan to Middletown to spend some quality time with one of the Catskills' most notorious movers and shakers: Dean Gitter, the developer who's been pushing for... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 29, 2012 - 1:59 pm
Via NY-Alert: There is a tornado watch on across northeastern New York and the Capital Region, including Greene and Schoharie counties, until 9pm.
The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Central New York that includes... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 25, 2012 - 7:58 pm
Above: Paul Rush, the Deputy Commissioner of the DEP, helps Jim Eisel, the Chair of the Delaware County Board of Supervisors, into a life preserver at the boat launch on the Pepacton Reservoir on May 24, 2012. Photo by Julia Reischel.
It's finally... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Wednesday, May. 23, 2012 - 4:08 pm
When is a fresh peach front-page news? When it's the first one for sale in town in almost nine months. Reader Sharon Skoble Goldstein took these photos today at the re-opening of Freshtown, a Margaretville supermarket that has been closed since the Irene... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 22, 2012 - 11:08 pm
One of the Freshtown's iconic wooden bears looks out over a row of grocery carts, lined up and ready for throngs of Margaretville shoppers to descend in the morning. Photo by Lissa Harris.
Margaretville's been waiting a long time for its grocery store to... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Tuesday, May. 22, 2012 - 4:00 pm
Tony Lanza, the longtime superintendent of the Belleayre Mountain Ski Center, was dismissed from his position today.
Belleayre Mountain is currently run by the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), which is preparing to hand over the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, May. 21, 2012 - 11:39 am
Above: A small customer visits the Cheese Barrel on its first day in its renovated old location, Saturday May 19. Photo by Julia Reischel.
The Cheese Barrel, a cafe and gourmet grocer on Main Street Margaretville, was inundated by Tropical Storm Irene's... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Friday, May. 18, 2012 - 6:26 pm
Above: Cycling on some Catskills roads. Photo via the Catskill Mountain Cycling Club Facebook page.
Cyclists who ride the Catskills know this is a perfect place to get on the bike for a quick 20-miler. And what better time to do it than this Memorial Day... Read more
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