Delaware County
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 - 1:52 pm
Above: Yarns and knits from Tina Harp's Mountain Yarns shop in Margaretville.
Most folks have heard of the importance of eating local to support local farmers. But there's another side to Catskills agriculture: fiber and wool.
Eating local should go hand... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 30, 2013 - 1:08 pm
So that's how they pick those things up. Above: Lazy Crazy Acres, cow-to-cone gelato makers in Arkville, make hay while the sun shines.
Happy Monday, Catskills. We're just about at the midpoint of leaf turning this week, according to the foliage spotters... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Sep. 27, 2013 - 2:18 pm
Above: An Arkville Fire Department truck at the scene of a fire at Becker's Tire Service on Route 30 in Grand Gorge. Photo by Lissa Harris.
A massive fire that broke out just past midnight on Thursday night gutted Becker's Tire Service, a longstanding... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Sep. 27, 2013 - 11:52 am
Photo of empty post office box by Flickr user Bryan Alexander. Published under Creative Commons license.
In news, timing is critical. As the old reporter's saying goes: Yesterday's news wraps today's fish.
No wonder River Reporter managing editor Jane... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 26, 2013 - 10:36 am
Ride safe, Catskills: Two local skateboarders have collided with cars in the last week, one of whom was killed. Photo of Jart skateboard by Flickr user Steffen Ramsaier; published under Creative Commons license.
On Tuesday, a Long Island teenager on a... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Wednesday, Sep. 25, 2013 - 8:49 am
Nice cauliflowers, kid. Detail from a historical photo from the vault at the Central Catskills Chamber of Commerce, who have a bunch of wonderful photos from the heyday of the Catskills brassica boom on their Cauliflower Festival website.
Ah, cauliflower... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Sep. 24, 2013 - 11:58 pm
Above: Work begins in earnest at the Phoenicia Library this week, gutted by fire in March of 2011 and currently occupying a temporary space on Ava Maria Drive. According to a newsletter from library director Liz Potter, restoration work on the building is... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 23, 2013 - 9:48 am
Above: A video produced by Sean Eldridge's campaign, announcing the 27-year-old Democrat's bid for New York State's 19th Congressional district. Source: Eldridge's campaign website.
With the release of a campaign video Sunday, 27-year-old Democrat Sean... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 19, 2013 - 12:05 am
The Internet: It really is a series of tubes. Photo of data cable by Flickr user Arild Nybø; published under Creative Commons license.
A long-awaited project to bring high-speed broadband internet and cable televison to some of the most rural towns in the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 16, 2013 - 4:43 pm
Above: A document showing a roughly 1,200-acre parcel acquired by the state in Big Indian, near the Belleayre Ski Center. Source: DEC website.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation has announced that the agency has completed a proposal to... Read more
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