Delaware County
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 10, 2011 - 2:37 pm
We'll find out tomorrow whether the Delaware River Basin Commission will allow water from the Oquaga Creek, a trout stream that drains into the West Branch of the Delaware River, to be used in hydraulic fracturing projects in Delaware and Broome counties... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, May. 9, 2011 - 8:51 am
Laurie McIntosh, a musician, storyteller, and mom of two, spent Mother's Day on a mountainside in Andes, where, she emailed us, she found enough flowers to please any mama:
A Trout Lily and a sea of Spring Beauties, is what I found on Mt. Pisgah (aka... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 6, 2011 - 5:39 pm
Franz Liszt, the virtuoso Hungarian pianist and composer pictured above, would've turned 200 this year, and a series of concerts around the Catskills (and the world) are celebrating his music all year long. Tomorrow afternoon, East Meredith joins in the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 6, 2011 - 5:17 pm
Longtime Woodstock folksinger Tom Pacheco will be playing the Public on Saturday night. Once a regular on the Greenwich Village circuit, Pacheco has played with the likes of Pete Seeger and The Band, written chart-topping hits for Norway's number-one... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 6, 2011 - 11:28 am
Tomorrow, the Hanford Mills Museum in East Meredith will ring with the sound of axes and saws, as the lumberjacks (and jills) of the SUNY Cobleskill Woodsmen's Team put on a display of their prowess at chopping and sawing. Also, there'll be demonstrations... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 6, 2011 - 9:46 am
Things are finally stirring in the Catskills, now that the sun has been shining for a few days. This weekend is jam-packed full of art openings, food events, exhibitions, and shows. We'll be writing about a few of them today. For more, check out our... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 5, 2011 - 6:05 pm
Today, the New York Times's Diner's Journal blog has a glowing profile of Mark VanGlad, a young Stamford brewer who will be the first to sell beer at New York City's famous Union Square Greenmarket tomorrow. Even for a tiny microbrewer, VanGlad's Tundra... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, May. 2, 2011 - 9:44 pm
There's no story on its website yet, but the Daily Star has posted some amazing photos of a fire at Catskill Tractor in Franklin on Facebook.
5/3/11 Update: Today, the Star has full coverage. It seems that the fire didn't hurt anyone:
Wayne Worden, who... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Apr. 29, 2011 - 8:55 am
Above photo from the New York State Police.
On Monday, three young Margaretville residents were stopped in the town of Middletown as they were driving a U-Haul truck, which, according to a State Police press release, turned out to be loaded with 60... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Apr. 28, 2011 - 1:02 pm
This just in from Delaware County Emergency Services:
State Highway 206 in Trout Creek has been closed between Masonville and Walton due to water across the roadway. A detour has been established taking the traveling public from State Highway 206 to... Read more
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