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By Julia Reischel on Friday, Apr. 8, 2011 - 10:54 am
An image from Zena Gurbo's exhibit ,"The Book of Love: Three-dimensional Stories of the Whole-hearted." At the Bright Hill Literary Center in Treadwell until April 22.
Wondering how the book of love, as sung about by the Magnetic Fields, is illustrated? ... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Apr. 8, 2011 - 8:42 am
Remember what summer looked like? WIth a generous dusting of frost on the hills this morning, you may not. Luckily, Joshua VanBrakle, a Sidney forester who blogs about environmental issues from the perspectve of a conservative, sent us this photo of Relay... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Apr. 4, 2011 - 1:33 pm
Our friend and web guru Adam Gaffin, who runs the news website Universal Hub in Boston, sent us this link to an interview with Rebecca Griffin, the director of Boston's North End Music and Performing Arts Center. It turns out that Griffin, a local Boston... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Apr. 4, 2011 - 11:37 am
Andes architect Marlys Hann is featured in Chronogram Magazine this week as the designer of a Catskills retreat dubbed the "skylight house." Hann's assignment, according to the story, was to open up a "cramped and dark" hunting cabin. So she installed a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Apr. 1, 2011 - 1:56 pm
The Daily Star has the horrible news: An 83-year-old woman was killed yesterday when a car drove through the house in Sidney where she was waiting to get her hair done at an in-home hair salon:
An 83-year-old Unadilla woman waiting to have her hair done... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Apr. 1, 2011 - 11:03 am
Note: This isn't an April Fool's joke. You can't make this stuff up. --Ed.
Rumors are flying in Delhi that the Tractor Supply Co. store on Main Street was hit by armed robbers on Wednesday. The stories vary, with some of the more extravagant ones... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Mar. 31, 2011 - 2:33 pm
Former Daily Star reporter Patricia Breakey, who was among several editorial staffers laid off last month by the newspaper. Photo courtesy of Breakey; used with permission.
On February 11, the Oneonta Daily Star – the only daily print newspaper that... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2011 - 3:49 pm
This just in from the Delaware County Sheriff's Office: A Seaford man drove into a creek in Hamden and flipped his car, after failing to stop at an intersection. Here's the press release:
On 3/19/2011 Delaware County Sheriff's Deputies investigated a one... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2011 - 3:30 pm
Black bear cub. Photo by Alan Vernon, via Flickr.
According to the New York State Department of Conservation's 2010 hunting numbers for bear and deer, which were released yesterday, the Catskills are the place to go if you're hunting black bear. Three... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 28, 2011 - 4:34 pm
Continuing a trend of loosening its tight grip on access to boating on its Catskill reservoirs, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection is co-sponsoring a triathlon on the Cannonsville Reservor this June, in what tourism organizers hope... Read more
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