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By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011 - 9:01 am
Above: Snow and a downed tree blocking a road in Dutchess County last night. Photo by Steve Hopkins, via Facebook.
Well, that was something. Five to 10 inches of snow wet, heavy snow are blanketing the Catskills this morning after an overnight blizzard.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 - 1:32 pm
The first snow of the season is already melting on lawns and plopping off tree branches in the upper elevations of the Catskills. But it looks like that was just a taste of what's in store for us: Tomorrow, the area could get six inches or more.
From the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 - 12:04 pm
Looks like winter is here for real: The higher elevations in upstate New York, including the tops of the Catskills peaks, are looking at a few inches of wet snow tonight.
The National Weather Service has also issued a hard freeze alert that covers Greene... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 - 11:29 am
Photo of wolf in Wolf Park, Battle Ground, Indiana by Flickr user sometimesong. Published under Creative Commons license.
It's official: Wolves are the new cougars.
A study published recently in Northeastern Naturalist, by Roland Kays and Robert Feranec... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 - 8:15 am
A 27-year-old man has been arrested for assaulting two other men in Windham on Sunday, according to the Daily Freeman.
The paper reports that Edward A. Russell fired a shotgun inside a residence on Mitchell Hollow Road in Windham on Sunday, and that the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 24, 2011 - 10:16 am
Governor Andrew Cuomo's office announced this morning that several members of his administration will be touring flood-damaged communities in upstate New York this week, beginning this afternoon.
Today, Lieutenant Governor Bob Duffy and Environmental... Read more
By wateradmin on Friday, Oct. 21, 2011 - 9:44 am
Above: Flood-damaged bags of grain at Cave Mountain Brewing Co. in Windham a few days after Hurricane Irene. Via Facebook.
The Windham Chapter of the Catskill Mountain Foundation and the Windham Area Recreational Foundation (WARF), two Windham-based... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011 - 11:01 am
Antlers: Too small (top) and large enough to kill (bottom): DECThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is expanding its antler-restriction program for deer hunting into a larger portion of the Catskills, in a bid to allow more young... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011 - 11:54 am
Pink Pearl apple at Montgomery Place Orchards, an orchard and cidery in Red Hook, NY on the Cider Route. Photo from Montgomery Place's website.
The Apple Project, a scion of local farm advocacy group Glynwood, is sparking a revival of old-school... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 - 10:38 am
A video by food.curated showing damage to Maple Downs Farm, a dairy farm in the Schoharie County town of Middleburgh that was devastated by the recent floods.
On Monday, October 17, the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) and the New York State... Read more
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