Greene County
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jul. 13, 2015 - 10:17 am
Above: Belleayre Beach at Pine Hill Lake in July 2014. Photo by Jonathan Garin.
In the Catskills, there’s a secret swimming hole in almost every town. (If you ask nicely, a local may point you in the right direction.) Here are a few of the best known... Read more
By Janel Bladow on Wednesday, Jul. 8, 2015 - 1:52 pm
Nina Berger's bright yellow, black and red food truck has tourists and locals alike lining up in the Greene County town of Lexington for her made-to-order eats.
In the year that Nina’s Home Cooking has been in business, her custom-made food truck –... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Monday, Jul. 6, 2015 - 2:59 pm
The Catskills are known for their arts, food and scenery. But they’re also getting a reputation in the ultrarunning set for a growing number of challenging endurance races.
Greene County hosts the oldest of these, the ESCARPMENT TRAIL RUN (escarpmenttrail... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Jul. 5, 2015 - 10:41 am
Above: Fireworks in Margaretville on Friday, July 3, by Joshua Trupin.
Happy Independence Day weekend! Here are some photos from around the Catskills this Fourth of July.
Above: The Independence Day parade in Windham on July 4, by Petra Davenport. ... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jul. 3, 2015 - 1:55 pm
Above: Platte Clove valley from above. Photo by Daniel Case via Wikipedia.
A climber rappelling in the deadly Devil’s Kitchen section of Platte Clove in the Greene County Catskills fell 80 feet into a rocky gorge and miraculously survived on Thursday,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 2, 2015 - 3:10 pm
Above: Margaretville's Fire Department Field Days and Carnival comes to a grand finale this weekend, July 3 and July 4. Photo by Joe Damone Photography.
We're already written about where to find fireworks on this Fourth of July in the Catskills. But there... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Jul. 2, 2015 - 1:26 pm
Above: A Calico Indians mask designed by Angelo Vizcarrondo for the Calico Indian Dance Showdown. Photo via Todd Whitley.
During the 19th-century Anti-Rent Wars, poor tenant farmers rebelled against their rich patrician landlords across the Catskills,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 1, 2015 - 6:33 pm
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will restrict public access to Kaaterskill Falls, the most famous waterfall in the Catskills, on Monday, July 6, and will keep it restricted throughout the summer of 2015, according to a press... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 1, 2015 - 11:25 am
The 23Arts Initiative, a Greene County arts organization that launched last year, is bringing rockstar chamber music to Tannersville in a series of free summer concerts in the imposing and intimate All Souls Church.
The series, which features artists... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Tuesday, Jun. 30, 2015 - 4:03 pm
Above: Fireworks at the Monticello Raceway on July 4, 2014. Photo by John of Catskills Photography, shared in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
Independence Day in the Catskills means barbecue, waters warm enough to swim in, and lots of time spent outside... Read more
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