Roscoe
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013 - 1:16 am
New York State is slated to miss a key Wednesday deadline in the long march toward issuing regulations on hydrofracking.
State health commissioner Nirav Shah announced Tuesday, in a letter to Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) commissioner... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 - 11:49 am
Photo of New York Cardinal-Archbishop Timothy Dolan, circa 2009. Via Wikimedia Commons.
On Monday, Pope Benedict XVI shocked the world by announcing that he would resign on February 28. As the New York Times noted in a front-page story, he will be the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 - 8:45 am
Weather advisories are in effect across the Catskills this morning, as snow and freezing rain make for a slick commute on local roads. The slippery stuff is expected to shift over to rain by noon.
The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 - 9:19 pm
Above: A Buddha looking serene this morning in Olivebridge under a new 6-inch cap of snow. Thanks to Dona Marie for the photo.
This morning, people around the Catskills were asking: Where's Nemo? The wrath of Friday's snowstorm spared us, for the most... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 - 10:05 am
Above: A snowstorm forecast from the Weather Channel broadcast on Thursday morning. From the Weather Channel's YouTube channel.
A nor'easter in the forecast for Friday and Saturday -- dubbed "Nemo" by the Weather Channel -- promises to bury upstate New... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 - 1:18 pm
Photo of Sean Eldridge taken December 14, 2012. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Sean Eldridge may be best known to the national press as "Chris Hughes's husband" -- the guy whose high-profile marriage to the wealthy Facebook co-founder and New Republic publisher... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 - 10:17 am
Photo of NYC mail carrier by Flickr user Wayne Surber. Published under Creative Commons license.
By August, news outlets around the country are reporting, the U.S. Postal Service will put a halt to Saturday mail delivery in an effort to cut costs at the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 - 2:22 pm
Above: The Catskill Brewery on January 25, as workers were finishing up the welding and starting on the outside walls. Photo by Suzanne BeVier. Used with permission.
Breweries and distilleries are popping up like mushrooms all over the Sullivan County... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 - 10:10 am
This morning, a joint legislative budget hearing was packed to the gills as Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner Joe Martens testified to legislators about hydraulic fracturing.
Martens began speaking at 9:30am. The Democrat and Chronicle... Read more
By Roscoe-Rockland Garden Club on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013 - 9:55 pm
The Roscoe-Rockland Garden Club is pleased to announce the winners of its Holiday Decorating Contest in Roscoe.
Winners for private residences are: first place Mr. and Mrs. Tasse Niforatos, second place Mr. and Mrs. Tom Darbee, and third place Mr. and... Read more
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