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By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011 - 9:03 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here. For some context for this week's cartoon, click here. Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years. Originally... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011 - 10:05 am
Apparently, as opponents of a plan to build a resort casino in Sullivan County gathered at Albany this week, the casinos backers were getting "frowns" and "bad vibrations" in Washington about the plan. The Times Herald-Record reports that members of the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 - 6:15 pm
Opponents of former governor David Paterson's plan to allow the Stockbridge-Munsee Indian tribe to build a resort casino in Sullivan County testified at a hearing in Albany today. Critics of the plan are hoping to persuade Governor Andrew Cuomo that the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011 - 10:07 am
Losing All Tomorrow's Parties must have been a big blow to Monticello's venerable Kutshers County Club, as we reported last week. But the resort has another trick up its sleeve. The New York Post reports that the owners of Kutshers are teaming up with... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011 - 10:02 am
Monticello just lost one of its coolest attractions -- the indie-rock festival All Tomorrow's Parties, which was held at Kutshers Country Club for the past three years. This year, the festival's organizers told the New York Times on Tuesday, ATP will be... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Nov. 22, 2010 - 5:36 pm
Detail of this week's "Potshots" cartoon, by Gary Mayer. As anticipated last week, Governor David Paterson announced today that he has struck a deal with the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans to build a gaming resort in the hamlet of Bridgeville in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010 - 5:58 pm
Above and below: Sullivan County Sheriff's Deputies and State Police troopers pull over a few of the scores of high-performance cars that ripped through the speed limit this afternoon. Photo provided by NY State Police. This afternoon, local law... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 - 10:22 pm
We're covering today's flooding across the Catskills with lists of closings, photos, and your reports as fast as we can type them. Help us out: Email us photos or information about road closures and flooding, or post your info in the comments section... Read more
By wateradmin on Monday, Sep. 6, 2010 - 11:54 pm
Barry Thompson, a Boston-based music writer, has been filing dispatches from the music festival All Tomorrow's Parties throughout the weekend. Above, the band whose name the New York Times refuses to print plays "Twice Born." (Warning: We printed it, and... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, Sep. 5, 2010 - 10:18 pm
Barry Thompson, a Boston-based music writer, is filing dispatches from the music festival All Tomorrow's Parties throughout the weekend. It's totally not his fault all the bands here have F-bombs in their names. Above, Shellac performing at Kutsher's... Read more

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