Olivebridge
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Sep. 9, 2011 - 10:11 am
Image: A Catskills map from 1903. From livingstonmanor.net, a website devoted to Livingston Manor history.
WXXI, a public radio station in Rochester, reported yesterday that New York State Assemblyman Kevin Cahill -- whose district, the 101st, includes... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 8, 2011 - 10:56 pm
View from Overlook Mountain near Woodstock. Photo by Flickr user Miss K; published under Creative Commons license.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced today that because of dangerous conditions in the wake of widespread... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Sep. 8, 2011 - 9:55 am
Reposted from the Ulster County Emergency Services News website. Accurate as of 8:30am:
ROAD CLOSURE LISTUpdated 9/8/11 08:30
Denning: County Line – Sundown between Grassy Rd and Ridge Ln- 1 LANE OPENSundown/Greenville 1 LANE OPENWatson Hollow RdOliverea... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 7, 2011 - 5:24 pm
From the governor's office: Residents of Schoharie Valley and Catskills should be on alert tonight for more rain. Specific warnings are made for western Delaware County, particularly Unadilla -- see the highlighted areas in bold:
Governor Cuomo Orders... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 7, 2011 - 12:58 pm
We'll be doing another special flooding edition of our radio show at 1pm today. Listen live by clicking here.
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 7, 2011 - 11:04 am
Update, 11:00am: The shelter currently operating at the upper lodge at Belleayre is still open, although the FEMA office at the lower lodge is closed for the day. From the Town of Middletown recovery website:
The Belleayre Mountain Recovery Center is open... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Sep. 3, 2011 - 4:21 pm
We heard this morning from the Onteora Central School District that school will be opening as usual on Wednesday. Here's the press release that was sent out today:
As of 10:00 am this morning Phoenicia Elementary has power. All Onteora Schools will open... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011 - 11:41 am
This just in from Eric Kight, the project manager at the NYC Department of Environmental Protection: The intersection of Rte. 28A and Monument Road in Olive will be closed for three days in September to make way for construction. The next of the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 22, 2011 - 4:28 pm
Troop 163 getting ready for its closeup on Friday at the Ashokan Reservoir fountain. Photo by Diane Galusha.
This Saturday, a crew of 15 boy scouts from West Shokan will arrive triumphantly in Central Park after trekking the 120-mile path that New York... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 21, 2011 - 11:47 am
Photo by Flickr user Paul Reynolds.
Midnight tonight is the deadline for our photo contest about the "best-kept secret" in the Catskills, and the submissions are coming in! We're discovering things that we had no idea existed up here. I'd say more, but I... Read more



