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By Anne Pyburn Craig on Friday, Mar. 18, 2016 - 4:26 pm
Above: Maple syrup on pancakes at Buck Hill Farm in Jefferson. Photo by Heather Phelps-Lipton.  Shake off the late-winter blahs and come celebrate Maple Weekend--actually two weekends of open houses--in the sugar shacks of the Catskills. The first of the... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2016 - 1:52 pm
Above: The full Irish treatment awaits at Gavin's Irish Country Inn this weekend in East Durham. Image via the Gavin's Irish Country Inn Facebook page. The Irish love affair with the rocky, rolling green of the Catskills spans generations. In the Greene... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2016 - 12:51 pm
Over 400 bags of heroin were found in a car heading from New York City to the Otsego County city of Oneonta on Sunday, March 13, according to the Ulster County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff's deputies pulled over 20-year-old Oneonta resident Francesa Lorusso... Read more
By Rebecca Andre on Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2016 - 1:48 pm
Above: Aaron Bennett speaks about the East Branch of the Delaware River at a lively forum about outdoor recreation and economic development in the Catskills on Saturday, Feb. 27. Photos by Rebecca Andre. Dozens of Catskills residents attended the second... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016 - 11:46 am
  There is minimal flooding at the West Branch of the Delaware River at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in Walton this morning. This is a view facing Kraft. Posted by The Walton Reporter on Thursday, February 25, 2016 Above: The Walton fairgrounds... Read more
By Doug Senterman on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016 - 11:05 am
In this seasonal, part-time, position on weekends from Memorial Day through Columbus Day, Summit Stewards are responsible for patrolling the Catskill Park summit areas of Slide, Wittenberg and Cornell Mountains as well as other locations throughout the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016 - 1:38 pm
Above: A poster from New York State's campaign to raise awareness about heroin addiction. New York State passed legislation to fund a heroin addiction awareness and treatment campaign in 2014. Photo via combatheroin.ny.gov.  As a heroin epidemic spreads... Read more
By Margaretville Health Foundation on Monday, Feb. 22, 2016 - 4:04 pm
Marilyn Donnelly, Nursing Director at Margaretville Hospital, selects winners of the Margaretville Health Foundation Valentines Day Raffle. Congratulations to winners Pete Curran (Emerson Spa massage), Mike O'Brien (Delhi Cardio Club membership), Debbie... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016 - 2:32 pm
Rain falling on frozen ground may lead to flooding across the Catskills on Tuesday, Feb. 16, according to the National Weather Service in Albany and Binghamton.  The western Catskills counties of Delaware and Sullivan are under a flood advisory until 6 p.... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Monday, Feb. 8, 2016 - 9:17 pm
Above: Miss Kitty's Saloon, one of the suites at the Roxbury Motel. Image via the Roxbury Motel website.  According to legend, Saint Valentine was a pretty wild character who was incarcerated and executed for performing illegal marriages back in the third... Read more

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