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By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 - 3:41 pm
It's a little late for a Valentine, but it looks like Belleayre Ski Center will be getting some love from New York State after all this year.
In a press release Thursday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced $8 million in funding for upgrades at the ski center in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017 - 11:54 pm
In a meeting on Wednesday evening, the Shandaken Zoning Board of Appeals voted to affirm that Belleayre Resort developers' plans for more than 200 condo-style "lodging units" do not violate the town's zoning law.
The decision is the latest development in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 - 2:59 pm
Is it Snub The Catskills week in New York State? A couple of recent comments by prominent New York pols have us feeling a bit overlooked.
On Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo made an appearance in the Adirondacks announcing that his proposed budget contains a $20... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 - 4:09 pm
A Long Island man has died after a snowboarding accident that occurred at the Belleayre Mountain Ski Center on Saturday, Jan. 14.
25-year-old Brian Conners of Centerport, NY was snowboarding on the Wanatuska Trail when he had the accident, said... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016 - 10:47 pm
Story updated Wednesday, 12/7.
A New York State Supreme Court judge has ruled to toss out a lawsuit by opponents of the long-planned Belleayre Resort project.
The plaintiffs, an alliance of environmental advocates and wealthy neighbors of the land on... Read more
By Michael Ryan on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016 - 6:30 pm
Above: The podium at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's August 3 announcement about $54.2 million in grants slated for broadband internet service across New York State. Photo via the governor's Flickr page.
Hundreds of miles of remote rural roads and thousands of local... Read more
By Margaretville Health Foundation on Monday, Jul. 25, 2016 - 4:36 pm
By Margaretville Health Foundation on Monday, Jul. 18, 2016 - 3:15 pm
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Jul. 16, 2016 - 9:55 am
Above: The Esopus Creek. Photo by Flickr user ScubaBear68.
A 78-year-old retired doctor from New Jersey had a heart attack and died while fishing the Esopus Creek near the hamlet of Phoenicia on Thursday, July 14, according to a press release from the... Read more