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By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013 - 6:31 pm
Above: Democratic supervisor Marge Miller and Republican challenger Nelson Delameter, of the Delaware County town of Middletown. In unofficial results from the county Board of Elections, Delameter bested Miller by just 22 votes.
Most of Tuesday's races in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 - 10:30 am
The results of Tuesday's local elections are in -- some expected, some surprising, and some still hanging in the balance as absentee ballots that could decide close races continue to roll in. We posted highlights from local races live on Twitter Tuesday... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Nov. 4, 2013 - 12:04 pm
Listen to the pumpkin. Photo by Flickr user Tanner Lovelace; published under Creative Commons license.
In small-town America, odd years are where the political action is. On Tuesday, November 5, New York State goes to the polls to elect local officials.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Nov. 1, 2013 - 1:58 pm
Judging from its poster (above), the Shandaken Theatrical Society's production of Dracula is not for the faint of heart.
This version of Dracula features an original score composed by Robert Cucinotta and a copious amount of fake blood. A disclaimer on... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Friday, Oct. 25, 2013 - 11:28 am
Above: Pumpkins at Sunfrost Farms in Woodstock. Photo by Flickr user Kat Stan; published under Creative Commons license.
Halloween may not formally arrive until next Thursday, but celebrations of ghoulies and ghosties and all manner of beasties are in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013 - 4:29 pm
November 5 is coming up soon, but if you're still on the fence about who you'll be voting for, it's not too late to do a little pre-election research. On Saturday, October 26, voters in the Ulster County towns of Olive and Shandaken will have a chance to... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013 - 11:57 am
Fickle fortune befell last year’s Pine Hill Steampunk Festival in the form of Hurricane Sandy. "A lot of people decided not to come to the Catskills that weekend, and some who did come left early as the situation worsened," said Pine Hill Books owner and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013 - 12:29 pm
Earlier this month, schoolchildren across the Catskills learned about fire safety during National Fire Prevention Week. Here's Gianna Muellerleile, daughter of Shandaken ambulance captain Rich Muellerleile, suiting up for the cause. Rich, who sometimes... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013 - 3:58 pm
The Arts Upstairs Gallery in Phoenicia, a lynchpin of the Shandaken community and an incubator for arts throughout the Catskills, is considering shutting its doors. The gallery's owners, Gavin and Margaret Owen, say in a post on their Facebook page that... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013 - 2:01 pm
Above: The remains of Sundae's, a restaurant on Route 23 in Grand Gorge that was destroyed by an early-morning fire on Monday. It's the second time in a month a business has burned down in Grand Gorge; in the wee hours of September 27, Becker's Tire... Read more
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