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By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 16, 2014 - 9:30 am
Above: A graphic produced Friday morning by the National Weather Service in Albany, showing widespread flood watches west of the Hudson River.
Flood watches are in effect across the Catskills region for Friday afternoon through Saturday morning, as heavy... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 12, 2014 - 3:30 pm
Photo by Flickr user Mark Menzies; published under Creative Commons license.
Casino developers hoping to land one of four prized licenses from New York State will have to prove that they're investing enough in the project. But although the state's minimum... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 5, 2014 - 12:42 pm
Above: An injured victim being treated at the scene of this morning's bus accident on Route 17 in Ramsey, N.J. Photos by Boyd A. Loving; courtesy of the Cliffview Pilot.
A flying car wheel smashed through the windshield of a Pine Hill Trailways bus bound... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2014 - 4:06 pm
Above: A trailcam in Delaware County catches a nocturnal glimpse of an elusive wild boar. Photo taken in August 2013; courtesy of USDA APHIS.
A statewide ban on the hunting and trapping of feral swine -- also known as wild boars or Eurasian boars -- went... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2014 - 11:15 am
Above: A graphic from the National Weather Service in Binghamton, showing the flood watch area across upstate New York and Pennsylvania that is in effect Wednesday through early Thursday morning.
Heavy rains are in the forecast for eastern New York and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 28, 2014 - 10:48 am
Above: Car theft suspect Brandon Rifenburg. Photo courtesy of the Ulster County Sheriff's Office.
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office waited eleven days to release the name of a suspect who was shot by police after a car chase through several towns. But on... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Apr. 22, 2014 - 10:01 am
Nature's always close at hand in the Catskills, on Earth Day and every day. Photo by Kellsey Buerge; submitted to our 2014 Catskills Outdoor Guide Photo Contest.
Earth Day turns 44 this year. In cities across America, environmentally-minded citizens are... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Apr. 18, 2014 - 2:55 pm
Above: A map of a proposed 11.5-mile walking and biking trail near the Ashokan Reservoir, on an Ulster County-owned railroad track that was once part of the Ulster & Delaware railroad and is currently leased to the Catskill Mountain Railroad. Map from... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 16, 2014 - 11:09 am
People across the Catskills awoke this morning to find April's first green shoots covered in snow. Above: A row of icicles that sprouted overnight from a Margaretville roof gleams under a dazzling blue sky. Photo by Lissa Harris.
According to snow reports... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 16, 2014 - 9:48 am
A driver fleeing police pursuit in a car reported stolen from a Marbletown home was shot by a police officer on Tuesday night, the Ulster County Sheriff's Office reports.
Around 10:40 p.m. on Tuesday, police say, Ulster County 911 received a call from a... Read more