outdoors
By dgalusha on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015 - 5:11 pm
Your sap bucket is waiting!
For a $25 donation to the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown, Steve Miller will hang your name from a bucket on a tree in his stand of sugar maples near Margaretville. You'll be welcome to visit March 7, take a selfie... Read more
By Jennifer Strom on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015 - 3:13 pm
A climber ascends a pitch at Viola Ravine in Kaaterskill Clove. Photo by Marty Molitoris of Alpine Endeavors (alpineendeavors.com).
When winter cloaks the Catskills’ many crevices and waterfalls in ice, devotees of a slow-going but fast-growing sport... Read more
By dgalusha on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015 - 4:38 pm
There are two opportunities this month to satisfy your sweet tooth, please your sweetie, and support the Historical Society of the Town of Midletown!
Stop at Freshtown in Margaretville on Valentine's Day and pick up some wondrous home-made treats at our... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015 - 4:30 pm
A 74-year-old Schoharie man driving an ATV backed into the path of an oncoming car on Terrace Mountain Road in the town of Schoharie on Tuesday, Feb. 3, according to a press release from the Schoharie County Sheriff's Office.
The man, George K. Lawton,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015 - 1:10 pm
Above: A video promoting the annual Ice Harvest Festival at the Hanford Mills Museum.
It's the deepest, coldest part of winter, which means that it's time to harvest ice.
Ice harvesting, a lost rural tradition that once was the only way to stockpile ice... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Feb. 2, 2015 - 11:20 am
Above: A sheepdog guards its flock during a Catskills snowstorm on Monday, Jan. 2. Photo by Mark Zilberman, via Flickr.
After the fakeout from last week's snowstorm-that-wasn't, a foot of snow is falling across the Catskills today, Monday, Feb. 2. Many... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015 - 5:34 pm
John of Catskills Photography went to the Livingston Manor Ice Carnival on Sunday, Jan. 25 and took some great photos, which he shared with us in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
Above are figure skaters Valerie Levine (left) and Victoria Calderone (right... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015 - 3:53 pm
Above: Tyler Borchet, center, searches the driftwood pile at the Jan. 23 driftwood giveaway in Olivebridge. Photo by Julia Reischel.
Driftwood is the Catskills version of the iPhone -- people line up around the block to get it.
Hundreds waited in below-... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 - 1:27 pm
Above: The royal court at the 2011 Livingston Manor Rotary Ice Carnival. Photo via the Livingston Manor Rotary Ice Carnival's Facebook page.
For 56 years, Livingston Manor's Rotary has thrown a huge party in the depths of January. The annual Livingston... Read more
By Laney Salisbury on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015 - 12:22 pm
Above: A bear snacks on birdseed after smashing a bird feeder at a home in Andes in 2006. Photo by Peter Possenti (using a telephoto lens.) Used with permission.
The spot Tim Meservey found at the base of a tree early one Saturday morning in September ... Read more
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