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By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015 - 10:06 am
Two Delaware County men were found dead on Wednesday, Feb. 25 -- one on his property where he had been cutting a tree for firewood, and the other a few blocks from his home after he was reported missing.
Seventy-year-old Ralph Hunt was attempting to cut... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 - 10:15 am
Above: Brian Olenych, fresh out of the sauna, is warm enough for anything in Arkville on Saturday, Feb. 14. Photos courtesy of Marcia Olenych.
This February is in the top five of the coldest Februarys on record, according to the National Weather Service... 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 Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015 - 7:33 am
Above: Catskills icicles. Photo by Mark Zilberman, via the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
Hello 2015! We're back after a holiday break, just in time for winter to really sink its teeth into the Catskills.
The National Weather Service is warning that high... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Nov. 14, 2014 - 8:11 am
Above: Snow-covered Hamden in Delaware County, looking toward Franklin, shot from the air at 7:50 a.m. on Nov. 14 by Jessica Vecchione of Vecc Videography.
It snowed throughout the night in the Catskills, according to Hudson Valley Weather's Facebook page... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 19, 2014 - 4:10 pm
Upstate New York is notorious for its rough winters. But even for those inured to feet of snow and frozen mountain passes, the winter of 2013-14 was a brutal one, marked by long stretches of subzero temps and winter weather that lasted well into April. ... 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 Sunday, Mar. 30, 2014 - 10:25 pm
Roads in the higher elevations of the Catskills are dangerously slick tonight, especially in the western Catskills counties of Delaware and Sullivan, where the National Weather Service's Binghamton office has issued a special weather bulletin about bands... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Mar. 20, 2014 - 2:50 pm
Photo by Lissa Harris.
Snow flurries heralded the first day of spring in the upper altitudes of the Catskills today, and there's a chance for more snow showers on Friday. But on Margaretville's Main Street, snowdrops blooming in front of the village hall... Read more
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