Katherine Speller

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Feb. 18, 2015
Above: Get your fill of cuckoo clocks and schnitzel in the Greene County Catskills. Photo by Katherine Speller. German and Swiss immigrants have made their mark on Greene County, which is home to the most Alpine of the Catskill region's peaks. Be sure to... Read more
Jul. 22, 2014
Crazies, start your engines!  (Just, no motors, please!) Purveyors of wacky and wild vehicles are invited to compete on Tannersville’s Main Street on Saturday, July 26 as part of the 8th Annual Tannersville Crazy Race & Festival. Participants simply... Read more
Jul. 21, 2014
Above: Camille Zamora performs zarzuela.  Each year, Phoenicia’s International Festival of the Voice kicks off with something akin to a barn raising. Volunteers unload a massive 5,000-square-foot stage with large white tents flanking from its roost in a... Read more
Jul. 11, 2014
Charles “Sonny” Somelofski of Catskill Outdoor Adventures in Margaretville (catskilloutdooradventures.com), remembers when the licensing process to become an outdoor guide in New York state was a simple paper questionnaire with a $2 fee that asked... Read more
Jul. 10, 2014
A 20-year-old Cairo man has been charged with assault after allegedly punching one person in the face and dropping lit fireworks down the shirt of another. Cory M. Thompson was arrested by New York State Police at Catskill following an investigation... Read more
Jul. 10, 2014
Locals are gearing up for traffic, crowds and delays this weekend as the Hudson Project, a new music and arts festival in the tradition of Woodstock, kicks off in Saugerties.   Legions of hippies and hipsters — an estimated 20,000 a day — will flood 800-... Read more
Jul. 7, 2014
Above: As part of Hanford Hills Museum’s Independence Day festivities they had a 3 horsepower Novo engine powering a Dickson’s improved ice cream churn (seen above operated by Amanda Osborn and Cory Young.)  Above: Young entrepreneurs in Phonecia set... Read more
Jul. 3, 2014
The storm that swept across the region Wednesday resulted in major flooding and brought down trees and power lines across Sullivan and Ulster Counties.  Sullivan County Officials from the Sullivan County Highways & Bridge Department said County... Read more
Jul. 1, 2014
Lake Minnewaska will be closed on Tuesday, July 1, and Wednesday, July 2, to treat the popular swimming spot for leeches, according to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation website. The announcement said that copper... Read more
Jun. 30, 2014
New York’s State Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of local officials right to home rule against hydraulic fracturing (hydro tracking), upholding a lower courts decision to support the rights to pass zoning laws banning the controversial natural gas... Read more
Jun. 27, 2014
When Justin Behan’s wife was in her later stages of pregnancy, she told him about a dream she had one night: a green wolf walking through their property. Around that time Behan, a brewer of craft beer, was putting every word he could think of in front of... Read more
Jun. 26, 2014
A 40-year-old Grahmsville man was arrested Sunday after pointing a shotgun at a woman and her five-year-old daughter following an unfavorable ending to a Nascar race, police said.  Scott Hynson was arrested by New York State Police at Liberty after they... Read more
Jun. 25, 2014
Those spending their 4th of July Weekend in the Catskills needn’t look too far to find some patriotic displays of pyrotechnics. We’ve got you covered for this year’s festivities with a jam-packed list of potential Independence Day plans. The events... Read more
Jun. 25, 2014
A popular spot for graduation photos won’t be camera-ready this weekend, or for most of the summer, while its underground hardware receives a make-over.  The fountain at the Ashokan Reservoir will be shut off while the hydropower equipment beneath it is... Read more
Jun. 24, 2014
Winners of the Upper Delaware BioBlitz photo contest will be recognized on Sunday at the Ten Mile River Camp in Tusten as part of the weekend-long event celebrating the biodiversity of the Upper Delaware watershed. Out of a pool of 300 submitted photos,... Read more
Jun. 20, 2014
The Narrowsburg School building, vacant since 2005, has been sold to a developer who plans to turn it into a drug rehabilitation center. The school is the latest in a series of Catskills schools that have been shuttered and repurposed because of... Read more
Jun. 19, 2014
An Ellenville man was jailed after recklessly assaulting an infant, police say, leaving the child with a skull fracture and other injuries. Thierry A. Owens, 21, was arrested on Wednesday and faces two felony counts of reckless assault of a child and one... Read more
Jun. 18, 2014
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, one of the largest employers in Delaware county, will eliminate approximately 15 percent of the positions at their manufacturing and distribution plant in Hobart. “Based on the ongoing evaluation of resources in Hobart,... Read more
Jun. 17, 2014
Although a summer evening stroll through a graveyard sounds like something straight out of “The Addams Family," the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown’s cemetery tours offer an educational twist on an otherwise spooky outing. Held on Saturday,... Read more
Jun. 16, 2014
The miles of trails that crisscross the Catskill Park would be in rough shape, if not for the volunteers that brave mud, weather, prickers and bugs every year to keep them in good condition.  This month -- just in time for National Trails Day -- those... Read more

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