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By Robert Cairns on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015 - 3:02 pm
Above: U.S. Senator Charles Schumer greeted employees of the Kraft-Heinz manufacturing plant in Walton on Wednesday, Nov. 25. Photo by Robert Cairns.
U.S. Senator Charles D. Schumer visited Walton on Wednesday, Nov. 25 to celebrate a deal that will keep... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Nov. 27, 2015 - 9:45 pm
Above: "Islamberg: A Muslim Community in the Catskills." A video produced by Jessica Vecchione of Vecc Videography in partnership with the Watershed Post. We take a look at how the small religious community of Islamberg has dealt with threats from people... Read more
By Timothy Knight on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015 - 1:52 pm
Above: Schoharie County Sheriff Tony Desmond. Image via RawStory.
After months of unexpected twists and turns, the Schoharie County Board of Supervisors voted to adopt a 2016 county budget on Tuesday, Nov. 24 that hits the Schoharie County Sheriff’s... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015 - 7:47 am
Above: Maureen Wacha of Walton, a motel owner, spoke against the Delaware County bed tax at a public hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 24. Photo by Robert Cairns.
Those who pay for overnight stays at hotels, motels and other lodging establishments in Delaware... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 - 8:56 am
Above: A map of the area affected by a telecom outage in Sullivan County, via NY Alert.
A telecom outage affected emergency phone calls to 911 placed from landlines in the Sullivan County town of Rockland between 12:20 a.m. and 1:18 a.m. on Friday, Nov.... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 - 7:30 am
Above: Colchester Supervisor Art Merrill, left, and Davenport Supervisor Dennis Valente, both opponents of the proposed Delaware County bed tax, conferred during Wednesday's meeting of the board of Supervisors. Photo by Robert Cairns.
A new version of a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015 - 4:32 pm
Above: A model of one of the the planned hotels, viewed from above, of the proposed Belleayre Resort project. Photo by Julia Reischel.
The Catskill Heritage Alliance, a nonprofit group that has long opposed the construction of the 739-acre Belleayre... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015 - 2:11 pm
Above: Sour Skittles. Photo by Flickr user Incase.
Police are investigating how a rusty razor blade got inside a bag of Sour Skittles that was given to a trick-or-treater in the Delaware County town of Roxbury on Halloween night.
According to a press... Read more
By Rebecca Andre on Monday, Nov. 9, 2015 - 5:05 pm
Belleayre Mountain Ski Center will receive $1 million dollars to construct a new emergency medical facility on the ski mountain, New York State Senator James Seward announced on Monday, Nov. 9.
At a press conference held at the state-owned ski resort in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015 - 10:42 am
2:25 p.m. update: A 75-year-old Shandaken woman was killed in a head-on crash on Route 28 in the Delaware County hamlet of Arkville at 6:17 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4, according to a press release issued by the New York State Police.
Harriet A. Rauchut was... Read more
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