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By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012 - 12:22 pm
Peter Applebome, the Our Towns columnist at the New York Times, has a nuanced article out this week about how the controversial issue of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has split the environmental movement down the middle, particularly in the Catskills... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012 - 8:53 am
Above: Video coverage of Saturday's "people's hearing" by videographer Jessica Vecchione.
On Saturday, a coalition of anti-fracking groups organized a "people's hearing" to accept public comments about hydraulic fracturing from Catskills residents.
The... Read more
By Leigh Melander on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012 - 2:46 pm
By Aaron Bennett on Friday, Apr. 30, 2010 - 12:48 pm
Normally the month of April, or “mud season,” as it is affectionately known, is relatively quiet in the high peaks region. The ski centers close down, many of the restaurant owners and innkeepers shut their doors for a few weeks to seek out warmer and... Read more
