The newly-restored front porch of Spillian, an upscale "camp for grownups" opening soon in the former Fleischmanns family estate near the eponymous village. Spillian has been forced to postpone some of their planned July programming due to construction delays on their sewer extension, but they're still throwing a big birthday bash for the MARK Project on Friday, July 5. Photo by Reed Clark.
News flash: It's still raining. Flash flood watches are still in effect. Everybody's hoping for a break by the Fourth, but no promises on that front.
Rain, schmain: Here are at least 24 ways to celebrate your independence from merry old England in the Catskills this week. You're welcome.
The late, great Richie Havens is coming home. Havens' ashes will be scattered at Bethel Woods at a special memorial concert on August 18. (Free, because obviously.)
And the trail shall lie down with the rail: The Freeman's Patricia Doxsey digs into a bunch of studies of the Ulster & Delaware rail corridor. The upshot: Ulster County, you can have your train and walk next to it too, but only if you're willing to shell out tremendous gobs of money.
As if the Catskill Mountain Railroad didn't have enough headaches: The state Department of Labor is investigating the railroad for having volunteers work for a for-profit business. (Wonder if somebody local made a phone call?)
Another heroin trafficking arrest in Walton. Those Delaware County cops are on a roll.
A Monticello bungalow colony might get shut down by the Town of Thompson after a construction worker fell into a trench.
Texas resort developers are ready to get cracking on a gated community in Forestburgh -- and town officials are ready to let them.
Roscoe and Downsville are now sharing a superintendent. Lucky for John Evans, if Downsville's school board decides to mysteriously oust another superintendent, he'll still have a job.
In case you desperately needed a graphic photo of a water snake eating a huge sunfish: Here you go.
Some New Yorkers were beseiged by cicadas this year. Others are complaining that they didn't get any. See you in another 17 years, Brood II.
A Monday morning fire in Prattsville forced a family from their home, but firefighters say the damage is fixable.
The Andes town swimming pool opens on Thursday.
Fleischmanns beat 'em to it: The village pool opened Saturday.
The Delhi pool still exists only on paper and pixels, but the Pool Committee is getting pretty close to their fundraising goal. Congrats, guys.
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