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By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 20, 2011 - 3:10 pm
Today, most of the Catskills region is under an official "excessive heat watch," according to the National Weather Service offices in Albany and Binghamton.
Temperatures are going to be in the high 90s for the next 24 hours, and for urban-dwellers and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jul. 20, 2011 - 10:18 am
It's official: Next year, hundreds of jobs will leave Ulster County when Bank of America closes its tax-processing operation in Ulster's TechCity complex.
The Daily Freeman reports:
Some of the affected full-time workers will be offered training for... Read more
By Rusty Mae Moore on Wednesday, Jul. 20, 2011 - 9:28 am
Children learn to drum at the Thunder in the Valley Pow-wow in Big Indian Park. Photo by Rusty Mae Moore.
On Saturday, Native American vendors, dancers, and drummers from across the region and as far away as Mexico gathered in Big Indian for the Thunder... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 19, 2011 - 3:42 pm
78-year-old Lynn Gustafson of Oneonta was injured yesterday when her car ran off the road on Route 23 in Harpersfield. From the Delaware County Sheriff's Department:
On July 18, 2011 Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to the scene of a one car... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 19, 2011 - 12:39 pm
The Daily Freeman reports that a man and two women were injured in a head-on crash on Route 9W in Ulster this morning:
The accident happened about 10:45 a.m. in front of the former Miron building, between Leggs Mill and Old Stage roads in the hamlet of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 19, 2011 - 11:50 am
Video: They Might Be Giants performs "Canajoharie," a song off their new album Join Us, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, October 2, 2010.
In an interview with Gothamist yesterday about They Might Be Giants' new album release, legendary alt-rocker... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 19, 2011 - 9:20 am
Photo from Jolly's Facebook page.
In the Saugerties Times today: A peek inside Jolly's Good Grub, a British grocery and lunch shop on Route 212. It's run by a cast of characters that includes a former world-traveling antique dealer who once drove a bus... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 18, 2011 - 2:21 pm
Photo of Route 17 in Delaware County by Flickr user dougtone. Published under Creative Commons license.
In the August issue of Travel & Leisure magazine, writer Adam H. Graham takes readers on a three-day ramble across the Catskills, from Barryville... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 18, 2011 - 12:04 pm
Photo of stack of newspapers, by Daniel R. Blume, from Wikimedia Commons. Published under Creative Commons license.
File under: That's Not How We Do Things Round These Parts.
The Daily Star's Jake Palmateer had some disappointing news recently for an... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 18, 2011 - 11:25 am
J.J. Pavese, erstwhile Democratic candidate for District 9's seat in the Sullivan County legislature, announced on Friday that he's dropped out of the race after failing to gather enough signatures to appear on the November ballot. If he had been able to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 18, 2011 - 8:48 am
A report of a child drowning in the Rondout Creek in Napanoch had police, fire, and medical emergency responders scrambling to reach the scene in time -- but turned out to be a false alarm.
The 13-year-old boy who called in the report will be referred to... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, Jul. 17, 2011 - 10:34 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. (To see the cartoon in more detail, click the image.)
Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years. Originally hailing from Detroit, he lived for many years in New York... Read more
By wateradmin on Saturday, Jul. 16, 2011 - 2:01 pm
The Gowns for Greenbacks crew atop Wittenberg Mountain, the third peak in their 35-peak quest. From left to right: Melissa Bean, Tom Rolland, Heather Rolland, Danny Davis, Judy Mann, Suzanne Provenzano and Edward Moran.
The Catskill Mountains, those... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jul. 15, 2011 - 6:42 pm
Photo of bluestone sculpture at Opus 40 in Saugerties by Flickr user Insignifica. Published under Creative Commons license.
In the Daily Freeman today: A letter from the supervisor of Saugerties announced today that the town is pulling out of an effort to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jul. 15, 2011 - 11:08 am
Ari Gold, a gay pop star, was the target of homophobia on a Catskills-bound Short Line Bus last weekend in an incident that is being compared to Rosa Parks' famous stand in Montgomery.
According to the Village Voice's Michael Musto, who broke the story,... Read more
By Matthew Perry on Friday, Jul. 15, 2011 - 11:06 am
Photo by Flickr user Alina Sofia.
It's a renaissance weekend for theaters in the Catskills. At the Woodstock Playhouse, the first summer stock season on the safe side of foreclosure continues. In Tannersville, the expansion and renovation of The Orpheum... Read more
By Matthew Perry on Friday, Jul. 15, 2011 - 10:00 am
Video: Pitchfork Militia plays Jason's Upstairs Bar in Hudson, 2009.
Tonight's lineup at the Bearsville Theater: Too much rock for one band.
Fred Perry, owner of Reservoir Music Center in Shokan, is celebrating the fifth anniversary of his store's opening... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 14, 2011 - 5:47 pm
The Journal Register Company, which owns the Kingston Daily Freeman along with many other newspapers across the country, announced today that investment firm Alden Global Capital has bought the media company.
CEO John Paton, who blogs about JRC's efforts... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 14, 2011 - 5:01 pm
In the New York Times today: A paean to East Meredith builder Clark Sanders, who was the first person to build a code-approved straw-bale house, and who has been quietly perfecting the art of building homes out of hay and plaster in Delaware County for... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 14, 2011 - 12:53 pm
New York State comptroller Thomas DiNapoli paid Kingston a visit yesterday to congratulate Ulster County on saving its taxpayers money, thanks to its new shared-services program between town and county highway departments. From the Daily Freeman:
State... Read more
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