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By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011 - 4:15 pm
Watch out: Flooding and/or snow could be headed your way tonight, depending on where in the Catskills you are.
Eastern Ulster County is under a flood watch until early Thursday morning.
A winter storm warning is in effect until early Thursday morning for... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011 - 4:22 pm
The Elm Ridge lean-to in Windham. Photo by Flickr user Andy Arthur; published under Creative Commons license.
A group of hikers ascending the Elm Ridge Trail in Windham on Friday, December 2, were expecting a chilly night in a drafty lean-to. But they got... Read more
By wateradmin on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011 - 2:12 pm
Photo of dogwood buds by Flickr user *Psycho Delia*. Published under Creative Commons license.
The signs of spring are all around us, faint but definitely present. Seeds are sprouting and new life is stirring. After far too much time spent dormant, the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011 - 12:43 pm
The Delaware County music scene: A little bit weird, but alive and kicking. Thanks to a hot tip from Pure Catskills, we just stumbled across the new music video for "Truck Driving Dog," by Hancock vegetable farmer (and former Green Party senatorial... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011 - 9:16 am
Video: A news clip from WNYT 13, which reported on Saturday's fire.
An electrical fire at a house in Greenville on Saturday, December 3 killed 17-year-old Vincent Greco, a Coxsackie resident and student at Greenville High, the Daily Mail reports.
Greco... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011 - 9:03 am
An alleged home invasion, assault and burglary in an apartment on Broadway in Port Ewen early Sunday morning has resulted in the arrest of a local man.
Deputies from the Ulster County Sheriff's Office arrested 21-year-old Port Ewen resident George M.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Dec. 2, 2011 - 12:29 pm
Our correspondent Aaron Bennett reports this morning on a dozen signs that have appeared along Oliverea Road in the Big Indian/Oliverea Valley. The signs, which seem to have appeared today, announce that hunters have joined the Occupy Wall Street movement... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011 - 12:08 pm
Photo of Schoharie resident Clinton Manchester, who is living in a FEMA trailer while he rebuilds his house. From the caption: "FEMA is placing these units close to the homes of the hurricane survivors, enabling easy access as they rebuild." Taken by FEMA... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011 - 10:00 am
If anyone in the Catskills still needs convincing that cell phone service is sorely needed in the region, after this year's torrential flooding and widespread communication outages -- well, here's one more local scrap of evidence.
A couple of hunters who... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 - 12:33 pm
Breaking news: We've gotten word this morning that Amphenol, a high-tech manufacturer whose 1200-employee plant in Sidney was heavily damaged in the recent flooding, has decided to remain in Sidney rather than relocate the plant elsewhere. An announcement... Read more
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