Greene County
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014 - 10:01 am
About 13,250 Central Hudson customers in Greene and Albany counties were left in the dark late Monday night, after a downed wire cut power to a large area.
The outage occurred around 9:30 pm on Monday night, and was restored by around 1 am Tuesday,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 18, 2014 - 12:10 pm
Above: "Volks-Deutsche Jungen in U.S.A.," a film by the Deutsche-Amerikanische Berufsgemeinschaft (DAB) about a DAB Nazi summer camp for boys in Windham in 1937.
In the summer of 1937, the Greene County town of Windham was home to a Nazi summer camp,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014 - 1:41 pm
Above: Campaign photos for Robert Blain and Michelle Blain. Source: The Town of Prattsville Republican Party Facebook page.
Robert J. Blain, who had served as a justice of the Town of Prattsville Court since 1987, resigned abruptly in June, as did his... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014 - 2:55 pm
Above: A post from the Albany office of the National Weather Service's Facebook page today.
Parts of the Catskills could get "torrential" rainfall of as much to 1 to 2 inches per hour tonight, according to the National Weather Service.
The eastern... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 11, 2014 - 1:18 pm
A New York State Parole Officer killed his estranged wife and her boyfriend in his Palenville house on Sunday, August 10, and then led police on a multi-county car chase before killing himself, according to a New York State Police press release issued... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 11, 2014 - 9:35 am
An incident in the Greene County hamlet of Palenville brought helicopters and police to 844 Pennsylvania Avenue on August 10 to investigate a possible shooting and homicide, according to the Daily Mail, Daily Freeman, and the New York State Police. ... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014 - 1:06 am
Pro mountain bikers from around the world are competing on the slopes of Windham Mountain this weekend as part of the Union Cyclist Internationale (UCI) Mountain Bike World Cup.
Today, the elite event was the men's and women's Cross Country Eliminator... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 8, 2014 - 2:18 pm
Brace yourselves: The Catskills are having their biggest moment since the height of the Borscht Belt resorts in the '50s.
Hudson Valley Magazine has dedicated its entire August issue to the region, declaring that "The Catskills Are Back," and featuring... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014 - 3:44 pm
The Route 23 bridge in Catskill will be one lane only on Friday and next week as the New York State Department of Transportation resurfaces it, according to a travel advisory issued by the DOT:
Motorists are advised that the New York State Department of... Read more
By John Phillip Tappen on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014 - 5:00 pm
Piers Playfair and his wife Lucy believe that the arts are the key to economic development in the Catskills.
“It’s important we have a strong artistic spine,” Playfair said.
The couple decided to bring renowned jazz musicians to the Catskills two years... Read more