Schoharie County
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 - 4:08 pm
Above: The Schoharie Creek. Photo via catskillstreams.org.
A 73-year-old Rotterdam man went fishing in the Schoharie County town of Esperance on Saturday, August 9 and never came home, according to a press release from the Schoharie County Sheriff's... 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 Monday, Aug. 4, 2014 - 12:37 pm
A 28-year-old woman from Staten Island slammed her all terrain vehicle (ATV) into a tree at Bates State Forest in the Schoharie County town of Broome on Saturday, August 2, according to Tony Desmond, the Schoharie County Sheriff.
The woman, Lauren Galante... Read more
By Heather Rolland on Friday, Aug. 1, 2014 - 4:37 pm
Outdoor recreation opportunities abound in the Catskills, running the gamut from strolling on rail trails to expert-only wilderness bushwhacks. Whatever your adventure level — or your dog’s — there’s plenty to do with a pup in tow here in the Catskills.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 29, 2014 - 4:13 pm
Oorah, a New Jersey-based nonprofit that runs summer camps for Jewish children in the Schoharie County towns of Jefferson and Gilboa, has won a major victory in a longstanding legal battle with the town of Jefferson over whether Oorah was entitled to an... Read more
By John Phillip Tappen on Friday, Jul. 25, 2014 - 11:46 pm
About two dozen people attended the first public forum of Transition Catskills, a group dedicated to making the Catskills more economically resilient, on Wednesday night at the Open Eye Theater in Margaretville.
“This was our first effort to organize a... Read more
By John Phillip Tappen on Wednesday, Jul. 23, 2014 - 4:14 pm
National Weather Service forecasters have issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the Catskills and central New York, including Schoharie, Ulster, Delaware, Sullivan and Greene counties, lasting until 10 p.m. Wednesday night.
The following was posted on... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jul. 16, 2014 - 2:22 pm
Post by Schoharie Co. Fire Wire & News.
Above: Photo from the scene of an accident on Route 30 posted to Schoharie Fire Wire and News. For more photos from the scene, see their Facebook page.
A collision between an SUV and a truck hauling a... Read more
By Katherine Speller on Friday, Jul. 11, 2014 - 12:00 pm
Charles “Sonny” Somelofski of Catskill Outdoor Adventures in Margaretville (catskilloutdooradventures.com), remembers when the licensing process to become an outdoor guide in New York state was a simple paper questionnaire with a $2 fee that asked whether... Read more
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