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By Anne Pyburn Craig on Friday, Oct. 25, 2013 - 11:28 am
Above: Pumpkins at Sunfrost Farms in Woodstock. Photo by Flickr user Kat Stan; published under Creative Commons license.
Halloween may not formally arrive until next Thursday, but celebrations of ghoulies and ghosties and all manner of beasties are in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013 - 12:29 pm
Earlier this month, schoolchildren across the Catskills learned about fire safety during National Fire Prevention Week. Here's Gianna Muellerleile, daughter of Shandaken ambulance captain Rich Muellerleile, suiting up for the cause. Rich, who sometimes... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013 - 2:01 pm
Above: The remains of Sundae's, a restaurant on Route 23 in Grand Gorge that was destroyed by an early-morning fire on Monday. It's the second time in a month a business has burned down in Grand Gorge; in the wee hours of September 27, Becker's Tire... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013 - 1:34 pm
Above: Sunset over a Middleburgh field. Photo by Flickr user A Man Called ACME; shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group pool.
Happy Columbus Day Weekend, Catskills. There's plenty to do this weekend around the mountains: Fiddlers in Roxbury, old-... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013 - 12:55 pm
Columbus Day weekend is the traditional end of the high season in the Catskills, and it's the end of our Catskill Fire Towers badge season as well. So get outside, enjoy the glorious weather, and earn your badge. If you need a few ideas for outdoor... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013 - 2:14 pm
Above: Georgianna Lepke of Neversink passes the CWC gavel to Michael Triolo of Stamford. Photo courtesy of the Catskill Watershed Corporation.
The board of the Catskill Watershed Corporation, a nonprofit governed mostly by elected officials from the New... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 7, 2013 - 8:39 pm
Above: Adirondack chairs strewn across a Delaware County backyard by Monday's windstorms. Photographer Gerry Gomez Pearlberg, who shared the photo with us, said the winds tossed the chairs 20 or 30 feet.
Heavy rainstorms and high winds that swept across... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 7, 2013 - 9:27 am
Above: Graphic showing a tornado watch stretching across several mid-Atlantic and New England states on Monday, October 7, issued by the National Weather Service in Albany.
A tornado watch is in effect for a large area of upstate New York, including the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 4, 2013 - 5:10 pm
Waterfall on the Esopus Creek in Saugerties. Photo by Flickr user Sonja Stark; published under Creative Commons license.
By state government standards, it's a small document: Just 34 pages. But to Lower Esopus residents, who have been waiting a long time... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 - 11:28 pm
Above: “Panther Mountain” by Ethan Myers. A runner-up in our 2013 Catskills Great Outdoor Experience Photo Contest. Join a guided hike up Panther Mountain on October 10th as part of the 2013 Lark in the Park.
It's perfect season in the Catskills: Blue... Read more
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