Ulster County
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015 - 11:07 am
Left: Former Abbot Konrad Ryushin Marchaj in 2012. Photo by Dharma Communications, via Wikipedia.
The abbot of the Zen Mountain Monastery in the Mount Tremper has stepped down from his post as the leader of the popular Ulster County religious center... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015 - 12:16 pm
9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27: The travel ban in Ulster County (and in most other New York counties) has been lifted, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office:
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo this morning announced that the travel ban in the Hudson Valley (Dutchess,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015 - 4:58 pm
Above: Projected snowfall totals in the Catskills and Hudson Valley by Hudson Valley Weather.
Update, 1/26: We are tracking live updates on the progress of the storm through the Catskills and Hudson Valley. Click here to follow along.
The forecasters at... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015 - 3:53 pm
Above: Tyler Borchet, center, searches the driftwood pile at the Jan. 23 driftwood giveaway in Olivebridge. Photo by Julia Reischel.
Driftwood is the Catskills version of the iPhone -- people line up around the block to get it.
Hundreds waited in below-... Read more
By Pure Catskills on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 - 2:00 pm
Ohio native Marla Puccetti, who co-owns The Heron in Narrowsburg, NY with her chef/partner, Paul Nanni, grew up in the restaurant industry – her uncle ran a steakhouse and her father owned an Italian restaurant – but it was not the career path her family... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015 - 4:36 pm
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection is hosting an odd event this Friday, Jan. 23: A driftwood giveaway.
The DEP has a driftwood glut on its Ashokan Reservoir, one of the city's upstate lakes that supplies NYC's drinking water. A... Read more
By Margaretville Health Foundation on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015 - 3:47 pm
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By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015 - 10:27 pm
Above: The first of a three-part video from the Shandaken Planning Board's public hearing on Crossroads' proposed Belleayre Resort project. Source: Town of Shandaken's YouTube channel.
For the past fifteen years, the public debate surrounding the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015 - 5:43 pm
Above: Families board a Thomas the Tank Engine train in Kingston during a Catskill Mountain Railroad event in September. Photo via the Catskill Mountain Railroad Facebook page.
Ulster County is preparing to file more litigation in an attempt to evict... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015 - 1:24 pm
Above: The Phoenicia Library's snazzy new sign, via its Facebook page.
After the Phoenicia Library burned down on March 19, 2011, it took almost four years for it to rise from the ashes. But rise it did, with the close-knit Shandaken community raising $... Read more
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