Ulster County
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 Julia Reischel on Friday, Jul. 25, 2014 - 4:00 pm
The Rondout Savings Bank on Schwenk Drive in Kingston was robbed this morning, and the suspect who fled from the scene along an old railroad bed is still at large, according to a press release from the Kingston Police Department. There were no injuries.... 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 Katherine Speller on Monday, Jul. 21, 2014 - 4:07 pm
Above: Camille Zamora performs zarzuela.
Each year, Phoenicia’s International Festival of the Voice kicks off with something akin to a barn raising. Volunteers unload a massive 5,000-square-foot stage with large white tents flanking from its roost in a... Read more
By John Phillip Tappen on Friday, Jul. 18, 2014 - 3:04 pm
This weekend, Mike La Casas will create an entire galaxy, complete with stars, planets, rings and meteors. And by Monday, it will most likely be gone.
La Casas, 53, has been composing chalk drawings of galaxies, animals and dinosaurs since he first heard... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 15, 2014 - 6:55 pm
Post by The Festive Owl.
Above: A Hudson Project festgoer earns her 15 minutes of Internet fame, as she shrieks at the river of trash and belongings running through her campsite. Source: The Festive Owl's Facebook page.
It was billed as the... 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
By Katherine Speller on Thursday, Jul. 10, 2014 - 2:48 pm
Locals are gearing up for traffic, crowds and delays this weekend as the Hudson Project, a new music and arts festival in the tradition of Woodstock, kicks off in Saugerties.
Legions of hippies and hipsters — an estimated 20,000 a day — will flood 800-... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 10, 2014 - 1:48 pm
The regional authority that runs Belleayre Mountain Ski Center in the Catskills, along with Gore and Whiteface in the Adirondacks, has some troubling financial problems, according to a new audit released Wednesday by the New York State Comptroller's... Read more
By Jennifer Strom on Wednesday, Jul. 9, 2014 - 12:35 pm
Tom Crucet built a 65-foot-tall rappelling tower in Phoenicia because he knew it would be fun. Thirty years later, it still is.
“It’s one of the joys of my life,” says Crucet, who is a lawyer by trade and has been a town justice for 17 years. “I loved... Read more
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