Ulster County
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014 - 11:32 am
Above: Hudson Bennett bobsledding in Oliverea. Photo by Aaron Bennett.
It's not Russia, but with multiple feet of snow on the ground, who cares?
Aaron Bennett sent photos of his kids, Hudson and Samuel Bennett, doing aerials and bobsled routines on the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014 - 9:32 am
Two Margaretville residents and a Saugerties man face felony drug charges, after a search by a state police K-9 turned up almost 700 envelopes of heroin in the car they were traveling in.
On Sunday, Feb. 16 around 11:30 p.m., state police patrolling the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014 - 2:49 pm
1. We heart art. On Valentine's Day, meet and mingle with the artists in permanent residence at the Woodstock Commons, a new affordable-housing center for artists, seniors and working families. "Share The Love," a gallery show featuring the artists'... Read more
By Jennifer Strom on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 - 9:59 pm
Beers of the Catskills: There's plenty to choose from. Photo from the Facebook page of Cave Mountain Brewing Co. in Windham, whose proprietors are planning to expand into wholesale.
Craft beer drinkers of the greater Catskills region, rejoice: many new... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 - 2:36 pm
With a snowstorm approaching the Catskills region, Trailways New York has cancelled all service on several routes that go through the area for Thursday, Feb. 12. Many other routes throughout upstate New York are also cancelled or are operating on a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 - 1:18 pm
Above: Graphic from the National Weather Service showing weather watches, warnings and advisories in upstate New York as of 1 p.m. on Wednesday. The area in pink, stretching across the southern Catskills and Hudson Valley, is under winter storm warning;... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014 - 5:54 pm
Above: A house near Schoharie, NY after Irene in 2011. Photo by fixBuffalo, via the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
Communities across the Catskills have a shot at $3 million each to help them rebuild after the ravages of Hurricanes Sandy and Irene and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 10, 2014 - 3:51 pm
David Reese, who has been charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of DEP employee Aron Thomas, admitted to the act after the crime, a DEP police officer told a Kingston court judge on Monday.
At a preliminary hearing in Kingston city court... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Feb. 7, 2014 - 1:44 pm
This Friday through Sunday, the Ashokan Center in Olivebridge comes alive with the twang of banjos, the stomp of feet, and the sweet sound of voices lifted in harmony. (And even a little "electrified Americana," in the form of a set by Saugerties' Conner... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Feb. 7, 2014 - 10:17 am
My wife's logic and humor #MoChunk pic.twitter.com/m4zFqNZk8T
— Aaron Grill (@agrill) February 1, 2014
Above: Mohonk's norovirus outbreak hits Twitter.
The Mohonk Mountain House closed its doors for a week on Friday, Feb. 7, after many guests and staff... Read more



