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By Julia Reischel on Monday, Feb. 2, 2015 - 11:20 am
Above: A sheepdog guards its flock during a Catskills snowstorm on Monday, Jan. 2. Photo by Mark Zilberman, via Flickr.
After the fakeout from last week's snowstorm-that-wasn't, a foot of snow is falling across the Catskills today, Monday, Feb. 2. Many... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015 - 5:34 pm
John of Catskills Photography went to the Livingston Manor Ice Carnival on Sunday, Jan. 25 and took some great photos, which he shared with us in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
Above are figure skaters Valerie Levine (left) and Victoria Calderone (right... 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 Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 - 1:27 pm
Above: The royal court at the 2011 Livingston Manor Rotary Ice Carnival. Photo via the Livingston Manor Rotary Ice Carnival's Facebook page.
For 56 years, Livingston Manor's Rotary has thrown a huge party in the depths of January. The annual Livingston... Read more
By Laney Salisbury on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015 - 12:22 pm
Above: A bear snacks on birdseed after smashing a bird feeder at a home in Andes in 2006. Photo by Peter Possenti (using a telephoto lens.) Used with permission.
The spot Tim Meservey found at the base of a tree early one Saturday morning in September ... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014 - 12:01 pm
Above: After two people fell to their deaths while hiking Kaaterskill Falls in 2014, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation installed a new fence and signage at the top and bottom of the waterfall. Photo via NY DEC.
The New York State... Read more
By Tim Luby on Friday, Dec. 12, 2014 - 12:49 pm
If you’re scratching your head wondering what to get that special someone who spends most of his or her time outside, you can stop worrying now. Take it from me, outdoorspeople love gear almost as much as they love the mountains, and there’s always a neat... Read more
By Tim Luby on Friday, Dec. 5, 2014 - 1:46 pm
“Love is the measure of life: only so far as we love do we really live. The variety of our interests, the width of our sympathies, the susceptibilities of our hearts— if these do not measure our lives, what does?”
-John Burroughs
The original “why” that... Read more
By Tim Luby on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014 - 1:11 pm
Everyone knows that in winter, skiing and snowboarding reign supreme in the Catskills. But what about those people who like a slower pace and want to enjoy the outdoors in the colder months? Jess and Tim Luby of Catskill Mountain Storehouse, a new... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014 - 2:58 pm
Above: Snowfall predictions for the Catskills, via the National Weather Service's Binghamton office.
The forecasts for a whammy of a winter storm are getting more serious: Delaware, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster counties are all under a winter... Read more
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