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By wateradmin on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011 - 9:36 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here.
Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years. Originally hailing from Detroit, he lived for many years in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011 - 7:13 pm
Belleayre's slopes today. Via the Belleayre Mountain Facebook page.
There are two big stories about Belleayre Mountain Ski Center making the rounds today. First off, Jay Braman Jr. has juicy articles in both the Daily Freeman and the Catskill Mountain... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Dec. 31, 2010 - 3:37 pm
In light of the deep staffing cuts planned for Belleayre Mountain, the idea of an authority to manage the ski center -- much like the one that governs Whiteface and Gore Mountain, New York's other state-run ski centers -- is once again getting some... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010 - 9:09 am
Jennifer Kabat, who just started a new blog about Plattekill Mountain and winter life in the Catskills, finds a scrap of a Harlequin romance novel embedded in the snow on the Upper Face and traces the clue back to its source:
So how does a book get... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010 - 2:06 pm
In the Times-Union today is a juicy story just in time for ski season: Local ski centers Windham Mountain and Hunter Mountain are on the offensive against state-run Belleayre Mountain, arguing that the Highmount ski center is undercutting their business... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010 - 9:59 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here. For some context about this week's cartoon, click here.
Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Dec. 3, 2010 - 12:25 pm
Looks like Windham's opening a day early, and they're practically giving away lift tickets to celebrate. This just in from Windham Mountain's Facebook wall:
Here’s some BREAKING NEWS! Windham Mountain is open TODAY at 2:00 p.m. for the 2010 – 2011 ski... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010 - 12:47 pm
Freshly groomed trails on Belleayre Mountain yesterday. Photo from the Belleayre Mountain website.
One Catskills ski resort opened for business this weekend, and two more -- Windham Mountain and Hunter Mountain -- expect to have their opening days this... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010 - 11:53 am
The Daily Freeman's Jay Braman broke the news today that Belleayre Ski Center is going to see some nasty job cuts:
Belleayre Mountain Superintendent Tony Lanza delivered bad news today to ski center employees. Lanza said he told staff members that top... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010 - 12:43 pm
Phil Brown, who pens the Adirondack Dispatches blog for the Times Union, had a great post on Monday about two accomplished "ski mountaineers," Mike Whelan and Ron Konowitz, who have teamed up to make a mini-documentary about skiing down Slide Mountain:... Read more
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