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Apr. 23, 2010
There's one for sale in Ulster County:
Whether you're looking to get out of the rat race or your looking for a growth industry with a heart, this is for you. This business provides the finest quality fresh, natural, organic and whole foods. Product lines... Read more
Apr. 22, 2010
Welcome to the hall of mirrors that is the Internet. The Daily Freeman recently wrote a story about Martha Frankel's new book, Brazilian Sexy. Frankel posted the Freeman clip on Facebook, along with a quip about being naked in her hometown paper. Some... Read more
Apr. 22, 2010
Photo of a Delaware County sunset by Catskill05, via Flick. http://www.flickr.com/photos/catskill05/ / CC BY-ND 2.0
Ah, Earth Day, one of the most nebulous holidays of the year. Celebrations and commemorations are underway, and it seems like pretty much... Read more
Apr. 22, 2010
We just got an email from Demon On Wheels director Christina Eliopoulos, who's shooting a documentary about local mechanic Mike Ondish and his bitchin' '68 Shelby Mustang:
I'm seeking out 2 production interns who can assist us from May 3 through May 8 on... Read more
Apr. 21, 2010
The Delaware County Board of Supervisors has unanimously passed a resolution in support of Dean Gitter's Belleayre development project, the Daily Freeman reports. (The story also appears in the Catskill Mountain News, but their content is behind a... Read more
Apr. 21, 2010
The Jewish Single Malt Whisky Society enjoyed a recent visit to Tuthilltown Distillery in Gardiner:
Gable is one of these super-charming and disarming type guys. A charismatic dude who knows his business quite well. Gable went on to provide a tasting... Read more
Apr. 21, 2010
Akira Ohiso of Zinc Plate Press snaps a picture of the now-defunct Academy Theater in Liberty, and muses:
Part of the Main Street revitalization of Liberty should include bringing this space back to life.
In a recent profile of the Rosendale Theatre... Read more
Apr. 20, 2010
That's what a tipster claims over at Breathing Is Political:
I had a customer inform me two days ago that the home equity loan they were obtaining in order to purchase a small investment piece near them was turned down by GMAC because their home property... Read more
Apr. 20, 2010
The Times Herald-Record has a look at the steel bases being made by DC Fabrication and Welding:
None of the millions of visitors to the memorial will ever see them.
But they'll be doing their jobs underground, beneath the memorial on the footprint of the... Read more
Apr. 20, 2010
The parents of Richard Vandemark, who hung himself in Ulster County jail a year ago, are suing the Ulster County Sheriff and several prision officials, according to the Daily Freeman.
Apr. 20, 2010
First the New Kingston film festival went on maternity leave, and now the Franklin Stage Company is taking a hiatus! The Daily Star reports that the theater company won't be putting on plays this summer:
"There just isn't enough staff," Marner said. "We... Read more
Apr. 20, 2010
West Shokan fine art photographer E. G. Cleveland originally trained himself in black-and-white photography. But the revolution has been pixelated, and so now he's transitioned to full-color digital photos, a few of which he just uploaded this morning. ... Read more
Apr. 20, 2010
Britain's TRUCK music festival, which describes itself as "a village fete meets Woodstock with a cutting edge musical policy sharp as your suit," is coming to the Catskills next week for a three-day American show. They promise big things, including an... Read more
Apr. 19, 2010
So sayeth Dick May in his latest Greene County roundup:
Paganism evidently is alive and growing in GreeneLand. It is practiced with special fervor in Palenville, in a three-acre grove and a venerable 18-bedroom former inn (Central House) that houses the... Read more
Apr. 19, 2010
The Catskill Watershed Corporation and HospitalityGreen just announced a joint venture aimed at measuring (and decreasing) the impact of local hotels and B&Bs on the NYC watershed. From HospitalityGreen's press release:
The Green Concierge project is... Read more
Apr. 19, 2010
The image above is a detail from a map from the USDA, showing growth and decline in farming between 2002 and 2007. Each red dot represents 20 farms lost during those five years; each blue dot is for 20 new farms.
What are Massachusetts and Connecticut... Read more
Apr. 19, 2010
Douglas Kalajian, one of the two writers behind The Armenian Kitchen, has fond memories of the once-large Armenian community that vacationed in the Catskills:
Maybe you think of the Catskill Mountains as the Borscht Belt, but I remember when the... Read more
Apr. 19, 2010
Ron Lopez, who has a home between Andes and Downsville, saw snow on the ground yesterday. He has a photo to prove it.
Apr. 19, 2010
The final numbers will be decided on May 18 at a Board of Education meeting, but it looks like Catskill plans to cut teachers and raise taxes 2.75 percent. The Daily Freeman has the story.