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By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 16, 2015 - 12:50 pm
A John Lennon scarecrow, above, stands watch over Bovina Farm Day on Sunday, Sept. 6, one of the contestants in the festival's scarecrow contest. The Lennon scarecrow didn't win--that honor went to "Edgar Allen Crow," by Marni Greenberg, below. Photos by... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Sep. 11, 2015 - 2:29 pm
At the Big Eddy Film Festival in Narrowsburg next weekend, filmmakers Caroline Laskow and Ian Rosenberg will attend the Catskills premiere of "Welcome to Kutsher's," their documentary about the legendary Borscht Belt resort that inspired the film "Dirty... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Sep. 10, 2015 - 12:35 am
The Ulster County town of Olive has a lot to celebrate this week. On Tuesday, Sept. 8, State Senator James L. Seward announced that the town will receive $150,000 in grants to buy new police equipment and to replace the roof of the town highway garage.... Read more
By Jane Margolies on Friday, Sep. 4, 2015 - 1:58 pm
You can hop in a potato-sack race, careen down a hay slide and enter the scarecrow-making contest at the seventh Bovina Farm Day, which will take place this Sunday, Sept. 6. At 2:30 p.m. there will be a talk about heirloom apples; at 4:30 p.m. cows will... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015 - 10:04 pm
Above: A sign for the pie sale at the 2014 Old Franklin Day. This year, the revamped event, known as New Old Franklin Day, still features pies. Photo via the Greater Franklin Chamber of Commerce website.  The annual community day in the Delaware County... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015 - 11:55 am
Above: Carriage rides at the Bethel Woods Harvest Festival, via the Bethel Woods website.  Harvest season is upon us. This Sunday, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in the Sullivan County town of Bethel kicks begins its weekly Harvest Festival, which... Read more
By Paula Ann Mitchell on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015 - 8:54 am
Ryan Fields doesn’t have to think too hard when he starts playing around with Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a unicellular fungus more commonly known as yeast. To him, it’s all elementary--the 30-year-old holds a degree in environmental science from... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015 - 12:17 pm
Above: Visitors to the 2014 Monticello Bagel Festival pose in front of a bagel sculpture. Photo via the Bagel Festival's Facebook page.  This Sunday, Aug. 16, the Sullivan County village of Monticello becomes the bagel capital of the world for a day... Read more
By Jane Margolies on Friday, Jul. 31, 2015 - 3:39 pm
Strawberry season has come and gone, but not to worry if you didn’t get your fill of luscious, locally grown berries. Blueberry season is upon us, and, thanks to the late spring rains, growers at U-Pick farms around the Catskills are reporting bumper... Read more
By Janel Bladow on Wednesday, Jul. 29, 2015 - 1:52 pm
Catskills-made cider, craft beers, cheeses and meats are coming to the Flushing Town Hall in Queens this Saturday at a new tasting event that aims to bring mountain foodies and city dwellers together. “The Catskills Comes to Queens” is the brainchild of... Read more

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