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By Alan Via on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015 - 12:22 pm
Above: Hiking near the the Moonhaw on the Friday and Balsam Cap range in shoulder season conditions in 2012. Photo by Shirley LaPlante.
As October shoulders its way into November, the cool sunny days can easily lull us into a sense of comfortable... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015 - 11:23 am
Above: "Farmhouse Rules," a new cookbook by Nancy Fuller, who hosts a Food Network show of the same name.
Nancy Fuller, the host of the Food Network television show “Farmhouse Rules” and the owner of Hudson Valley food distributor Ginsberg's Foods,... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015 - 3:37 pm
Above: Wayland “Bud” Gladstone, left, and Ed Callahan participated in a candidates' forum on Sunday. The empty seats were reserved for candidates who did not show up for the event. Photo by Robert Cairns.
A candidates' forum drew 50 Andes residents to the... Read more
By Paula Ann Mitchell on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015 - 5:29 pm
Above: A Company 1 Production film crew setting up at a house in Saugerties on Monday, Oct. 19. Photo by Paula Ann Mitchell.
A film starring 1980s-era icon Molly Ringwald is shooting at locations around the Hudson Valley this month.
While the film’s... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015 - 11:13 am
Above: A black bear feasts on cherries in the backyard of a home on Broadstreet Hollow Road in Shandaken on Sept. 9, 2015. Photo by Christian Casals, submitted to our 2016 Catskills Food Guide Photo Contest, which is now closed.
We got a bunch of great... Read more
By Timothy Knight on Monday, Oct. 19, 2015 - 6:26 pm
Above: Gilboa Supervisor Tony VanGlad, left, accepting a check from Oorah Camp Director Avraham Krawiec in July 2014. Photo courtesy of the Schoharie News.
Schoharie County officials have denied an application from Oorah, a New Jersey-based nonprofit... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Friday, Oct. 16, 2015 - 2:54 pm
A local law to create a hotel and motel occupancy tax came a step closer to reality on Wednesday, Oct. 14, when the Delaware County Board of Supervisors scheduled a public hearing on the law to add two percent to the bills for overnight stays.
Wednesday's... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015 - 5:09 pm
Despite some initial opposition, a dairy goat farm has received a permit to operate a microcreamery and retail store in a long-vacant barn in the center of the Delaware County town of Andes.
Cyndi Wright, the owner of Dirty Girl Farm, received approval... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015 - 4:42 pm
A judge has ordered Angel's Gate, a notorious animal hospice based in the Delaware County town of Meredith, to close immediately, sell all its assets and donate the proceeds to a legitimate animal charity.
Angel's Gate, which had a mission of caring for... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015 - 2:50 pm
An elderly woman who wandered away from her home in the Schoharie County town of Esperance was found alive but hypothermic in a ditch on Columbus Day morning, according to Tony Desmond, the Schoharie County Sheriff.
The woman, who is 91 years old and has... Read more
By Rebecca Andre on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015 - 1:37 pm
Above: A crane lifts a Delaware & Ulster engine into the air on Wednesday, Oct. 14. Photos by Rebecca Andre.
The 2015 season of train rides aboard the Delaware & Ulster Railroad, a scenic railway that runs from the Delaware County hamlet of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015 - 5:21 pm
The New York State Police and the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office are investigating a homicide in the Sullivan County hamlet of Swan Lake, located in the town of Liberty, according to media reports.
Police found the body of Michael Northcote on Monday,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Oct. 12, 2015 - 1:47 pm
Michael Johnson took this shot of the brilliant colors on a Catskills mountainside on Sunday, Oct. 11 and shared it with the Watershed Post in a Facebook message.
Show us what your Catskills Columbus Day looks like--share your photos with us via Facebook... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Friday, Oct. 9, 2015 - 2:45 pm
Above: Delaware Academy's football field was illuminated on Friday for a nighttime football game at the school. Photos by Robert Cairns.
“Friday Night Lights” have become synonymous with high school football, but home games at Delaware Academy in the... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015 - 4:21 pm
Above: Sugar maples. Photo by DeirdreLovesTrees, submitted to the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
This is it: The peak of fall. Columbus Day Weekend is the biggest weekend of the year in the Catskills, the time when the leaves peak in glorious colors and the... Read more
By Rebecca Andre on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015 - 4:20 pm
Above: Collage of musicians playing this year's O+ Festival. Image from O+ website.
More then 60 musical acts, 25 artists, a kick-off parade, workshops and classes and a late-night literary salon come to Kingston this weekend during the O+ Festival (... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015 - 3:50 pm
Delaware County's board of supervisors is set to introduce legislation to impose a two-percent hotel occupancy tax.
At a public information meeting held on Monday, Oct. 5 in Delhi, Delaware County Economic Development Director Glenn Nealis said that the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015 - 9:32 pm
UPDATE: New York State Police have confirmed to Action News that a man is in custody, after a standoff situation Tuesday...
Posted by WBNG-TV Action News on Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Update, 2 p.m., October 7, 2015: The New York State Police have... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015 - 5:50 pm
Above: One of Catskill Puppet Theater's giant puppets at the Taste of the Catskills Festival. From the Taste of the Catskills Festival website.
Giant puppets, a bocce tournament, the "Farm Olympics," a horse show and live music on two stages come to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Oct. 5, 2015 - 12:51 pm
You've got two weeks left to submit your photos to the 2016 Catskills Food Guide Photo Contest for a chance to win a $75 gift certificate from the Peekamoose Restaurant and Tap Room. Check out the great entries that we've gotten so far by clicking here or... Read more
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