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By Timothy Knight on Tuesday, Jun. 28, 2016 - 11:06 pm
Above: Republican John Faso will face Democrat Zephyr Teachout in the general election for the 19th Congressional District, which covers the entire Catskills region of New York.
After months of contentious campaigning and political sparring, New York's... Read more
By Timothy Knight on Tuesday, Jun. 28, 2016 - 8:16 am
Above: Republican John Faso squares off against Republican Andrew Heaney and Democrat Zephyr Teachout goes head to head with Democrat Will Yandik in a primary election today, Tuesday, June 28.
Following months of contentious and hard campaigning, voters... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Monday, Jun. 27, 2016 - 11:36 am
Above: Delaware County Watershed Affairs Commissioner Dean Frazier delivers comments at a hearing on the renewal of New York City's Filtration Avoidance Determination (FAD) on Tuesday, June 21 in Delhi. Photo by Robert Cairns.
A hearing last week on the... Read more
By Timothy Knight on Friday, Jun. 24, 2016 - 6:24 pm
Above: Rabbi Irving Goodman at Monday’s forum in Monticello. Photo by Timothy Knight.
Members of Sullivan County's Orthodox Jewish community and elected public officials came together in the Sullivan County village of Monticello on Monday, June 20 to... Read more
By Robert Burke Warren on Friday, Jun. 24, 2016 - 10:42 am
Above: A tribal dress that is believed to be made from the coats of Union soldiers who fell at the Battle of Little Bighorn. Photo courtesy of Delaware County resident Cliff Eaglefeathers, who rediscovered the artifact.
This weekend, June 24, 25 and 26,... Read more
By Timothy Knight on Thursday, Jun. 23, 2016 - 3:41 pm
Above: A rendering of the reconstruction of the Blenheim Covered Bridge.
Blenheim residents are one step closer to getting their beloved covered bridge back after the Schoharie County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to submit final design plans for... Read more
By Timothy Knight on Tuesday, Jun. 21, 2016 - 9:39 am
Above: Dawn Johnson addresses the Schoharie Town Board about stone mining in Schoharie before a crowd of concerned residents in April 2016. Photo by Timothy Knight.
Members of the Schoharie Town Board voted down a motion to pull out of a proposed... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jun. 20, 2016 - 1:03 pm
A man died on Thursday, June 16 in the Sullivan County town of Bethel when a two-story apartment building caught fire, according to the New York State Police.
The fire, which fully engulfed a building located at 1240 Route 17B, possibly began in a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jun. 20, 2016 - 10:52 am
The New York State Police are investigating the death of a 31-year-old Middleburgh man who died after being struck by a Schoharie County Sheriff's Office patrol car on Friday, June 17 while fleeing from the deputy on an unregistered dirt-bike motorcycle.... Read more
By Heather Rolland on Friday, Jun. 17, 2016 - 11:36 am
Above: The ruins of the Overlook Mountain House. Photo by Alan Via.
Trees growing in the ballroom? Porcupine teeth marks on the fuselage? In addition to scenic views and cascading waterfalls, many Catskills trails and roadways boast abandoned ruins and... Read more
By Timothy Knight on Thursday, Jun. 16, 2016 - 4:53 pm
Above: Director Tansy Michaud and cinematographer Adam Carboni shoot “Enjoy Your Intermission," a film about the Hi-Way Drive-In Theatre in the Greene County town of Coxsackie, in 2014. Photo by Philip Doueihi.
Officials have spent years trying to build... Read more
By Timothy Knight on Thursday, Jun. 16, 2016 - 10:33 am
Above: Finkle Road in the Delaware County town of Andes. Photo by Denick Herrin, entered in the 2016 Catskills Outdoor Guide Photo Contest.
With the 2016 legislative session drawing to an end in Albany, state lawmakers are pushing for the creation of two... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 16, 2016 - 10:22 am
Above: Tim Cox shared this photo of a Flag Day observance at the American Legion in the Ulster County hamlet of Shokan on Tuesday, June 14 in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
By Timothy Knight on Wednesday, Jun. 15, 2016 - 1:35 pm
Above: A video clip of the meeting of the Walton Cemetery Association on June 6, shot by the Walton Reporter and posted on Facebook.
Outraged over what they called the poor condition of the Walton Cemetery over Memorial Day weekend, dozens of cemetery... Read more
By Rebecca Andre on Tuesday, Jun. 14, 2016 - 4:59 pm
Above: A black bear in the Catskills. Photo by Rebecca Andre.
Spring in the Catskills is a breathtaking season of roaring waterfalls, eagles taking flight and pastures covered in blooming wildflowers—and, thanks to our resident black bear population, of... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Friday, Jun. 10, 2016 - 2:46 pm
Above: A donkey basketball game at Margaretville Central School in April 2015. Photo by Pauline Liu, via Facebook.
A once-popular fundraiser will not happen at Margaretville Central School this year.
Donkey basketball, which involves students and teachers... Read more
By Robert Burke Warren on Thursday, Jun. 9, 2016 - 10:26 am
Above: The logo for "Taking Flight: Birding in the Catskills."
For over a century, birdwatchers have come to the Catskills to enjoy the staggering variety of feathered species on display. This weekend’s “Taking Flight: Birding in the Catskills,” held at... Read more
By Timothy Knight on Thursday, Jun. 9, 2016 - 10:02 am
Above: Zephyr Teachout, left, debates Will Yandik, right, in a discussion moderated by Brian Hollander, center, in Woodstock on Tuesday. Photo by Timothy Knight.
Over 100 Democrats squeezed into the Mescal Hornbeck Community Center in Woodstock on... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 8, 2016 - 9:25 pm
Above: One of many depictions of the Onteora Indian at Onteora Central School. Photo via the Onteora Humans Rights Club.
At a meeting on Tuesday, June 7, the Onteora Central School District Board of Education voted 5 to 2 to change the school’s mascot... Read more
By Timothy Knight on Wednesday, Jun. 8, 2016 - 7:35 am
Above: Andrew Heaney. Photo courtesy of the Heaney campaign.
Unlike the other three candidates running to replace retiring Republican Congressman Chris Gibson in New York's 19th Congressional District, Dutchess County businessman Andrew Heaney has no... Read more
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