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Above: A map of Bovina Center. A standoff between police and an armed man is ongoing tonight at a house on County Highway 5.
The subject of a manhunt in the Delaware County town of Bovina is surrounded in a house on County Highway 5, also known locally as Pink Street, this evening, according to law enforcement dispatchers at 6:30pm.
Photo of Charlie Sanborn, by Nicholas Piatek Photography.
The Catskills are two-wheel paradise, especially if you're not afraid of a few hills. Some people move here just because they love the riding; others try it out on a whim and fall in love with the quiet byways, the rush of bracing air, the sudden views, the skimming along beside a rushing brook. We asked a few people in the know to tell us their favorite rides.
Charlie Sanborn, proprietor of Cinder Track Bicycles, Livingston Manor, grew up in Orange County and moved to the Sullivan Cats specifically for the riding. “I live for this. For the hills. It's like flying a few feet from the ground -- the bike becomes part of you.”
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A flash flood watch is in effect today for eastern New York and western New England, including Greene, Schoharie and Ulster counties. The flash flood watch, issued around 3am by the National Weather Service in Albany, is in effect until 6pm.
Local flood advisories have been issued this morning for parts of all five Catskills counties: Delaware, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster. For details, see the posts in the Storify widget below.
On Thursday night, flooding struck in central New York, closing roads in Tompkins and Cortland counties and forcing the boat evacuation of dozens of people from a flooded Walmart in Cortland. The National Weather Service in Binghamton has many photos of the flooding submitted by readers on their Facebook page.
We're keeping track of fast-breaking weather news with a Storify widget embedded below. If you see flooding or road closures in your area, help us spread the word: Send pictures or eyewitness accounts to [email protected], or leave a comment below. Twitter users, if you have weather news to share, tweet it to @watershedpost and we will retweet.
The principal of the Phoenicia Elementary School, who was removed from her post without explanation in February, has been reinstated by the Onteora School District.
A letter was sent to parents in the Onteora district today by superintendent Phyllis McGill, announcing that Phoenicia principal Linda Sella had been returned to her former job as of Wednesday, August 7. No explanation was given as to why Sella was suspended six months ago, or why she was being reinstated now.
The letter is embedded below.
Above: The bar at Tavern 214, ready for business at last. Photo from Tavern 214's Facebook page.
This Saturday, August 10, Phoenicians and other interested parties will at last get to check out Tavern 214, a brand new gastropub opening in what was once Claude’s Bistro on Route 214. Phoenicia's newest eatery is a restored 1920s tavern with a patio, a fireplace, and a long local history that its restorers remember and hope to perpetuate.
Owners (and brothers) Pete and Michael Diaz have had a few practice runs already. For their first shakedown cruise, the Diazes opened Tavern 214 for the cast of Rigoletto, performed at last weekend's Phoenicia Festival of the Voice. "They booked a party assuming we’d be open, but they were okay with the way it worked out," said Pete. "They brought their own wine." On Monday, the Tavern 214 crew threw an impromptu party for friends, family and locals in the know.
Above: Protesters at a fundraiser for local Republican Congressman Chris Gibson on Tuesday, at which House Speaker John Boehner was the featured guest. Detail from a larger image posted on Facebook by Citizens Action of New York, whose members took part in the protest.
Happy Wednesday, Catskills. Look out for scattered showers over the next few days, as a warm front moves into the area. Nighttime temperatures are climbing back up into the balmy 60s -- which is good news for everybody's ripening tomatoes.
Reuters got a hot scoop on Tuesday: Chesapeake Energy, which had been battling landowners to extend its gas leases in Broome and Tioga counties, has agreed to drop the leases. Some landowners who had leases with Chesapeake are hoping that they can now get better deals for their land. Others are just glad to be rid of the gas company.
A crew of employees from the Sportsman's Alamo Cantina gets Davy Crockett settled into his new home at Mystery Spot Antiques, next door to the Cantina on Phoenicia's Main Street. Photo from the Mystery Spot's Facebook page.
There were plenty of weighty items on the agenda of the Shandaken Town Board meeting on Monday. There was stream work to be done, before a looming state deadline of September 30. There was a contract with a cell tower operator that needed extending. There was the independent auditor who had to be hired to look over the town's federal flood recovery spending.
And then there was Resolution #115-13: A resolution in honor of a notable local resident, "Mr. Crockett, that is Davy, Davy Crockett."
Above: The three top finishers in the men's pro category take the podium on Sunday at Tour of the Catskills, a three-day pro/am cycling race that ranges over some of the Catskills' most grueling road terrain in Greene and Ulster Counties. Left to right: Timothy Rugg of Kensington, MD (second place); Erik Levinsohn of Williamstown, MA (first place); and Kevin Massicotte of Toronto, Ontario (third place). Photo from Tour of the Catskills Facebook page.
Above: Photo of a page from an 1803 shape note tunebook, The Art Of Singing by Andrew Law.
Kingston welcomed the Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign yesterday, as a supporting contingent of Dakota Unity Riders rode down Broadway and a flotilla of paddlers arrived at the Rondout waterfront, accompanied by a replica of a Dutch fur-trading ship called the Onrust.
