Photo courtesy of the Prattsville Great American. Used with permission.

Cheers to Prattsville's newest business, which opened its doors to the public today. Catskill Mountain Wine and Liquor celebrated its grand opening in low-key local style: No flashy advertising campaign, no big fuss, just the quiet launch of one more reason to shop Prattsville's Main Street.

We spoke to owner Jason Eisel, whose brother Jim runs the Prattsville Great American grocery store next door, about the pair's vision for a revitalized Main Street in a town that's spent long enough underwater.

Watershed Post: So, how did the grand opening go today?

On Thursday afternoon, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation unveiled its latest set of proposed regulations to govern hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. The new proposed regulations replace an earlier set of draft regulations, issued September 7, 2011.

The latest move from the DEC extends the agency's timeline for finalizing its hydrofracking regulations for another 90 days. Public comment on the current draft will be accepted from December 12, 2012 through 5pm on January 11, 2013.

North Country Radio reports that there are a pair of studies that also need to be completed before drilling could begin:

Above: An artist's rendering of the Catskill Interpretive Center, a long-planned -- and long-dormant -- project on Route 28 in Mount Tremper that has recently gotten some new wind in its sails. From the Catskill Interpretive Center website.

The proposed Catskill Interpretive Center on Route 28 in Mount Tremper, an ambitious tourism project that was mothballed for over a decade, is once again moving forward.

This afternoon, at the Shandaken Town Hall, local residents will have the chance to comment on the project and meet the team of SUNY Delhi architecture students who are designing the proposed center. At another meeting on Friday, December 14, the students will present their designs to the public.

A head-on collision between two cars on Route 28 in Boiceville on Thanksgiving Day left three people injured, and may result in charges being filed, state police say.

The accident was called in to 911 at 7:17pm on Thursday, November 22. According to New York State Police Investigator Benjamin Cooper, the accident occurred near the intersection with Upper Boicevill Road, and involved a Jeep Grand Cherokee and a Nissan.

The drivers of both vehicles were taken by helicopter to separate hospitals, one to Albany Medical Center and the other to St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie. A passenger in one of the vehicles was transported by ambulance to Kingston Hospital.

None of the injuries were life-threatening, Cooper said.

The incident is still under investigation, and police expect that charges may be filed in the incident. Whether alcohol may have played a role in the crash is yet to be determined, Cooper said.

"I'm not going to give out the names involved until there's more information," he said.