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By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010 - 8:56 am
U.S. Representative Maurice Hinchey brought the star power to campaign for him in Binghamton on Monday: None other than Mr. Bill Clinton himself, who spoke to 600 fans, according to Fox 40. (The Star Gazette has a photo gallery.)
Hinchey's Republican... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Oct. 11, 2010 - 2:47 pm
NY-Alert reported last night that a serious accident occurred yesterday around 6pm on Rte. 55A in Wawarsing at Lackawack Hill Road.
Today, the Daily Freeman and the Times Herald-Record have the details: Stephen E. Roth was thrown into a guardrail after... Read more
By Ellen Verni on Monday, Oct. 11, 2010 - 6:49 am
Ellen Verni has been writing "Home Cookin'," her column of Catskills recipes and rumination, for 24 years. She is sharing some of her archived columns with the Watershed Post. The column below first ran in October 2002. You can get more of Verni on her... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010 - 1:25 pm
Three vehicles were involved in a fiery accident on Rte. 145 in East Durham on Friday, but everyone survived, thanks partially to the efforts of five bystanders and a bunch of fire extinguishers, the Daily Mail reports.
Yesterday, the DM interviewed a few... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010 - 11:27 am
Hotaling
State troopers discovered this week that town of Sharon in Schoharie County, famous for being home to the Fabulous Beekman Boys, was also allegedly home to a giant pot growing operation. On Monday, State Police reportedly discovered 50 large pot... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010 - 5:22 pm
The Times Herald-Record interviewed the man who stopped and picked up Keri Reynolds after alleged murderer Richard Giga stabbed her and left her beside the road in in her crumpled car. Giga kept the town of Ellenville in a panic on Wednesday as he fled... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010 - 12:45 pm
Photo of a woolly bear caterpillar by Roban Kramer, via Flickr.
When you see these little brown-and-black fuzzy caterpillars everywhere, that means it's right around Columbus Day in the Catskills. Aside from Memorial Day and Labor Day, this is one of the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010 - 2:14 pm
Laura Levine at her store, Homer & Langley's Mystery Spot, in Phoenicia. Photo by Gene Martin. Used with permission.
Homer & Langley's Mystery Spot in Phoenicia is one of the more unexpected networking hot spots in the Catskills for creative,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010 - 11:29 am
If so, be sure to fill out a FEMA damage-assessment form and give it to your town code enforcement officer. The Woodland Valley View points out the importance of documenting just how much damage was done in the October 1st floods:
If you own a business or... Read more
By Aaron Bennett on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010 - 12:46 pm
In honor of Lark in the Park, this week's festival of outdoors activities in the Catskills, I'd like to issue a call to arms: If the Catskills are ever going to become an outdoor recreational mecca, we have a lot of work to do.
We need to tear down the... Read more
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