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By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 - 10:26 am
Woodstock is grieving this morning for the loss of violinist Betty MacDonald. The Times Herald-Record reports that she died at home this morning after a brief period of hospice care:
Her friend and fellow Woodstock musician, Pete Levin, said Friday her... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010 - 2:34 pm
Congressman Scott Murphy, who represents most of the Catkills region in the U.S. House of Representatives, is putting his weight behind a very specific cause: cell phone service in the Delaware County town of Andes.
He issued a press release yesterday in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 6, 2010 - 2:08 pm
Since the surprising passage of a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing by the New York Senate on Tuesday night, the political chess pieces have been moving around the board.
Our own Catskills-area state senator John Bonacic, who reversed his previous pro-... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Aug. 6, 2010 - 2:02 pm
A paper published in the prestigious research journal Science on August 6 makes a dire prediction: The little brown bat, the Northeast's most common bat and an important species in the ecology of the region, could become extinct in the region within 16... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 6, 2010 - 9:50 am
A scary, official-looking letter was sent to a woman in the Bronx after she signed a petition supporting a candidate running against state senator Pedro Espada. The New York Times' City Room blog has the story:
In bold-face capital letters, it read “... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010 - 10:12 am
The New York Post has caught deposed state senator Hiram Monserrate still using his old senate parking pass. Stories like these are why God gave us tabloids:
Former state Sen. Monserrate (D-Queens) is still using his state-issued parking placard -- six... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010 - 10:00 am
An update from the Times Herald-Record says that there are now 20 sites in Ulster County that have been infected by the emerald ash borer:
The latest sites include a tree in the Catskill Park's Forest Preserve and one about a half-mile away from the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 - 11:53 pm
Tom Murray
Despite being allegedly caught on tape calling using the N-word in a national scandal that has already caused Cobleskill Mayor Mark Nadeau to resign, Cobleskill Town Supervisor Tom Murray doesn't see any reason to leave his job.
In a statement... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 - 8:02 pm
Last weekend's Tour of the Catskills cycling race, all 160 miles of it, was grueling. Especially the Horsegate section of the course:
The video above, taken during the first road stage of the race, was shot by a member of the Boston-based cycling team... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010 - 12:04 pm
Adam Bosch at the Times Herald-Record had a terrifying story on Saturday about the newfound emerald ash borer infestation in the Catskills. Apparently, things are far, far worse that we originally thought:
"My best guess is that there are thousands of... Read more
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