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By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015 - 1:09 am
The Key Bank building at 53 Main Street in Phoenicia was destroyed by fire on Monday night, Feb. 16, despite the efforts of about 100 local firefighters who showed up to battle the blaze.
Several local residents called 911 to report the fire around 9:33 p... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015 - 3:26 pm
Above: Only a foundation remained after a fire destroyed a Delhi home on Friday, Feb. 6. Photo by Lissa Harris.
A 51-year-old woman was found dead in the charred remains of her home on Maggie Hoag Road in Delhi on Friday, Feb. 6, according to a press... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014 - 11:26 am
A 55-year-old West Kill man died Monday, Nov. 17 when the all-terrain vehicle he was riding flipped over on a private trail in the Greene County town of Lexington, according to a statement released by New York State Police.
Local resident Bronislaw... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014 - 1:02 pm
Former congressional hopeful Sean Eldridge has drawn the ire of the Catskill Watershed Corporation (CWC) with his comments about economic development in the New York City watershed.
Eldridge, a Democrat, lost the race for New York State's 19th... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014 - 10:57 am
A stolen Pennsylvania car that was found abandoned in the small Catskills town of Bovina caused a massive police search for possible connections to fugitive Eric Matthew Frein on Wednesday, Oct. 22. Police say that there is no confirmed link to Frein, and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014 - 6:25 pm
Above: First responders and witnesses on the scene of a one-car crash on Margaretville's Main Street. Photo by Lissa Harris.
An erratic driver in an Elantra coupe jumped the curb, took out a streetlight and hit the Gottfried Municipal Building at 773... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Sep. 16, 2014 - 6:36 pm
For months, backers of the long-planned Belleayre Resort project have been eagerly anticipating the end of the state Department of Environmental Conservation's lengthy process of environmental review.
The developer, Crossroads Ventures LLC, is eager to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 4, 2014 - 1:49 pm
For Tim Luby and Jess Fritscher, a pair of avid hikers with a longstanding love for the trails and hollows of the Catskills, visiting just wasn't enough.
"We were driving back from one of our many trips to the Catskills," Luby said. "I kind of blurted... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 2, 2014 - 12:15 pm
Vice President Joe Biden was indeed at the Emerson Resort & Spa in Mount Tremper on Saturday, August 30, according to Tony Lanza, a spokesman for the resort. Biden was part of a wedding party that stayed at the resort and attended several events there... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014 - 5:43 pm
For Bud Holden and Ken Henderson, two old friends who have been fishing the Beaverkill for 40 years, it was supposed to be just another day on the river. But fate had other plans.
On the morning of Thursday, August 21, Holden and Henderson were among a... Read more
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