This weekend ( Friday - Sat , June 7 & 8th ) a filming crew from Voice of America, an American international radio and television network will be visiting Nini Ordoubadi , owner of Tay Home , at her shop in Andes to conduct an interview and a shoot a short film. The shoot will begin at mid day friday and resume on sat about the same time .
(VOA provides a wide range of programming for broadcast on radio and TV and the Internet outside of the U.S. in 43 languages. VOA produces about 1,500 hours of news and feature programming each week for an estimated global audience of 123 million people.)
Interestingly enough the journalist / interviewer is none other than the talented Ms. Melody Safavi , the lead singer of ABJEEZ , the popular persian / swedish band!
We invite those of you who are curious and want to be part of this film to come and visit us on saturday to have lunch, tea and desert in our newly opened TAY LOUNGE which comfortably seats 22 guests ( WIFI ) but remember to SMILE you'll be on candid camera & 123 million people may be watching you!
Above: A screenshot of a National Weather Service image showing the projected 5-day track of Tropical Storm Andrea as it moves up the East Coast, as of Thursday afternoon. For a current image, check the NWS's Tropical Storm Andrea page.
Heavy rains and possible flooding are in store for the Catskills region this weekend, starting Friday morning, as the area braces for two storm systems moving into the region.
First on the forecast is a rainstorm moving through the region from the west, beginning Thursday night and continuing into Friday. By Friday afternoon, a tropical storm dubbed "Andrea" will move in from the south, dumping more rain onto an already-saturated landscape. Andrea is not expected to strengthen into a hurricane, but is forecast to bring heavy rains and high winds to a wide swath of the eastern U.S. Read more
Open Mic JAM and Hamburger/Hotdog Recording Party CELEBRATION!
at the Roxbury Arts Group’s 76 MAIN! Friday, June 7, 2013 starting 7:30 pm.
Celebrating the second year of Open Mic JAM the Roxbury Arts Group will host a Hamburger / Hotdog Party to thank hosts Kevin Prior and Mike Herman and all the musicians and volunteers that have helped make this night so successful.
Kevin Prior and Mike Herman will lead the night with great music. And as a fun bonus, this evening will mark a first time attempt at recording the Open Mic JAM for a later broadcast on the Roxbury Arts Group’s weekly radio show ‘RAG Time’. Everyone is invited to come on down to the Coffee House at 76 MAIN! for the party. Hamburger’s and Hotdog’s are FREE. It all starts at 7:30pm.
FMI: please visit www.roxburyartsgroup.org or call 607.326.7908 or 607.652.7676. Musicians may sign up to perform at the door, or email Kevin Prior a head of time at kpjamnights@yahoo.com. Donations are welcomed. Read more
For the second time in a year, the Walton Central School District has been besieged with virulent Facebook threats made against children.
On Monday evening, a message was posted on a local Facebook group threatening to shoot elementary school children in Walton, and then quickly deleted. The message, from user "Taylor Elizabeth" (possibly a fake or hacked account) read:
Someone sent me a message and it said this...just wanted ta pass it on not looking for drama plz .......KIDS ARE GOING TO DIE TMO (TUE) AT THE WALTON LITTLE SCHOOL. ;) . BANGBANG THEIR ALL DEAD!!! Kin.. 1st and 2nd. & if I get that far 3rd Haha....(;
Left: A threat directed at children in the Walton Central School District, posted to a local group on Monday, June 3. Read more
Saturday's muggy weather was no match for the 469 runners, ages 6 to 78, who turned out for the Delhi Covered Bridge Run this year. Organizers said the turnout for the scholarship run -- now in its 18th year, and fast becoming a Delhi tradition -- was a record for participation.
The run raised over $16,000, most of which will go to college scholarships for two graduating Delaware County seniors: Megan Brosi of Delaware Academy and Taylor Bass of Hancock Central School. A donation will also be made for camper scholarships at 4-H's Camp Shankitunk in Delhi. Read more
A fierce rainstorm that swept through upstate New York on Wednesday night caused flash flooding in several spots in the Western Catskills, as the heavy rains swelled small creeks and ditches.
Parts of Delaware and Schoharie County, where the rainfall was hardest, got over two inches of rain over the course of the two- to three-hour storm. According to data from the National Weather Service, the Schoharie County town of Jefferson had 2.4 inches. In the hamlet of Meridale, just outside of Delhi, rainfall was reportedly 2.25 inches.
The West Branch of the Delaware River also overflowed its banks in some spots. But the flash flooding from smaller creeks as they were overwhelmed with rainfall caused more problems than the rise in larger rivers, according to Richard Bell, director of Delaware County Emergency Services. Read more
