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By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015 - 9:17 am
Above: An inch of snowy, icy slush is cause for celebration on Tuesday, Dec. 29. Photo via the Great Western Catskills Instagram account.
After almost an entire December without snow, the Catskills got its first significant snowfall on Tuesday, Dec. 29.... Read more
By Rebecca Andre on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015 - 12:47 pm
Above: The slopes at Belleayre Mountain Ski Center in Highmount on Dec. 16. Photo by Rebecca Andre.
Snow guns are blazing at all four Catskills ski resorts as unusually warm weather—and a distinct lack of snowfall—puts a damper on the start of the ski... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Monday, Dec. 21, 2015 - 4:21 pm
Gifting is so much fun. But the classic ideas can always stand an update. After all, a partridge in a pear tree takes up the entire living room, shipments of milkmaids and drummers need to be housed (to say nothing of a gymnasium space for all those... Read more
By Margaretville Health Foundation on Monday, Dec. 21, 2015 - 3:42 pm
During this busy season of preparing for the holidays,
the Margaretville Health Foundation
wishes to thank you for your continued support of
Mountainside Residential Care Center and Margaretville Hospital,
which are here for you year-round. Your... Read more
By Pure Catskills on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015 - 3:45 pm
Support your local farm and forest producer, working landscapes and your community by making your purchases count for clean water and the environment! Holiday shopping just got easier with the Fresh From the Catskills Holiday Gift Guide 2015. We've... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015 - 9:07 am
Above: Photo by Nannette Turner, via Flickr.
Ring those bells and light those lights: It’s Christmastime in the Catskills. Public festivities abound. Come out and revel with your neighbors this weekend. Here’s our five-county guide to what’s doing.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015 - 5:51 pm
Above: The Ulster County town of Shandaken will receive $415,000 in state funds to fix broken pipes in Phoenicia, part of $26 million in state grants won by Catskills organizations and municipalities today. Photo via PhoeniciaNY.com.
The winners of the... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015 - 1:34 pm
Above: A decorated storefront in Narrowsburg in 2013. Photo by John of Catskills Photography, shared in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
Now that it's the first week of December, holiday events are legion across the Catskills. There are craft markets and... Read more
By Timothy Knight on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015 - 3:45 pm
Patients and doctors across the Catskills have been scrambling to deal with the abrupt closure of Health Republic, a troubled health insurance company that is closing for business today, Monday, Nov. 30.
The shuttered company is no longer paying its... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015 - 10:26 am
Photo by icoNYca, via Flickr.
As the fourth Thursday in November rolls around, we gather in a spirit of gratitude for our mountain peaks and sparkling creeks, our deer and raptors and black bear, and for each other. Here are some places to feast among... Read more
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