Windham
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011 - 4:03 pm
Above: Arm-of-the-Sea Theater, which will perform this weekend at the Batavia Kill Stream Celebration.
For those who might not know what, exactly, the "kill" in Catskill stands for, there's a whole festival happening this weekend that will cement the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 7, 2011 - 3:19 pm
One of the biggest mountain biking events in the world will be happening in Greene County this weekend: The 2011 Mountain Bike UCI World Cup. The most formidable bikers from around the globe will gather at Windham Mountain Saturday and Sunday to jockey... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Feb. 11, 2011 - 7:10 pm
The Freeman reports that a Pennsylvania woman died today after a skiing accident on Windham Mountain:
Troopers at the Catskill barracks said Joan Sabatini, 69, of Yardley, Pa., was skiing with friends on the Wedgie Trail about 11:20 a.m. when she fell,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 - 9:19 am
An 18-year-old woman, Erin Clare Malloy-McArdle, died after skiing into a tree on a Windham Mountain ski slope on Saturday morning.
According to a press release from the New York State Police, Mallow-Mcardle, who was a novice skier, skied off the trail... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Nov. 19, 2010 - 11:49 am
Marc A. LitchkoThe State Police out of the Catskill barracks have released a detailed statement about the events that led to Wednesday's terrifying late-night standoff in downtown Windham. The release reports that six people, five men and one woman, were... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010 - 8:41 am
A nine-hour standoff between police and reportedly armed people in an apartment over Windham Hardware ended without any injuries around 11pm, according to multiple news reports. The Daily Mail has an extended story today, though details are still emerging... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010 - 7:19 pm
The Daily Mail has a breaking-news story:
At least one armed man is allegedly holding one or more hostages in the Town of Windham, according to reports.
From NY-ALERT at 6:21 pm:
RTE 23 EB/WB CLOSED from South St. to RTE 296 (Town of Windham) at 6:10PM... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010 - 9:22 am
Sad news today from Windham: longtime local radio personality Guy Patrick Garraghan died last night. From WRIP/97.9's website:
Friends, I’m afraid we must announce very sad news. Around 9:15 PM on Tuesday, November 2, the Mountaintop lost a native son who... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010 - 12:42 pm
The folks over at Windham Mountain say that it was pretty frosty there this morning, and they have photo to prove it on their Facebook page.
Got any frost photos? Send them to us at [email protected], or upload them to our Flickr page.
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 28, 2010 - 11:26 am
Armenian food lover Douglas Kalajian, who blogs at TheArmenianKitchen.com, recently visited Windham, where, he reports, there is now a fantastic Armenian (and Greek!) specialty foods store:
The Armenian flag fluttering over Route 23 is one of several... Read more
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