Sullivan County
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 22, 2011 - 3:49 pm
Deb KavakosThis year's Farm to Market Conference, a get-together sponsored by Pure Catskills and being held this Sunday in Liberty, is an annual conclave of growers, distributors, marketers, and buyers from all points in the food chain. We attended last... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 22, 2011 - 9:37 am
Photo submitted to the Ultimate Fishing Town contest by Kurt Huhner.
In a contest that is eerily similar to Budget Travel Magazine's "coolest town in America" contest, only fishier, the World Fishing Network is asking small towns across the country to try... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 21, 2011 - 10:15 am
The New York State Police are reporting that officers found 58 marijuana plants in a Neversink home on Thursday and charged Duane A. Sausville, the resident, with operating the growing operation.
The report states that Sausville, who allegedly first gave... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 16, 2011 - 3:53 pm
Election day in Fleischmanns. Photo contributed by Ben Fenton.
The results are in from most of the region's village elections. Here's a roundup:
In Fleischmanns, the newly-reelected (and unopposed) village trustee Ben Fenton emailed us yesterday about... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2011 - 2:21 pm
The Times Herald-Record has the details on a 30-year-old Forestburgh woman who fled state troopers on Route 42 last night. Thankfully, the chase ended in an arrest rather than in violence:
[Maryanne] Silverstrim refused to get out of the car and when... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 15, 2011 - 12:25 pm
Today's the day for village elections, and while many races across the Catskills have candidates for various village boards and mayors who are running unopposed, there are a few real contests out there. Here's a list of the heated challenges:
Sullivan... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Mar. 11, 2011 - 3:46 pm
Posted on the Sullivan County website this morning:
County Manager David Fanslau issued the following statement: “As of 8:00 AM there are some County Roads that are flooded, some with shoulder damage from water runoff, and some with mud slides. The... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 9, 2011 - 5:20 pm
If you thought the rivers and streams got high earlier this week, you haven't seen anything yet.
The National Weather Service has issued flood watches for all five Catskills counties -- Delaware, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan, and Ulster -- from tomorrow... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 9, 2011 - 8:31 am
The arrest of a Loch Sheldrake woman on Saturday for endangering the welfare of a child is making headlines, thanks to the unhappy circumstances of her alleged crime. According to the Associated Press report in the Daily Freeman:
Police in Loch Sheldrake... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 7, 2011 - 9:22 am
The rain from yesterday combined with a surprise snowstorm last night have made for a bit of nutsiness this morning. There are multiple school delays, road closures, car accidents, and a travel advisory issued for Delaware County until noon today. Via... Read more
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