It's a fitting role for the abandoned shopping center, which is slowly decaying as it waits in a limbo of zoning and redevelopment plans.
The Democrat interviewed County Legislator Alan Sorensen, who recently toured the property. Sorenson said that the Apollo "easily fits the bill for a haunted location:" Read more
Up to a third of Central Hudson's customers may have had their personal or financial information accessed by hackers in a cyberattack that struck over President's Day Weekend, the electric utility announced Wednesday.
“We will be using an automated telephone system to call all of our customers for whom we have telephone contact information to alert them as to whether they are potentially affected or not by noon tomorrow,” said Central Hudson President James P. Laurito. He stressed that no evidence has been uncovered to date that confirms that any information was transferred during the attack, and that Central Hudson is taking these notification steps as an added precaution. Read more
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Having been recently refurbished, White House is a bright new take on a historic 1840s home. As part of a large estate, which encompasses a working organic farm (tours are available with prior notice), this home is a great base for exploring the unspoiled area, or for creating memories on the grounds at home.
Downstairs, the home features a generous living room with gas stove, and a spacious country kitchen that opens to the dining area. There is a full bathroom (with walk-in shower) on this level. The four bedrooms are upstairs off a central landing. Two feature queen beds (each could be considered the master), there is a full bedroom, and a smaller bedroom with one twin. Upstairs the bathroom includes a tub/shower. Read more
Willie Janeway, a Department of Environmental Conservation official who heads the agency's Region 3 in the Hudson Valley and lower Catskills, is leaving for a nonprofit job in the high peaks of the Adirondacks.
County governments across upstate New York are weighing in against New York State's new gun control law, the SAFE Act. By the time the dust settles on a spate of pending resolutions, the list of anti-SAFE Act counties is likely to include most or all of the Catskills region.
On Friday, the Schoharie County Board of Supervisors voted 15-1 to pass a resolution opposing the SAFE Act. News 10 reports:
The resolution calls for repealing the new law; explaining the it infringes on people's rights and describes it as unnecessary.
The resolution opposes the process of the enactment and certain provisions, including the ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines. Read more
William Thornton, a 49-year-old Monticello resident and the former business manager of the Eldred Central School District, was arrested on Friday on charges that he stole $20,000 from the district.
On November 17, 2012, state police say, the Eldred school district reported to state police that $20,000 was missing from one of the district's accounts. Several days later, the Times Herald-Record reported, Thornton resigned amidst allegations of "financial improprieties."
Put up your own website -- the fast, low-tech, free way
You can put up a simple, good-looking website for free in five minutes. A step-by-step guide to using free web-based software to post and manage your webpage. Bonus: How to outsmart domain name squatters and thieves.
At the end of the session, you will be able to:
Create a personalized website in ten minutes
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Class sessions: Monday, March 4: Margaretville E-Center, 6:30 to 8:30pm(cancelled) Read more
Officially, TED stands for "Technology, Education, Design." But the growing video talk series is much more than an acronym. It's a movement of smart ideas, fascinating thinkers, and free access to innovation -- and this weekend, a Manhattan TED event dedicated to local food comes to the Catskills, via the wizardry of live broadcast.
Locavorism has spread like wildfire over the past decade or so, fueled in our region with the ample tinder of agricultural heritage, culinary brilliance, and hunger for overall sustainability. The possibilities for thinking global and acting local radiate in so many directions: planetary health, personal health, open space preservation, economic viability. Fresh, local and farm-to-table have become the standard by which many people judge their eating choices. Read more
St. Valentine, it might be remembered, got into a heap of trouble for marrying couples in defiance of the government, which had decreed that young men remain single so that they’d make better soldiers for the state. No matter your feelings about Hallmark-card consumerism, that’s a dude worth commemorating, and hey, doing something sweet for or with your honey is hardly a burden.
So celebrate some romance, y’all. We've put together seven ideas for making sure your Valentine's Day in the Catskills is a great one.
New York State is slated to miss a key Wednesday deadline in the long march toward issuing regulations on hydrofracking.
State health commissioner Nirav Shah announced Tuesday, in a letter to Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) commissioner Joseph Martens, that his agency's ongoing review of the effects of hydrofracking on human health would not be finished by its Wednesday due date. Several large-scale studies, including a progress report from an ongoing EPA study of hydrofracking's effects on drinking water, have been released recently, and Shah told Martens that his agency needed time to incorporate them into the review.
In the letter, Shah urged Martens to put the brakes on fracking regulations until the Department of Health (DOH) finishes its review:
The time to ensure the impacts on public health are properly considered is before a state permits drilling. Other states began serious health reviews only after proceeding with widespread HVHF [high volume hydraulic fracturing]. Read more
Willie Janeway, a Department of Environmental Conservation official who heads the agency's Region 3 in the Hudson Valley and lower Catskills, is leaving for a nonprofit job in the high peaks of the Adirondacks.
You can put up a simple, good-looking website for free in five minutes. A step-by-step guide to using free web-based software to post and manage your webpage. Bonus: How to outsmart domain name squatters and thieves.
