Mount Tremper
By wateradmin on Thursday, Jul. 21, 2011 - 11:33 am
At a recent meeting of the Phoenicia Rotary Club, local resident Jerry Bender of Mt. Tremper, New York was honored.
With friends and family looking on, Ken Jacobs, president of the Phoenicia Rotary Club, expounded on all the great things Jerry does for... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 7, 2011 - 9:06 am
There's something about Shandaken and A-list performing arts talent -- the town is home not only to the Phoenicia Festival of the Voice, but also the Mount Tremper Arts Festival, a magnet for expert dancers from New York City who come up to perform for a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 23, 2011 - 3:12 pm
Photo: Aerial view of Hanover Farms, taken from the Ulster County GIS web map. Town zoning code says farmstands in residentially-zoned areas can take up no more than 100 square feet.
A special meeting of the Shandaken Town Board to discuss re-zoning a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, May. 7, 2011 - 12:36 pm
Photo from the family collection of Doc Searls, of his aunt Ethel Searls in the shadow of the Tremper Mountain Fire Tower. Reproduced by permission.
While poking around on Flickr, we recently discovered a wonderful little cache of photos from a bygone era... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 3, 2011 - 7:51 pm
Brace yourself for more farmstand drama: The Shandaken Town Board has voted 3 to 2 to hold a special meeting, on May 24 at 6pm, to discuss re-zoning a stretch of Route 28 in Mt. Tremper to permit more commercial activity. [Update: The date of the meeting... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Apr. 9, 2011 - 10:02 am
The Daily Freeman has the story:
LIVINGSTON – A Mount Tremper man has been arrested and charged with four counts of felony second-degree assault and one count of misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child in connection with injuries to his... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010 - 11:01 am
It might not sound like a big deal, but today's dedication of the Catskill Interpretive Kiosk in Mt. Tremper is a cause for celebration, because it's a concrete step towards getting a long-desired Catskills Interpretive Center built on the same spot.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 8, 2010 - 8:53 pm
Yes, it's already the weekend -- no doubt you're still digesting those candied apples and that funnel cake from the Fourth. But there's no rest for the hungover or the over-carnivaled: There's some awesome stuff to do this weekend. Here's what we're... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 8, 2010 - 9:59 am
When people get angry about things as benign as farm stands, they get really angry. Phoenicia's Hanover Farms, a large and successful farm stand on Rte. 28 in Mt. Tremper, has been a flashpoint of angst for years.
In a nutshell, owner Al Higley's... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010 - 10:38 am
Tony Fletcher finds an unexpected treasure trove of '70s music history in his basement.
It’s not like I don’t already have several boxes full of cassettes in the storage room behind my office, including tapes of my pre-pubescent bedroom band from back in... Read more



