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By wateradmin on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 - 7:59 pm
Welcome to a work in progress that, like the original intent behind the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose California, will I am sure keep changing. (For those curious and/or uninformed about this particular odd metaphoric reference, here is the url for... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 - 5:43 pm
If you're a newbie hiker, this weekend is the perfect chance to tackle a trail leading to what many say is the best view in the Catskills: Giant Ledge. The Frost Valley YMCA is leading a free public hike on Saturday up to the aptly named 1,000-foot... Read more
By Rich Muellerleile on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 - 12:34 pm
Summer is in full swing here in the Catskills, and the flurry of outdoor activities that these hills and dales offer bring droves from near and far to take advantage of what incredible resources Mother Nature offers us. She’s a tough mother in the summer... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 5, 2011 - 12:43 pm
Sometimes we forget that the Catskills are part of Appalachia, with all its misty hollows and moonshine lore. Folk musician A.J. Roach will cure that little delusion -- his first two albums were all fiddles, banjos and lyrics about life in ghostly eastern... Read more
By wateradmin on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011 - 3:36 pm
A crowd enjoys Verdi's Falstaff under a dusky sky at the first annual Phoenicia Festival of the Voice in 2010. Photo courtesy of the Phoenicia Festival of the Voice.
This week, the hamlet of Phoenicia plays host to an influx of visitors, including some... Read more
By Rusty Mae Moore on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011 - 12:24 pm
Photo by J. Ronald Lee, 2011. Via Flickr.
Sixty percent of the water that is pumped through Phoenicia's water system is vanishing before it reaches its destination, Alfred Peavey, the chairman of the committee for the Phoenicia Water District, told the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 26, 2011 - 2:22 pm
Photo of rusty mailbox by Flickr user Mandy Jansen. Published under Creative Commons license.
Today, the United States Postal Service released a list of almost 3,700 post offices across the country -- many of them in small, rural towns -- that the agency... Read more
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 Wednesday, Jul. 20, 2011 - 3:10 pm
Today, most of the Catskills region is under an official "excessive heat watch," according to the National Weather Service offices in Albany and Binghamton.
Temperatures are going to be in the high 90s for the next 24 hours, and for urban-dwellers and... Read more
By Rusty Mae Moore on Wednesday, Jul. 20, 2011 - 9:28 am
Children learn to drum at the Thunder in the Valley Pow-wow in Big Indian Park. Photo by Rusty Mae Moore.
On Saturday, Native American vendors, dancers, and drummers from across the region and as far away as Mexico gathered in Big Indian for the Thunder... Read more
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