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By Lissa Harris on Friday, Mar. 9, 2012 - 10:53 am
Levon Helm may be a national treasure, but here in the Catskills, we think of him as our own. The four-time Grammy-winning musician has called Woodstock home since the 1960s, and his famous "Midnight Ramble" sessions draw musicians and rock acolytes to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Mar. 9, 2012 - 9:34 am
Above: Photo from the scene of a fire at 14 Brunel Drive in Boiceville, taken by Ralph VanKleeck Jr. of the Olive Fire Department. Reproduced with permission.
A fire that started in a garage caused major damage to a home on Brunel Drive in Boiceville on... Read more
By Tobe Carey on Friday, Mar. 9, 2012 - 8:49 am
SUNY Ulster's juried "Water" show opens tonight and features Deep Water: Building the Catskill Water System, our best-selling documentary film. If you haven't yet seen the film, stop by the Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery in Vanderlyn Hall at the... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Thursday, Mar. 8, 2012 - 8:37 pm
Al's Seafood, a Phoenicia institution in business since 1940, will close its doors permanently after dinner service on March 19. The Daily Freeman reports:
“At close of business on March 19th, I turn off the lights at Al’s for the last time,” [Paul... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Thursday, Mar. 8, 2012 - 5:13 pm
Salaries of Town of Catskill employees frozen over three years ago may soon be thawed, the Daily Mail reports today.
The town's human resources consulting form made the recommendations, citing wage and salary studies it conducted a few years ago.... Read more
By Chicken Hill Farm Handmade Soap on Thursday, Mar. 8, 2012 - 3:07 pm
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By Andrea Girolamo on Thursday, Mar. 8, 2012 - 12:48 pm
Above: An aerial view of the Cannonsville Reservoir. Not pictured: Cannonsville itself. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under a Creative Commons license.
Cannonsville, described by Wikipedia as "defunct," was a town that, like many others in the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 8, 2012 - 12:19 pm
After a year in office, Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens told his staff in a memo issued on February 23 that he was "especially proud of the DEC's response to Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee." But he forgot to... Read more
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