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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 Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 6, 2011 - 5:39 pm
Franz Liszt, the virtuoso Hungarian pianist and composer pictured above, would've turned 200 this year, and a series of concerts around the Catskills (and the world) are celebrating his music all year long. Tomorrow afternoon, East Meredith joins in the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 6, 2011 - 5:39 pm
As if you needed an excuse to stuff yourself with homemade pie. (And cake, and brownies, and lemon squares, and...)
The deadline for entering your prizewinning delicacies is noon, and the eating runs from 1pm til the goodies are gone. All proceeds benefit... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 6, 2011 - 5:17 pm
Longtime Woodstock folksinger Tom Pacheco will be playing the Public on Saturday night. Once a regular on the Greenwich Village circuit, Pacheco has played with the likes of Pete Seeger and The Band, written chart-topping hits for Norway's number-one... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 6, 2011 - 4:52 pm
If you're a kid yearning for a kite, show up at the Loch Sheldrake campus of SUNY Sullivan tomorrow just before 10am. The college's annual kite festival, which runs from 10am to 4pm, is handing out free kites to the first 200 children who arrive. And that... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 6, 2011 - 4:42 pm
Since 2009, the aerator fountain at the Ashokan Reservoir -- a popular spot for picnicking, snapping photos or just getting a faceful of cool mist in the summertime -- has been out of operation. Today, the New York City Department of Environmental... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 6, 2011 - 11:28 am
Tomorrow, the Hanford Mills Museum in East Meredith will ring with the sound of axes and saws, as the lumberjacks (and jills) of the SUNY Cobleskill Woodsmen's Team put on a display of their prowess at chopping and sawing. Also, there'll be demonstrations... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 6, 2011 - 9:46 am
Things are finally stirring in the Catskills, now that the sun has been shining for a few days. This weekend is jam-packed full of art openings, food events, exhibitions, and shows. We'll be writing about a few of them today. For more, check out our... Read more
By Rich Muellerleile on Friday, May. 6, 2011 - 7:54 am
Spring has sprung and with beautiful weather in store please be careful, particularly on the roads. The spring season tends to bring a higher incidence of auto accidents to the area, particularly on Route 28. Take a moment during this busy driving season... Read more
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