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By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Mar. 5, 2011 - 10:34 am
Ice rescue practice on the Ashokan Reservoir. Photo via the NYC Water/NYC DEP website. Adam Bosch of the Times Herald-Record spent Thursday on the ice at the Ashokan Reservoir watching NYC Department of Environmental Protection police officers don bright... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 4, 2011 - 3:30 pm
Another Kind, an independent horror movie, has just finished shooting in the Catskills, according to the website Shock Till You Drop:  Another Kind follows four unprepared hikers from New York City on a winter camping expedition in the Catskills. Their... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 4, 2011 - 1:30 pm
The Daily Star had the scoop yesterday: Lisa Barrows, the former Stop DWI coordinator for Delaware County who was removed abrupty from her job last year, is now facing a felony charge brought by the Delaware County Sheriff's Office: According to court... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 4, 2011 - 11:23 am
The Walton Reporter, a weekly newspaper covering a large swath of Delaware County, posted a heartfelt plea on its Facebook page yesterday: Walton Reporter readers - We need your help. Some of our newspaper archives were lost in the 2006 flood. If you are... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 4, 2011 - 10:19 am
Despite the layoff woes at the Belleayre Mountain Ski Center, this year has been excellent for the businesses that depend on it, Jay Braman wrote in the Daily Freeman yesterday: At a meeting on Monday of the  Belleayre Region Lodging and Tourism... Read more
By jes.vec on Friday, Mar. 4, 2011 - 9:26 am
The little kitty has found a home and will be going there after she recovers from being spayed. Thanks to Deb and the Shelter Staff for taking such good care of the poor homeless girl....and thanks to Karen for adopting her!   Update on the kitty that... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 4, 2011 - 8:10 am
On Wednesday, Sean Scherer's Andes outpost of antiques, taxidermy, and artfully-arranged objects opened an outpost in the East Village. The Andes location of Kabinett & Kammer, however, is still the "flagship" store, according to the press release... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 3, 2011 - 12:47 pm
A Callicoon shopkeeper has won a million dollars in the lottery, the second time in a month that someone from the Catskills has been handed a big lotto check. In February, a Cairo man claimed a $122 million winning Powerball ticket. Now, according to a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 3, 2011 - 11:29 am
Want to nurse injured deer back to health, or hunt squirrels with a trained raptor? The New York Department of Environmental Conservation is holding its exams for both falconry apprentices and wildlife rehabilitators on April 22. To take the exams, you... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 3, 2011 - 8:58 am
The Daily Mail has a story today about the Greene County Stop DWI program, which, in the wake of the retirements of its two staff members, is going to be administered by the Greene County Sheriff's Office: The county’s STOP-DWI program has a total budget... Read more

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