All
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2011 - 5:28 pm
Michael Lowe: Photo via the New York State PoliceThe New York State Police in Liberty are reporting that Michael Lowe of Livingston Manor fired a rifle at a woman, her mother and her uncle as the woman was being picked up from Lowe's Meadow St. house... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2011 - 1:40 pm
After several years of weighing the evidence, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finally called a halt to its investigation of the eastern cougar -- previously listed as "critically endangered" on the Endangered Species List -- and declared it extinct... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2011 - 12:31 pm
Paul Smart of WGXC attended last night's public forum about the Catskill Central School District budget, at which parents and teachers considered what school looks like when the only things it offers are required by state mandate:
Speakers addressed what... Read more
By jes.vec on Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2011 - 8:46 am
This is a 60 second commercial for Emergency Preparedness in Delaware County.
O'Connor Hospital - Emergency Preparedness from VeccVideography on Vimeo.
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 2, 2011 - 8:20 am
Radium contamination in Pennsylvania wells, part of the New York Times series on natural gas hydraulic fracturing.
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has finally hit the big time. Not only did the New York Times make the issue the subject of a front-page... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 1, 2011 - 3:45 pm
Can you spot the bald eagle in the above photo? Flickr user Ted Kerwin took the picture in the Roundout Reservoir in 2003.
I Love New York wrote a blog post last week to remind likely Manhattan day-trippers that March is prime bald-eagle-watching season,... Read more
By Central Catskills Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, Mar. 1, 2011 - 11:17 am
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 1, 2011 - 8:33 am
According to a hydrograph from the National Weather Service, the Wallkill River in Gardiner hit 15 feet this morning, two feet above flood stage. According to historical measurements, when the river hits 15 feet, Springtown Road, Libertyville Road... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 - 4:30 pm
Stone & Thistle Farm in East Meredith is knee-deep in baby goats these days, as its latest blog post shows with lots of adorable pictures (including the one above). This means that, because many of the farm's goats aren't exactly the best mothers, the... Read more
By Pure Catskills on Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 - 1:46 pm
Specialists from the Watershed Agricultural Council (WAC) and Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) will provide an overview of native and invasive species that are attacking the Catskill forest in a free program to be held Thursday, March 17 from 4:30 to 6... Read more
Pages
