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By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 - 3:28 pm
Above: A Sundance "Meet the Artist" feature with Vera Farmiga, who directed and starred in the Hudson Valley-filmed Higher Ground, and who's also a part-time Catskills resident.
Through the 30th, most of the indie-film world is in Utah for the annual... Read more
By wateradmin on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 - 2:48 pm
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 - 10:48 am
If you wondered where the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences stood on hydraulic fracturing, wonder no more. The anti-drilling documentary Gasland, which has been touring the country for most of this year, has been nominated for Best Feature... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 - 10:30 am
The Delaware River Basin Commission announced yesterday that it will invite public comment on its proposed regulations for gas drilling in the Delaware River watershed at three meetings in February.
The draft regulations, which were released in December,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 - 9:32 am
A winning Powerball ticket that was sold at a laundromat in the Village of Catskill has gone unclaimed for days, the Daily Freeman, News10, and the Daily Mail report.
A lottery spoksperson told the Freeman that having $122 mil go unclaimed for a while isn... Read more
By laurie on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 - 12:04 am
Yes, Virginia, you really can find an amazing selection of cheeses from around the world in Downsville, New York. Reasonably priced, too. Ask us about platters, baskets, and delivery. (Psssst - that big football game is coming up soon.)
For a more-or-... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 24, 2011 - 7:51 pm
We just received a press release from the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Catholic order that has run the St. Cabrini Home for troubled girls in Esopus since 1890:
The Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus have engaged in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 24, 2011 - 4:36 pm
On Friday, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation made it illegal to feed a black bear, even accidentally. From a DEC press release:
As black bear numbers have increased significantly in recent years and bears have become more widespread... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 24, 2011 - 3:35 pm
Last Friday, an Ulster County Sheriff's deputy reportedly plucked 15-month-old Sarah Schmidt from death.
The baby's parents, Alexander and Andrea, called 911 when Sarah stopped breathing, according to a press release from the Ulster County Sheriff's... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 24, 2011 - 2:25 pm
Frankly, we're a little jealous of the Walton Reporter's new sign, created for them by culinary students from SUNY Delhi. Pretty cool, huh? (Ba-dum bump!)
The second annual Winter Festival in Walton last Saturday was by all accounts a smashing success,... Read more
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