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By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Sep. 18, 2010 - 9:59 am
Lately, upstate New York has been buzzing with film crews, as the industry searches for alternatives to shooting in expensive L.A. and New York City. Jane Fonda on location in Woodstock! Sundance bait in Sullivan County!
All this action is undoubtedly... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Sep. 17, 2010 - 6:13 pm
It's despised by flyfishers everywhere. It's a blight on the ecosystem of the trout stream. And it's coated the bottom of the Esopus with a foul goop with all the charm of a wad of wet toilet paper. How could rock snot ever be beautiful?
Most people tend... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Sep. 17, 2010 - 5:24 pm
Drama is brewing over a pre-Civil-War barn in Woodstock, recently transformed into a gallery called Vivo Fine Art that opened this summer. The Woodstock Times reports that by painting a big sunburst on the side of the building without proper permission... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Sep. 17, 2010 - 8:07 am
It took over six months, but the Hobart diner that burned down last winter opened for business again last weekend, according to the Mountain Eagle:
Despite the devastation, the reopened Coffee Pot looks exactly the same as it did before the fire, right... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 16, 2010 - 4:09 pm
Is New York City's water kosher? That depends on your perspective -- after all, it is swimming with tiny, harmless shrimplike organisms called copepods.
Earlier this summer, an enterprising blogger added a common laboratory stain to New York City tap... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 16, 2010 - 12:42 pm
Catskill Mountain Thunder Motorcycle Rally
The biggest motorcycle party of the season starts tonight at 5pm in East Durham during the kickoff of the annual Catskill Mountain Thunder festival. Shows, vendors, tattoos, fireworks, several long, scenic rides... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Sep. 16, 2010 - 12:15 pm
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