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By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Jun. 27, 2010 - 10:53 pm
Liberty writer and photographer Akira Ohiso snaps some evidence that the corporate overlords of ShopRite have been doing their demographic research on Sullivan County.
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Jun. 26, 2010 - 6:34 pm
Introducing: The brand-spankin'-new Shandaken Bugle, just launched yesterday by a couple who, though they would prefer to remain anonymous, hint that they might have bylines in their past somewhere.
The staff of two here at The Shandaken Bugle decided... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Jun. 26, 2010 - 11:40 am
Remember Rev. Mother Cathryn Platine and the Maetreum of Cybele? We ran a story on the Maetreum's property-tax battle with the town of Catskill last month. Today, the Catskill Daily Mail has a feature on their brewing court battle -- and why its outcome... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jun. 25, 2010 - 2:09 pm
In the town of Shawangunk, you can't have a farm on less than ten acres, according to the town's zoning law. That means that Linda Borghi, who wants to do intensive biodynamic farming on her 2.7 acre plot on Saxton Rd., is out of luck, according to the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jun. 25, 2010 - 1:29 pm
The problem of too few slaughterhouses is being addressed, at a glacial pace, in Liberty. According to the Times Herald-Record, a much-delayed slaughterhouse is finally nearing a ground-breaking. That is, as long as the feds pony up almost a million... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jun. 25, 2010 - 1:11 pm
What kind of person intentionally runs over a mother swan while her cygnets look on in horror? Especially on a golf course called the Lazy Swan? (The mama swan survived.)
Via the Daily Freeman.
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jun. 25, 2010 - 12:32 pm
If it rains this weekend, the town of Roxbury could have another Woodstock on its hands.
“That's the joke,” said John Burrows, the owner of Stone Tavern Farm, which is hosting the Desiderata festival, an annual celebration of arts and electronic music,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 25, 2010 - 11:04 am
It's been over 20 years, but Wawarsing's maddest, wettest homeowners have finally gotten what they've been clamoring for -- a clear admission, from the highest level of command at the New York City DEP, that the leaky Delaware Aqueduct has been damaging... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 24, 2010 - 6:59 pm
Since their tiny Roxbury BBQ joint was destroyed by fire last month, Cha Cha Hut owners Cherie and Frank Davis have been scouting nearby hills and valleys for a new location. (They're parting ways with their former landlords, Bridge Street Roxbury LLC... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 24, 2010 - 4:05 pm
Another day, another breathless New York Times article about someone's dream cabin in the Catskills. Yesterday, it was Delhi's turn to be feted with a 16-photo slideshow (check out the Delhi sweatshirt in slide 13) about Sandra Foster's hunting-cabin-... Read more
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