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Celebrating pi -- and pie
Above: Homemade pie with apples from Wrights Farm, destined to meet a sticky end in Lazy Crazy Acres's small-batch Apple Cobbler gelato. Photo from Pure Catskills's Facebook wall.It's 3.14 today, which...
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Catskills syrupmakers celebrate Maple Weekend(s)
We found the pot of gold: It's at Roxbury Mountain Maple. (And a dozen-plus other syrupmakers around the Catskills, all celebrating Maple Weekend on March 16-17 and 23-24.) Photo from Roxbury Mountain...
View ArticleCatskills under winter storm warning
Spring may be due to kick off officially in just a couple of days, but winter isn't done with the Catskills yet. Starting tonight, the National Weather Service warns, we're in for a round of snow and...
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WP Deal: What Tree Am I?
Guess the name of the species of tree pictured above by clicking this link and filling out the form. If you guess correctly, your name will be entered in a drawing for a free one-year membership to the...
View ArticleWanted: Line Cooks and Kitchen Workers
Year round resort is seeking local Line Cooks and Kitchen Workers to come join our team. Flexible hours in a beautiful work environment. Immediate openings available.Please contact Hr@oorah.org with...
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Villages go to the polls
Photo by Flickr user Keith Ivey. Published under Creative Commons license.Upstate New Yorkers living under the sway of the state's littlest governments go to the polls today, to elect new mayors and...
View ArticleVillage election results
Most village-level politicians up for re-election in the Catskills on Tuesday went unchallenged. But some local villages had contests -- and with big issues like tax caps and flood recovery on the...
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School aid cuts draw ire from parents - and robots
Above: We're not sure who Gagnacon is, but we know he wants Gov. Andrew Cuomo to restore $547,818 in state aid to the Onteora Central School District. Photo courtesy of Valerie Havas, a PR specialist...
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SUNY Oneonta student found dead
Photo: Langan Funeral Home website.A Schoharie man studying at SUNY Oneonta was found dead in his off-campus apartment on Thursday evening, according to several local news accounts. 22-year-old Mark de...
View ArticleVideo: Maple sugaring by hand
Catskill Forest Association's Education Forester - Ryan Trapani - maple sugaring by hand in Ulster County. It was some year! The best season in 7 years. The sap was running heavy, and the sugar...
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Spring: Not quite sprung
Above: A tractor in Monticello waits patiently for snowmelt. Photo taken March 23 by Catskills Photography; shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group pool.It's been officially spring for a week, but...
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Stream team: Students join DEP for a day
Above: Olivia Paetow, a student at Onteora High School, gets a lesson in microbiology from Donna Reynolds of the DEP. Photos courtesy of NYC DEP. Students from Ulster County and the Bronx got a...
View ArticleFingerprint leads to arrest in two-year-old Gilboa burglary
A Gilboa man was arrested recently and charged with committing two home burglaries in November of 2011, after police matched him to a fingerprint taken during the investigation. On Monday, March 18,...
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Catskills skiing on Easter weekend -- and beyond
Above: A shot of "The Cliff" on Hunter Mountain, taken on March 27 -- in most years, a date when Catskills skiers are already putting their gear back in the attic.Skiing on Easter Sunday? Yes indeed:...
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Trout season kicks off in the Catskills
Above: Photo of a brown trout fresh from the Pepacton Reservoir on April 1, 2013, the first day of trout season, posted on Facebook by the Vineyard Wine Bar in Downsville.From April 1 through October...
View ArticleA sneak peek at the Gilboa Dam's $400 million upgrade
Above: A Flickr slideshow of photos taken during a DEP-led tour of the Gilboa Dam for local officials and media. Photos by Lissa Harris.Cross your fingers for good weather in Gilboa this summer.Weather...
View ArticlePolice hope to return burgled loot to rightful owners
Above: A Flickr slideshow of photos of items recovered from burglaries committed by Corey Hunt, a Schoharie man currently serving 3 to 9 years in prison for burglary. Photos by New York State Police...
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Last FEMA trailer leaves Schoharie
Above: The last FEMA trailer in the village of Schoharie being towed away from Mary and Jim Bryant's front yard on Thursday, April 4. Photo by Alison Bryant; used by permission of Schoharie Area Long...
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Announcing the 2013 Catskills Outdoor Guide Photo Contest
Top: A photo by Amanda Lee Popp, which won an honorable mention in last year's Great Outdoor Experience Photo Contest.To celebrate the 2013 Catskills Outdoor Guide that we'll be releasing in May, we're...
View ArticleCatskills runners among those at Boston Marathon
Eighteen runners from the Catskills region -- Delaware, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster Counties -- were among those registered for the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15, where explosions...
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