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NewsShed: Rain, trains and windsock campaigns
Andes's newest business is looking pretty green. Photo by "Story Laurie" McIntosh, who writes: "Morena of Grayson's Organics, selling fresh garlic scapes, salad greens and baby garlic to Annette, a...
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Catskills get a new map -- and a few park upgrades
North-South Lake Campground in Haines Falls, a state-run campground that's about to get a $400,000 upgrade. Photo by Flickr user Iain Hinchcliffe; published under Creative Commons license.This week,...
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Bounty of the County: Chefs and local farmers join forces for Irene relief
Two years after the Irene and Lee floods ravaged the Schoharie Valley, there's still a lot of work to be done to make the valley whole.But there's also a lot to celebrate: Across the region, farmers'...
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NewsShed: Soggy, soggy night
The future is here, cat sold separately. About 8,000 people were chosen by Google in a social media competition to get the chance to test-drive Glass, the company's much-hyped, face-mounted,...
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Delaware and Schoharie escape recent flooding, but under disaster declaration
Above: Minor flash flooding sent water streaming across Franklin-Walton Road in Walton early Friday evening. Photo by Tina Burghart Kokoszka; used with permission.With the Mohawk Valley reeling from...
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NewsShed: Troubled water, and a few bridges
Trailbuilders of the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference spent their Saturday rebuilding a bridge on the Long Path in Platte Clove. For more photos of the rebuild -- and an idea of how badly the...
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Flood watches continue in the Catskills
Above: A briefing issued by the National Weather Service in Albany on Tuesday morning. Across the Catskills, flood watches are still in effect Tuesday, after almost a week's worth of sporadic...
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NewsShed: Water, water everywhere
The newly-restored front porch of Spillian, an upscale "camp for grownups" opening soon in the former Fleischmanns family estate near the eponymous village. Spillian has been forced to postpone some of...
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Schoharie County Farm Hosts CRAFT Monday, July 8, 5-8 p.m.
Carol Clement and John Harrison of Heather Ridge Farm have been farming in Preston Hollow for over 30 years. Raising grass-fed beef and lamb, pastured pigs, chickens and turkeys, they've thrown in a...
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Ed Potokar, instrument-maker and consummate sonic tinkerer from Accord, shows off the Peg Leg, named in honor of Peg Leg Bates. (He was a Catskills local, too.) Potokar and friends will be making...
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Fireworks and festivities: A Catskills guide to the Fourth of July
Above: Photo by Flickr user Jeff Golden.Planning to spend Independence Day in the Catskills? You'll have your pick of festivals, parades, and demonstrations of explosive exuberance. (We've updated...
View ArticleFlash flood watch in effect for eastern Catskills
Early Monday morning, the National Weather Service in Albany issued a flash flood watch for eastern New York and western New England, including Greene, Schoharie and Ulster counties.The watch is in...
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NewsShed: When lightning strikes twice
Above: Detail from a map showing the route of the proposed Constitution Pipeline, a 122-mile, 30-inch natural gas pipeline that will connect gas from hydrofracked wells in Pennsylvania to a larger...
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This weekend: Festivals in Athens and Jefferson
Above: A patriotic parader gets the sweet seat at Jefferson's Heritage Day. Photo from the event's Facebook page.If last week's Fourth festivities left you still hungry for parades, fairs and...
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Coyotes, Coydogs and Coywolves?
By Ryan TrapaniIt is not uncommon to hear someone remark in our region that they thought they saw a wolf. Although what they saw probably was mostly a coyote. According to Roland Kays of the New York...
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NewsShed: Swimming holes draw tourist hordes
Above: Taking the plunge at Fawn's Leap, a popular swimming hole on Kaaterskill Creek. It's not uncommon for a few of those who brave the 24-foot drop from the cliff each summer to end up with serious...
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July 26-28: A festival-packed Catskills weekend
Above: A scene from Tannersville's Crazy Race, an annual Main Street tradition gearing up for its sixth run this weekend.The trout are running, the weather is glorious, and the last weekend in July is...
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Earn a Catskill Fire Towers Badge!
Left: Our brand new Catskill Fire Towers badge. Earn yours this summer! Badges: They're not just for Boy Scouts anymore. You, too, can get out, do neat stuff, and earn badges for it. (And bragging...
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Did you miss the first lobster & steak dinner? Join us on August 3!
Above: Lawyersville & Sharon Reformed Church youth Saymia and Brianna ("Chef Bri"). Photo by Jerrine Corallo.On Friday, July 19th, SALT hosted its inaugural Surf & Turf Dinner at the Schoharie...
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NewsShed: Above the law in Delaware County
Chop wood, carry weeds: Practitioners at work at the garden of the Zen Mountain Monastery in Mount Tremper, which grows food for the monastery's kitchen and flowers for the altar. For more photos of...
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