Photo Essays

Family, friends, and fellow emergency responders gathered in Kingston on Monday, July 13, to remember the longtime Woodstock Rescue Squad captain, who died July 1 at 51.

Canadian wildfire smoke cast a gray haze over the Catskills this week, dimming mountain views and obscuring familiar landscapes. Photos by Roy Gumpel/The Overlook.

America’s 250th anniversary brought parades, music, and fireworks to the mountaintop on Saturday, July 4, as Windham and Tannersville marked Independence Day with community celebrations that stretched from afternoon into night. The Overlook’s staff photographer Roy Gumpel captured the festivities in both communities. Windham Windham’s annual Independence Day celebration drew spectators to Main Street for […]

Each week, The Overlook shares a favorite image from the field—a moment captured during our reporting that did not make it into a story.

Each week, The Overlook shares a favorite image from the field—a moment captured during our reporting that did not make it into a story.

Residents, including many from Woodstock, gathered on Zena Highwoods Road in Kingston, just outside the Woodstock town line, on Thursday, March 26, for one of the Hudson Valley’s spring amphibian crossing nights. Drawn out by warm rain and milder evening temperatures, frogs and salamanders were moving from forest habitat toward vernal pools, where they breed […]