Haines Falls Talk Traces Greene County’s History of Slavery
Inside the Mountain Top Historical Society’s 1913 train station in Haines Falls on Saturday, June 27, Greene County Historian Jonathan Palmer described a past often hidden in scattered records: the lives of enslaved people whose labor helped shape Greene County and the Catskills. Palmer, who is also the Ulster County archivist, spoke to a packed…
Hunter Board Renews Haines Falls Auto Licenses After Residents Object
The Hunter Town Board conditionally renewed scrap facility and junkyard licenses for Haines Falls Auto Service and Sales Inc. on June 9, after residents said the Route 23A property had become an eyesore and…
Catskill Mountain Foundation Gauges Interest in Hunter Music School
The Catskill Mountain Foundation is weighing whether to create a year-round music school in Hunter after about 30 people attended a town hall and more than 100 people responded to an online survey. Residents…
Tannersville Culinary Hub Breaks Ground at Fromer Market Gardens
A $1.2 million culinary education center planned for Fromer Market Gardens in Tannersville broke ground April 29, launching a project meant to train local students and adults in agriculture, hospitality, and food service. The…
Kaaterskill Trolley Comes to a Stop After Four Seasons
The Kaaterskill Trolley will not return this summer, ending a four-season run that carried visitors to some of Greene County’s most crowded outdoor destinations just as the state considers new limits on access to…
Catskill Mountain Shakespeare Takes ‘Hamlet’ Into Its Final Weekend
Catskill Mountain Shakespeare’s spring tour of “Hamlet” will close this weekend, capping an expanded run that brought Shakespeare to schools and community venues across the Catskills and Hudson Valley. Now in its third year,…
Hunter Supervisor Calls for Stronger Warning Signs at Fawn’s Leap After Teen’s Death
Hunter Supervisor Sean Mahoney said the town is in talks with the Department of Environmental Conservation about possible changes to signage at Fawn’s Leap after a 15-year-old Brooklyn boy died there Saturday, saying that…
Mountain Top Library to Host Eighth Annual Earth Day Celebration in Tannersville
Visitors to Mountain Top Library’s Earth Day Celebration on April 25 will be able to plant a tree, learn about protecting the local watershed, watch short films, and meet a falconer — all in…
Teen Boy Dies at Fawn’s Leap in Hunter
A 15-year-old boy from Brooklyn died Saturday after he was pulled from the water at Fawn’s Leap in Hunter, where authorities said he became trapped by a powerful hydraulic current at the base of…
Hunter Supervisor Urges DEC to Reject Plan to Cap Kaaterskill Visitors
Hunter Supervisor Sean Mahoney urged the Department of Environmental Conservation to reject a proposal that would cap daily visitors to Kaaterskill Falls at 1,000 and require reservations, saying it would hurt local businesses, restrict…
Douglas Kadow, Catskills Railroad Historian, Dies at 63
Douglas Kadow, a railroad historian and longtime telecommunications and tech consultant, died while working a shift at the Haines Falls Stewart’s Shop on Tuesday, April 7, according to the company. “We don’t have a…
Platte Clove Bridge Overhaul Pushed Back Until Next Year as One-Lane Traffic Limit Stays in Place
A $1.2 million overhaul of the Platte Clove Bridge has been pushed to next year, leaving the crossing restricted to one lane while officials await state environmental approval. The Greene County Highway Department carried…
Annual Ice Fishing Derby Draws Seasoned Anglers
Competition was friendly but fierce at the 37th annual Children’s Ice Fishing Derby on Rip Van Winkle Lake in Tannersville. The Derby kicked off at 10am on Sunday, February 22nd as the thermometer read…
Line Dancing Finds Its Footing in Hunter
“You actually want shoes with less traction,” teacher Georgina Oram explained, surveying the proffered footwear choices. Western-adjacent heels vied with more sensible naugahyde and rubber snow boots. Outside, the temperature hovered around zero degrees,…
Tannersville Gets $1.2 Million Grant to Build Highway Garage With Hunter
The Village of Tannersville got a $1.2 million state grant to help pay for a highway garage in collaboration with the Town of Hunter, bringing to $2.45 million the amount of funding for a…
Chef Corwin Kave on His James Beard Semifinalist Nod and What’s Next at Deer Mountain Inn
Chef Corwin Kave of Deer Mountain Inn in Tannersville has been named a James Beard Award semifinalist for best chef in New York State, placing the Catskills restaurant among the most nationally recognized kitchens…
Tannersville to Get $1.2 Million from DEC to Protect its Main Water Supply
Tannersville will get $1.2 million from the DEC to shore up a deteriorating dam that poses a “significant hazard” and protect the village’s largest water supply, Mayor Lee McGunnigle said Monday. Work on the…
Learning How to ‘Let Wild be Wild’ on the Mountain
On the mountain, wild animals are closer to home—sometimes even in our backyards—as bears, eagles, ducks, owls, foxes, deer, falcons, songbirds, and hawks seek food and shelter. That proximity raises questions: Should we feed…
Fire District Merger Brings Tannersville, Haines Falls Closer to Shared Station
The Tannersville and Haines Falls Fire Districts begin their official merger on Jan. 1, six months after the town of Hunter sold a parcel of land for a symbolic $1 for the combined district…
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