Windham

Windham is nearing the final stage of implementing its first zoning law, a proposal in the works since 2022 that would replace piecemeal regulations and split the town into five districts with separate rules governing what kinds of development can happen where. The plan would fold land-use laws such as site plan, setback, and sign […]

Four hikers from New Jersey and their dog were rescued the evening of March 20 after becoming lost on Blackhead Mountain in Windham, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation. One member of the group reported feeling woozy, and all four hikers were cold and wet when rescuers reached them. Members of Hensonville Hose […]

Priced at $2,000, Windham Mountain Club’s early-bird season passes were roughly twice as expensive as similar passes at other resorts in the region. These high prices are fueling concerns about access to Windham slopes for Catskills locals. Passes at other popular resorts in The Overlook region have either remained stable or risen less in recent […]

Citing health concerns after heart attack, Hoyt steps back from campaign and backs former congressman for open seat.

Windham Town Supervisor Thomas Hoyt said he may postpone his run for state assembly after a mid-January heart attack prompted him to “reevaluate life.” “I’m beyond fortunate,” Hoyt, 59, said in an interview on Feb. 10. He was released from Albany Medical Center on Feb. 5 after suffering a heart attack while driving from Cairo […]

She stood at the top of the mountain in a red ski suit and pink goggles, pushed off, and seconds later disappeared midair, screaming. That opening crash from the 1988 film “Working Girl,” a comedy-drama about a Staten Island secretary clawing her way up Manhattan’s corporate ladder, helped set the movie’s plot in motion. But […]

Windham is “right in line” to receive at least $2.4 million from the Department of Environmental Protection to build a septic receiving station that would allow residential discharge to flow into the town’s wastewater treatment plant without overburdening the system, according to Town Supervisor Thomas Hoyt. “It’s a big deal for the town of Windham […]

Linda Alverson, 64, counted her commuting options one recent rainy morning in Windham and almost came up short. Her car had died and she couldn’t afford to fix it. She contemplated walking to the Windham Liquor Store, where she works a few days a week. Instead, she texted Dawn Kojac. “It’s a godsend,” Alverson said […]

Scott Adams, the creator of the long-running comic strip Dilbert, whose national reputation unraveled in recent years after a series of racist remarks, died Tuesday at his home in Pleasanton, California. He was 68. Long before his rise as a corporate satirist—and decades before his public downfall—Adams grew up in Windham, graduating from Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central […]