Catskill News

ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER AN EARLY MORNING FIRE IN THE VILLAGE OF CATSKILL. FIRE BROKE OUT AROUND 12:30 AM AT AN APARTMENT BUILDING ON THOMPSON ST.

CATSKILL, N.Y. - Police in Catskill are investigating a fire that left one person dead.

A big gambling meeting was held last week at the Gideon Putnam Resort in Saratoga Springs, and everybody who wants to build an Indian casino in Sullivan County was there.

Two decades ago, Kevin Ryan saved a woman and her babies from a burning car. On Sunday night, the Yonkers man died in a similar attempt.

Gay rights 40 years after Stonewall Helping animal shelters CERT Training Little girl needs a new heart Glass of wine leads to arrest Time is running out Sweetbay Beef Recall A chilling revelation Could the rape and murder of Coralrose Fullwood have been videotaped? One man says it was and he knows where the tape is.

BOICEVILLE - Officials in a town in New York's Catskill Mountains are frowning on the party favors given to students at a recent high school prom - shot glasses.

Looking for a blissful and relaxing night in? The following 10 pairings are guaranteed to lift your spirits while satisfying your cravings for something comforting.

SCOOPED OUT.. Catskill's new "peace, love and ice cream" parlor won't be Scoop Me for much longer.

Top government scientists on Tuesday warned that climate change already is wreaking devastating changes on the United States and will threaten Adirondack Mountain forests, the Atlantic coast and the Midwest.

The Farmers' Museum was presented with the Community Partnership Award by Opportunities for Otsego Head Start at its annual Community Partnership and Appreciation Breakfast on June 2 at the Holiday Inn in Oneonta.

State police say a man has been charged with murder and assault after he fatally shot another man and wounded the man's wife outside their home in the Catskill Mountains.

PALENVILLE, N.Y. - State police say a suspect in a shooting in the Catskill Mountains is in custody after a chase that ended with the suspect's vehicle crashing into a stone wall.

The Esopus Creek, a legendary Catskill Mountain fly fishing stream that is an integral part of New York City's vast upstate drinking water system, is one of the latest bodies of water to be infected with Didymosphenia geminata, a fast-spreading single-cell algae that is better known to fishermen and biologists around the world as rock snot.

Artist Frederic Edwin Church built Olana, his grandiose, Persian-inspired villa, atop a hill on 250 acres in the Hudson Valley so he could be close to the natural beauty that inspired him.

'Ahoy! Where Lies Henry Hudson' exhibit curator Linda Weintraub stands before architects Lester Walker and Byron Bell's installation 'The Magnificent Adventure of Henry Hudson.' The playful piece spans both ends of the historic White Pines building at the Byrdcliffe Arts and Crafts Colony.

COOPERSTOWN _ Eight Otsego County students who spent a majority of their senior years at Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital were recognized during a farewell program Wednesday at the Clark Auditorium.

Empire Resorts might be facing bankruptcy. But the struggling owner of Monticello Gaming & Raceway still has the means to kick in a hefty salary for the newly appointed CEO.

The new show opening at Lotus Fine Arts & Design on Rock City Road next Saturday, June 13, looks to be a quiet blockbuster.

In a year that has already seen its share of local history-themed activities, owing to the Quadricentennial celebration of Hudson's fateful trip up river, the modest dedication ceremony of the Saugerties Bicentennial Quilt in the courtroom at the Saugerties Town hall seemed all together fitting and proper.

Artist Frederic Edwin Church built Olana, his grandiose, Persian-inspired villa, atop a hill on 250 acres in the Hudson Valley so he could be close to the natural beauty that inspired him.