Roscoe News

The Beaverkill Campground, which usually opens in mid-May, has been open only since June 26 but it almost didn't open at all this year, says William Janeway, regional director with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

ROSCOE Sullivan County officials gathered with representatives from the New York State DEC, Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther and nearly two dozen local residents to celebrate the opening the Beaverkill Campground in Roscoe.

ROSCOE State Police have arrested a Stony Point man after he allegedly struck a parked car in the lot outside the Rockland House Restaurant in Roscoe early Tuesday morning, and then striking the building after getting into a fight with patrons at the bar there.

Troopers say a Stony Point man rammed his car into a parked car and the Rockland House Restaurant building in Roscoe after getting into a fight with patrons at the bar early Tuesday morning.

The owner of the now-closed Roscoe Manor adult home has been slapped with violations for failing to pay employees overtime.

Now that summer is on the horizon, it's time to abandon some of your bad habits.

There's no question that the worst adult homes in our region were Monticello Manor and Roscoe Manor.

MONTICELLO The State health Department has confirmed another positive case of swine flu in Sullivan County.

With plenty of live mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, ZooBrew promises to be one of the wildest happy hours in town and they don't need a mechanical bull to prove it.

Chrysler said in a court filing Thursday it wants to close five dealerships in the region: * Rallye Auto Plaza, Monroe * Phil's Jeep Eagle, Port Jervis * Kirchner Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep, Roscoe * Ketchan Motors, Fishkill * Smith Cairns Motor, Brewster * Amenia Motors, Amenia Those are amont 789 of its 3,200 dealerships scheduled to close.

Working in collaboration with local governments, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has revised its original plan for closing six campgrounds for the 2009 season, Commissioner Pete Grannis announced today.

New York parks officials have reversed earlier plans to close six upstate campgrounds, with four now scheduled to open for a shortened season.

Sullivan County sure has a lot to celebrate this year, its 200th birthday. Mountains that touch the vast blue sky.

Joan and Kathy Miller, sisters, were standing inside the old barn that Jill Wiener uses as a pottery studio on Saturday afternoon, taking a tour of Wiener's whimsical ceramic creations.

It might be a cool, rainy weekend, but the Potters of Sullivan County artists can't wait to warm you up with their Hot Kiln Tour from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at ceramics studios all around the county.

Mid-Hudson News - Newburgh,NY,USA MONTICELLO a ' The Beaverkill Campground, which was slated to be closed this summer to save the state money, will remain open.

The Sullivan County Long Beards, New York State Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, held its annual banquet April 19 at the Rockland House in Roscoe to a sold-out crowd of more than 180 supporters, followers and members.

A sure sign of spring in Sullivan County is the annual Hot Kiln Tour Weekend sponsored by the Potters of Sullivan County from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. May 2-3. This year, for the first time, the potters have teamed up with the Catskill Mountainkeepers, a nonprofit environmental organization dedicated to preserving and protecting the Catskill Region.

More than 250 high school sophomores and juniors from Orange, Dutchess, Sullivan and Ulster counties will gather for a conference on becoming teachers April 29 at Mount Saint Mary College.

Lucky for us, we're surrounded by picturesque mountains, lakes and forests, courtesy of our own Hudson Valley landscape.