Respiratory illnesses are increasing across most areas of the United States, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 15 states –plus New York City —are experiencing “high”…
Author: Tim Bruno
General Manager
Animals Assist with Therapy at TCFD
The Center for Discovery’s (TCFD) Assisted Intervention and Education program has forged a partnership with Catskill Animal Rescue to enhance its Animal Assisted Therapy initiative. This joint effort aims to supply the…
Catskills Paper Files First Amendment Lawsuit Against County
A Catskills newspaper took its local county government to federal court this week over the First Amendment. Decker Advertising, publisher of The Reporter in Delhi, New York, is suing Delaware County, alleging…
Monticello Synagogue Dedicates New Menorah on First Night of Chanukah
A new Chanukah Menorah will be lit on the first night of Chanukah at the Ted Strobel Building (Neighborhood Facility) Jefferson Street, Monticello, New York on December 7, at 5:15pm. The Landfield…
Bramley Mountain Fire Tower On Track to Open in June ’24
For nearly a century, observers watched the forests of New York State from more than 100 fire towers perched atop the highest peaks, searching for the dangerous signs of forest fires. There…
Rediscovering The “Paper Town” of Agloe
Agloe, N.Y., is a place suspended between fiction and reality. The town started showing up on maps in the 1930s, but it’s actually a “paper town,” or a fake town created by…
Monticello Schools Evacuated After Bomb Threat
On the morning of Friday, Dec. 1, Monticello Central School District administrators learned of a generalized bomb threat towards its schools. Out of an abundance of caution, the district followed the protocols…
Proposed NY Carbon Capture Project Concerns Catskill Mountainkeeper
A startup company is reportedly planning a massive carbon-capture project in the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in New York’s Southern Tier. The plan reportedly includes drilling in shale formations to inject…
Liberty High School Senior Goes Beyond The Rainbow to NASA
Jayla Edwards may have been singing “Somewhere over the Rainbow” this fall, but her goals go far above the rainbow. The Liberty High School senior, who played Dorothy in the Liberty Performing…