We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the “From the Archives” 2020 Catskills Photo Contest.
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Tracking plants and pollinators in your backyard with Kerissa Battle
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Mrs. Kenneth Kelly of Delaware County’s hamlet of Bedell won the second week of the Catskill Mountain News’ Brer Rabbit Molasses contest.
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A Conversation with Ryan Trapani of the Catskill Forest Association.
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Beekeeping offers ultimate oneness with Nature — watching Bees interact with their surroundings invites one to be more present in the moment.
Veteran beekeeper Chris Layman of Fox Farm Apiary offers advice on how to ensure the winter health of honeybees.
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I like to describe myself as a scholar of the historically bizarre. If there’s a weird story out there, I want to know it. That’s why I could barely contain my nerdy glee when I discovered an unanalyzed literary legacy of the Catskills: pulp horror fiction.
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The front page of the September 1, 1898 Sullivan County Record bore a troubling headline, “Poisoned By Ice-Cream.” By the time the paper went to print, three people in the Sullivan County village of Mountain Dale were dead and at least 20 others were seriously ill.
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Railway mail clerk F.A. Peck watched two strangers enter his car just outside of Grand Gorge. Unusual? Perhaps, but the clerk found no cause for alarm. “Got a letter for me?” Peck called out, as he continued to sort and bundle mail.
“Yes,” lied the short man.
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