Women composers lifted from obscurity by Ars Choralis
Barbara Pickhardt, music director of Ars Choralis, has a knack for presenting ambitious theme programs which often really teach us something as they entertain us.
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Group appeals decision allowing Belleayre Resort to build time-sharing lodges and duplexes
The citizens’ group Catskill Heritage Alliance petitioned the State Supreme Court in Kingston to vacate the recent decision of the Shandanken Zoning Board of Appeals in favor of the proposed Belleayre Resort, arguing that the developers should be required to obtain a variance.
Annals of angling: A bump, a snag, and the deer hunters’ camp pool
With the first of April comes April Fools’ Day and the beginning of another trout season. For many an angler, me included, this day marks a rite of passage no matter what local weather or stream conditions may be.
Hugh Reynolds: Chasing Obamacare
The Ulster County exec held a health care forum, in which he rallied an already indignant crowd against “heartless” Republicans, while our congressman risked an unpopular vote.
The Quarry Fox snares your heart
“The Quarry Fox: And Other Critters of the Wild Catskills” is an amazing work, as much a clarion call announcing a quietly strong new voice in nonfiction writing and reflection as a key work about this unique region we call home.
Tiso’s transformation: Venerable Mount Tremper restaurant will reopen as The Pines
Tiso’s Trattoria, the popular Mount Tremper restaurant, closed in December 2015 after five decades of operation by Joe and Marge Tiso. The eatery is about to reopen as The Pines under new owner Jeremy Bernstein, a Woodstock-born musician who performs as Burnell Pines.
Woodstock writer Alison Gaylin nominated for top mystery novel prize
“What Remains of Me” a finalist for the Edgar Award, given yearly by the Mystery Writers of America (MWA).
Good times, old times: Life at the Pine Hill Arms
In 1973, Robert Konefal was a young chemist doing research for Nestlé’s but discontented with the corporate world. At the Pine Hill Arms, a historic boarding house in the hamlet of Pine Hill, he drank a good deal of vodka with the owner one night, and next thing he knew, he had bought the Arms.
Can a commercial radio station also be listener supported?
You know the economy’s making big shifts, losing old business models, when a regional news website and one of the region’s top independent radio stations make paradigm-shifting announcements in the same week.
Ulster County may need to submit a site plan for rail-bike tour terminus in Olive
Residents along the road objected to possible noise and disruption from the bikes owned by tour company Rail Explorers, due to start operation in late summer