Photo Gallery

PRATTSVILLE – For artist Tony Bluestone, painting offers a way to examine contradictions: the distance between present reality and what exists in the mind, the tension between illusion and material, and the ways images and technology shape human experience.  Bluestone, who lives in Prattsville, began painting at age 15 while coping with his father’s Parkinson’s disease and the stress the illness p

CORNWALLVILLE - When does a tiny museum that collects eclectic and sundry things become a museum within itself and part of the history of a small town nestled between the Greene County valley and mountains?Twenty-five years after its creation, the Paula Lalala Mvsevm (her spelling) is intimately ingrained in the hamlet of Cornwallville, welcoming visitors to its Silver Jubilee Celebration, last we

FLEISCHMANNS — With cool mornings beginning to hint at autumn, Fleischmanns made the most of one of summer's final holiday weekends Sunday as Main Street filled with music, food, art, yard sales and neighbors for the village's annual Labor Day Street Festival.Before noon, vendors hurried through last-minute preparations while residents arranged the traditional assortment of yard-sale discoveries a

HOBART - The toes were tappin' and the hands were clappin' on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in the village of Hobart, where an early full house was enjoying the Leatherstocking Jazz Orchestra.The mood was festive and the spirits were high as the sun came out to smile down on this humongous gathering of people enjoying local brews and sausage.Hobart Rotary Club member Andrew Flach was working the

DELHI — Materiality is a buzzword in contemporary art circles or to use another phrase, “the medium is the message,” and mediums do come to the fore in the works of Kelli Cain, and Anthony Chase. These two artists currently make up the two person show “One Dreams Up Another” at Bushel, the airy and welcoming art and performance collective in Delhi, New York. These artists’ compelling works, create

Story and Photographs by Lorcan OtwayGRAND GORGE — A new restaurant opened in Grand Gorge today. Time will tell if it is a pop up, or a long standing culinary institution which will become part of the family memories of generations of diners in our Catskill town. It is a partnership between sisters and cousins of a well loved and much needed business which serves this motoring hamlet. We all know

MARGARETVILLE — The tantalizing smell of wood-smoke fills the air as meats sizzle in the big smokers outside of the clubhouse at the Meadows Golf Center in Margaretville. It’s Saturday night and Duane Wilkins, a master at turning out Southern-style barbecue, is on the job, over-seeing the wood-smokers. The fun and good eating is underway.  Barbecue lovers of all ages are heading to The Meadows Gol

ANDES — There are communities that hold annual festivals, and then there are communities that celebrate themselves. Andes Community Day once again demonstrated why this small Delaware County hamlet has become one of the most welcoming and vibrant places in the Catskills, as residents, visitors, volunteers and local organizations filled Main Street and neighboring businesses for a full day of festi