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The Catskill Mountains have some of the best locally owned breweries and wineries in Upstate New York, which are great places for tourists to support on their trips to the area.

With natural beauty and small-town culture, the Catskill Mountains are the perfect weekend break from New York City. Here's what to do when you're there.

The roadside motel, a staple of mid-century travel, is having a moment as new owners...

A short oral history of how Irene impacted Prattsville, Margaretville and Lexington leads...

The Hamlet of Hurleyville Gets a Traditional Tuscan Salumeria click to enlarge Hurleyville’s quaint main drag has undergone a quiet renaissance in recent years. Backed by the benevolent benefactor The Center for Discovery, with its altruistic mission and seemingly bottomless funding, the shabby, run-down buildings of my childhood town have been renovated, restored, and rented out through their Healthy Community Model. T...

Brews with views: Beer gardens and bars that pair well with spring 7 outdoor watering holes for Catskills and Hudson Valley sipping Kara Zuaro FacebookTwitterEmail Its time to toast to springtime and the end of quarantine.Steph Mossey / Arrowood Farms “As each day passes, we can see the mountains shift from gray to green and the cool nights are perfect for enjoying a beer by our firepits,” said Ashley Bohan, Operations Manager at West Kill Brewing in the Catskills. “Since we are a brewery...

Happy New Year! Well, we certainly won’t forget 2020 Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with heavy rain on top of two feet of snow. Very difficult time with flooding, evacuations, concerns for everyone’s safety, all the firefighters, law enforcement, EMS, highway crews working around the clock to help. As bad as this was, it wasn’t the same level as Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. We can be thankful for that. There are numerous road closures here on the Mountain Top. Just three of the...

PRATTSVILLE — Thank you as always to our front line healthcare workers and essential workers. You are the best and we wish you a very great and happy Merry Christmas. It was a very rewarding turn out for the benefit for John Riggi, who is suffering some health issues. As with all the chicken barbecues in our area, it was sold out before all the buyers were able to buy their dinners. That says a lot for the caring people in our area and for the local chefs. If you were disappointed with not...