The Daily Mail

07/30/2025

Republican Town Supervisor Jason Watts will not run for reelection in November and will instead seek a position on the town board.

Watts, 50, will be on the Democratic Party line for a town board seat in November's general election. Watts was first elected town supervisor in 2021.

CAIRO — Republican Town Supervisor Jason Watts will not run for reelection in November and will instead seek a position on the town board.

07/29/2025

She turned 100 Monday.

CATSKILL — Former longtime Cairo bakery owner, Rose LaGatta, celebrated her 100th birthday Monday.

07/28/2025

The investigation at Earlton's Tranquillity Camp began Saturday, sheriff says.

Anyone with information related to the alleged crimes are encouraged to contact the sheriff’s office’s Criminal Investigation Unit at 518-943-3300 extension 508.

EARLTON — Two people associated with the Tranquillity Camp in Earlton were arrested on Saturday on charges of possession of child po*******hy.

07/28/2025

"'South' has many funny lines, some emotionally moving scenes and some charming musical moments," Nippertown's Bill Kellert writes. "But it also has some areas that might be revisited, edited and tightened."

Bridge Street Theatre

There are few things in the world of live theater more exciting than the chance to be part of the world premiere of a show. Whether it's as a performer,

07/27/2025

Albany County was one of the early adopters of an animal abuse registry, doing so in 2011. A review of the registry run by the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society shows more than 40 listed individuals, with the latest addition stemming from an August 2024 conviction.

"We are huge proponents" of animal abuser registries, Humane Society CEO Ashley Jeffery Bouck says.

NEW YORK STATE — A French Bulldog named Gus died, and numerous other dogs and cats were removed from Halfmoon's A Time For Paws in June.

07/26/2025

The planning board requested earlier this month for a moratorium to allow its members to establish regulations to put in place.

There are no local laws regulating the proper placement of EV stations throughout the village.

CATSKILL — The village board of trustees unanimously approved a no-smoking enforcement law and an electric vehicle charging station moratorium at its meeting Wednesday.

07/25/2025

“I have to thank the kids for being here,” Society president Alex Johnk said to kick off the opening ceremony Thursday. “This is what it’s all about. It's all about them working with animals, learning responsibility, and projects in the barn. We have some really cool projects there this year. We do it for the kids, and without them putting forth the effort… it makes us want to do better.”

CAIRO -- The Greene County Youth Fair, which typically draws in roughly 20,000 people over the course of four days, kicked off Thursday morning.

07/24/2025

The Catskill Planning Board held a string of public hearings Tuesday night, including one to discuss Columbia Memorial Health’s newly proposed ambulatory center in Jefferson Heights.

CATSKILL — The Catskill Planning Board held a string of public hearings Tuesday night, including one to discuss Columbia Memorial Health’s newly proposed ambulatory center in Jefferson Heights.

07/24/2025

Ryker Cox has been building something special as a wrestler in 2025, something which continued this past weekend in Fargo, North Dakota.

Cox, who’ll be a junior at Coxsackie-Athens this fall, competed in the U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals, finishing not far from a podium finish in the Greco Roman and freestyle brackets at the 16U level.

Coxsackie-Athens Athletics

Ryker Cox has been building something special as a wrestler in 2025, something which continued this past weekend in Fargo, North Dakota.

07/24/2025

Sunny skies and seasonably warm weather greeted several thousand festivalgoers who came to Grey Fox in the northern Catskills on Saturday to see and hear all the places bluegrass has been in the past 80 years.

As always, fans were treated to the top tier of ”high lonesome” talent during the three-day event, as pickers and singers on four stages regaled them with songs and tunes new and old, Glenn Weiser writes.

The ripple created in 1945 by Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys has spread ever outward through the decades, absorbing new influences and spinning off subgenres.

07/24/2025

It's one of the state’s last remaining free-admission fairs and it kicks off Thursday in Cairo.

Greene County Youth Fair

CAIRO — One of the state’s last remaining free-admission fairs will kick off in Cairo on Thursday.

07/23/2025

Athens Town Supervisor Michael Pirrone said that a resort developer from the Caribbean signed a letter of intent with the town that outlined their desire to redevelop the dilapidated property into a five-star wellness resort.