Every summer, hundreds of thousands of people flood the Catskill Mountains to attend summer camps. The camps differ so much from each other it’s hard to put them in the same category—there are Orthodox Jewish children’s camps, YMCA camps, family-oriented RV parks, glamping sites, municipal day camps, and even a camp for Latvian Evangelicals. The…
The northern Hudson Valley and Catskills’ population has fallen faster than greater Upstate New York in recent years. Seven counties — Columbia, Greene, Ulster, Delaware, Putnam, Sullivan and Dutchess — saw a loss in population from 2010 to 2017, with Orange, Westchester and Rockland counties seeing an increase, according to an analysis of Census data.…
I made a right off Tinker Street in Woodstock just before 10 a.m. into the office driveway of Democratic congressional candidate Jeff Beals, but had a moment of confusion when I saw the yellow two-story house in front of me. There were no cars in the driveway, and a sign post out front was lacking…
The situation on the Rainbow Stage was the sort of scene that would make Bill O’Reilly vomit. The musician tuning his git-box in between numbers sported a long, white goatee, dark sunglasses and lengths of loose hippie-garb that terminated in Grandpa Sneakers. He lackadaisically threw out some banter to the crowd as he tested his…
The abandoned Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel is located adjacent to the golf course of the still-functioning Grossinger’s County Club. I had therefore figured I could just park at the Club and act like a golfer long enough to slip onto the Resort’s grounds. There was a gatehouse, however, so I had to swing my car…
Additional photos from the adventure… MOST of the graffiti wasn’t horrifying. One of several Peter Pan-related tags in the Resort.
The security for music festivals is always more for show. The polo-shirted guards at the entrance of Mysteryland were ostensibly there to enforce the “Zero Tolerance” policy set forth on Mysteryland’s website, which reads: “It is forbidden to use, distribute, sell and/or to be in possession of drugs on the festival grounds and campsite. Violators…
The Other Hudson Valley 