The Mountain Eagle

By Alexis Pencar SHARON SPRINGS — ‘Plow Day’ is this Sunday, May 12th from 10:00 AM until 3:00 PM and is located at “the fields” on Chestnut Street just outside the Village of Sharon Springs. This event was postponed due to bad weather from last Sunday. This is the third annual Plow Day in Sharon…

Bradley Richmond, 27, was convicted of Aggravated Unlicensed Operator in the Third Degree in the  Town of Cobleskill. Cobleskill Town Court sentenced him to 27 days, intermittently, as well as a  conditional discharge, fine, and surcharge. Former Cobleskill Police Officer Rippel was the arresting  officer.  James Phillips, 34, was convicted of Driving While Intoxicated in…

By Tori Edwards  SHARON SPRINGS — This week at SSCS the Sharon Springs PTO are showing their appreciation for the teachers and faculty at the school. It is teacher appreciation week, and they will be giving goodies with kind words that express their gratitude towards staff members. Such as goodie bags, and snacks for the…

By Alexis Pencar Hey Neighbors! The weather has been warm enough to want to plant seedlings in the garden but we should all know better by now! After a wet weekend expected, next week is forecasted to be cloudy but lows are expected to creep into the 40s again with a relief from the chill…

ESPERANCE —  The Landis Arboretum Signature Spring Plant, Book, and Bake Sale is Saturday and Sunday, May 18 & 19 at 174 Lape Road, Esperance. NOTE: Route 20 between Route 7 and Duanesburg Churches Road is closed to traffic as of Monday, April 15, through May 31, to facilitate a culvert replacement, according to NYSDOT….

COBLESKILL — The SUNY Cobleskill softball team won four-of-six home contests during the week including three-of-four versus North Atlantic Conference (NAC) opponents to close the regular season with a 19-15 overall record including an 11-3 record in conference play to earn a bid to the 2024 NAC Championship Tournament. On Wednesday the Fighting Tigers split…

COBLESKILL — SUNY Cobleskill is hosting this year’s 2024 North Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament at Fighting Tiger Field this week with the East Division’s Husson University Eagles earning the top overall seed. The four-team double-elimination tournament that started yesterday, Thursday, May 9 through Saturday, May 11 at Fighting Tiger Baseball Field in Cobleskill, New York.  …

The Mountain Eagle is proud to announce the hire of two experienced professionals for our team as a writer and sales leader. Chris English Please allow me to introduce myself. I am a veteran journalist who worked covering a variety of sports and news topics as a part-time and full-time staff writer for more than…

A Day of Doing Art, Part One Ice ages consist of many climatic cycles. Cold and warm weather periods alternate with each other. The last big cycle in the Catskills was perhaps about 16,000 years ago. That, called the Grand Gorge advance, consisted of several shorter cycles. The last one of those witnessed a glacier…

First overnight at Pine Hill. Historical photo courtesy Robert Selkowicz. 1907 hand-colored German Postcard. The Delaware County Historical Association has an archive of the 1907 New York State Engineer’s road building blueprints for all New York Counties.  The Rikers on the Locomobile By Matthew Avitabile  CATSKILLS REGION — The 2024 Catskill Conquest Rally Season information…