For many of us in the Catskill Mountains, living nestled among the trees is exactly where we want to be. Yet, as our climate warms and dry conditions become more prevalent, the risk of wildfire encroaches further into these idyllic settings. Lately, it seems that global warming is resulting in more rainfall in our area. We’ve seen more violent storms and even tornado warnings! But climate change promises to be anything but predictable. All it takes is a few droughty summers,

Saturday, March 7th, 2026 • 1 to 5 pm at Bushel 105 Main Street, Delhi 13753 Bring your beloved-but-broken items and work with a Repair Specialist to fix them for free! We'll be rewiring lamps, repairing appliances, and we'll also have some electronics specialists on hand! Come join us!

On the evening of September 11th, inside the quiet Tannersville Library in the Catskills, I sat among neighbors surrounded by shelves of novels while we talked about what insurance companies call “Acts of God” and how to survive them. Disaster seemed like an appropriate topic for this somber anniversary. The occasion was a Citizen Preparedness Corps Training, part of a statewide effort to teach New Yorkers how to prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies. The prog