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By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 1, 2011 - 9:27 am
Hordes of volunteers who love the Sullivan County town of Roscoe mobilized this week, armed themselves with computers and email addresses, and went to work voting four times a day in a World Fishing Network contest for "Ultimate Fishing Town USA." All... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 31, 2011 - 2:53 pm
Videographer Lance Wheeler may specialize in "exceptional and affordable wedding video," but on Saturday he shot a death-defying rescue of a pilot trapped in a crashed glider in Greene County.
In the video above, which has quite the knuckle-biting... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, May. 26, 2011 - 9:21 am
Above: Shandaken supervisor Rob Stanley opens the special meeting of the Shandaken Town Board last night. Photo and videos by Julia Reischel.
The temperature was high at the special meeting of the Shandaken Town Board last night as local residents packed... Read more
By Lillian Browne on Wednesday, May. 25, 2011 - 11:23 am
Marguerite Uhlmann-Bower leads a "weed walk" in Bloomville earlier this month. Photo by Lillian Browne.
We're delighted to introduce Lillian Browne, a new Watershed Post contributor. Browne is a farmer, writer and self-described adventure seeker who... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 23, 2011 - 3:12 pm
Photo: Aerial view of Hanover Farms, taken from the Ulster County GIS web map. Town zoning code says farmstands in residentially-zoned areas can take up no more than 100 square feet.
A special meeting of the Shandaken Town Board to discuss re-zoning a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 20, 2011 - 11:36 am
Who needs May flowers? The glories of mid-spring in the Catskills: Technicolor-green grass, mud, and piglets.
Ulla Kjarval snapped this recent photo on her father's farm, Spring Lake Farm, just outside of Delhi. She tells us the mother is a large black... Read more
By Maxanne Resnick on Wednesday, May. 18, 2011 - 10:20 am
On May 23rd, 2011, from 5:30-7:30 pm, the Onteora MS/HS cafeteria will be the site of “Cool Aid,” a Farm-to-Table fundraiser, the proceeds of which will enable the purchase of a walk-in freezer for the school district’s food services. Last year, the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, May. 16, 2011 - 4:11 pm
Is our global economy making us miserable? Why did Americans' happiness peak in the 1950s?
"The Economics of Happiness," a film by Helena Norberg-Hodge, Steven Gorelick, and John Page -- all members of the International Society for Ecology and Culture --... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, May. 16, 2011 - 11:51 am
Varnishkes. Photo by Tjingko,via Wikipedia Commons.
As we mentioned in February, the aged Kutshers resort in Monticello is getting a hip Tribeca outpost. Last Wednesday, Eater NY reported that the Tribeca community board voted to approve the putting the "... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 12, 2011 - 1:00 pm
A closed-for-business sign at Sweet Sue's. Photo by Julia Reischel.
Rejoice, O pancake-starved Phoenicians: Sweet Sue's, closed since March due to a flood-related septic system failure, is slated to open again by next weekend, owner Suzanne Taylor told... Read more
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