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By Rusty Mae Moore on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011 - 12:14 pm
Cobblestone Motel owner Kimberly Wendt with a wrecked fuel oil tank, which was lifted by floodwaters and wedged between two walls of the motel. Photo by Rusty Mae Moore.
After 62 years in operation, the Cobblestone Motel in Phoenicia closed down during... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011 - 11:21 am
Dear Editor:
I am extremely grateful to everyone who voted in last Tuesday's election and especially grateful to everyone who worked with me on my campaign in Shandaken. Our goal was to create a solid and community-building campaign, one that can form... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011 - 8:35 am
A Sealey gas generator. Photo by Flickr user Mark Hunter.
Post-Irene, generators are suddenly a luxury status symbol. You know it's true when the New York Times writes a long feature story about "power envy" that lauds the sudden passion for gas-powered... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011 - 8:45 am
A close-up photograph of a crack inside the Delaware Aqueduct. Photo provided by the NYC DEP.
Yesterday, the Associated Press ran a nice feature story about the soggy dilemma facing homeowners in the Ulster County town of Wawarsing, who have been sitting... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 - 3:05 pm
We stayed up late on November 8 to cover election returns live on the internet and on the radio. The radio portion of the program was our special hour-long election edition of the Watershed Post Half-Hour News Hour, which aired from 11pm to midnight on... Read more
By wateradmin on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 - 2:45 pm
Alan Huggins, in a screenshot of a video interview with YNN.
Surprising most everyone except the Prattsville residents who voted for him, Alan Huggins appears to have defeated incumbent Prattsville town supervisor Kory O'Hara by a 15-vote margin (155 to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 - 5:11 pm
Photo by Flickr user Michele Truex. Published under Creative Commons license.
Every election season, there are a few races that are so close that a victor can't be declared for certain until every last absentee and affidavit ballot has been counted. This... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 - 11:39 am
Above: Video of the scene of the explosion via YouTube user drumcircler.
We're a little late on the uptake on this. (Blame the elections.) The State Police reported on Monday that a house on Giardina Lane in Saugerties exploded on Monday afternoon. A 16-... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 - 11:17 am
This week on the Watershed Post Half-Hour News Hour, we talked with freelance writer and Rosendale resident Sari Botton about a voting kerfuffle in Rosendale's hotly contested supervisor race. We also discussed some of the most interesting election... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 - 10:05 am
Photo from the Red Goats of Kingston Facebook page.
The Kingston Police Department issued a press release yesterday trumpeting the arrest of two people who allegedly are the masterminds behind the rash of red goats that have been popping up as graffiti... Read more
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