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By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 - 6:47 pm
Above: Firefighters respond to a fire near Phoenicia Thursday, Feb. 19. Photo by Sara Loughlin.
A structure in the Ulster County town of Shandaken is on fire on Thursday, Feb. 19, according to eyewitnesses.
A neighbor down the street reports that a large... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 - 6:04 pm
Above: The portion of Route 28 where a head-on collision occurred on Feb. 18, 2015. Image via Google Street View.
Two cars slammed into each other almost head-on in the Delaware County town of Andes on Wednesday, Feb. 18. Both drivers were injured, and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 - 11:02 am
Above: "Finn Does Not Like Bowling," by Elinor Hills, one of the works being exhibited in the Art.Write.Now.Tour 2014-15. Image used with permission from the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers.
Over 100 teenage artists from around the country will... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 - 10:15 am
Above: Brian Olenych, fresh out of the sauna, is warm enough for anything in Arkville on Saturday, Feb. 14. Photos courtesy of Marcia Olenych.
This February is in the top five of the coldest Februarys on record, according to the National Weather Service... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015 - 9:51 pm
To the Editor:
Thanks to visionary Supervisor, Mike Hein, Ulster County has become a leader in the State of New York. We’ve seen notable achievements in four areas that affect the quality of our lives: environment, infrastructure, social... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015 - 9:49 pm
Dear Editor:
The following letter was sent to the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) who is taking comments until February 27, 2015 about giving the Constitution Pipeline Co. a Water Quality Permit. Please see why it should be denied below... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015 - 9:45 pm
Dear Editor,
Growing up in Olivebridge we often wondered when the train might come through along those abandoned tracks in Shokan. As a kid, the idea of a train ride seemed like it might be fun. But that train never came. It still hasn't, 25 years later... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015 - 9:42 pm
Dear Onteora Residents,
Have you signed yet? The Ulster County School Boards Association is seeking to end the Gap Elimination Adjustment (GEA), which has cut over $7,300,000 in State Aid to our Onteora School District since being introduced in 2010... Read more
By Katherine Speller on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015 - 4:43 pm
Above: Get your fill of cuckoo clocks and schnitzel in the Greene County Catskills. Photo by Katherine Speller.
German and Swiss immigrants have made their mark on Greene County, which is home to the most Alpine of the Catskill region's peaks. Be sure to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015 - 11:21 am
Above: Cold Spring House in 2008. Photo by Erika Karl via Flickr.
The Tannersville village board has decided to demolish the mouldering ruins of the historic Cold Spring House, a once opulent 200-room wooden hotel that catered to Jewish guests during... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015 - 1:09 am
The Key Bank building at 53 Main Street in Phoenicia was destroyed by fire on Monday night, Feb. 16, despite the efforts of about 100 local firefighters who showed up to battle the blaze.
Several local residents called 911 to report the fire around 9:33 p... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 13, 2015 - 4:09 pm
Above: Wild boars. Via the New York Department of Environmental Conservation.
The owner of a Hancock hunting preserve must destroy his herd of illegal Eurasian boars by March 31 or face a $10,000 fine from the New York State Department of Environmental... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 13, 2015 - 12:07 pm
Above: A Save Cooper Lake poster, from SaveCooperLake.org.
Niagara Bottling Company has abandoned its proposal to bottle and sell water from Cooper Lake in the Ulster County town of Woodstock.
The Daily Freeman, which along with the Woodstock Times and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015 - 12:04 pm
"All sounds are sharper in winter." That quote, attributed to famed 19th-century naturalist John Burroughs, is how arts writer Jennifer Kabat begins her hour-and-a-half-long guided audio walk through the winter landscape of the Catskills.
It's part of a... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015 - 11:02 am
Above: Snowmen in love in Roxbury promote Sunday's Hearts in the Hamlet event, via Facebook.
Just when we desperately need a celebration to take the edge off the cabin fever and the late-winter blahs, here it is Valentine’s Day. What could be lovelier? In... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015 - 1:46 pm
Top: Ramona Sunderwirth, in red, is standing on the far right.
Ramona Sunderwirth, a part-time Bovina resident and doctor who treated Ebola patients in Sierra Leone last year, is part of a group being honored for fighting the disease by President Barack... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015 - 1:25 pm
Above: A map of multi-use trails at the beginning of the Elm Ridge Trail in the Elm Ridge Wild Forest in Windham in 2011. Photo by Andy Arthur, via Flickr.
Mountain biking, hiking, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing are getting so popular in the Greene... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015 - 4:13 pm
The 2015 Catskills Food Guide is out. Click here for more info. - Ed.
Each year, we ask readers of the Watershed Post and our Catskills Food Guide to send us their best photos of Catskills food and farms. This year, 32 photographers entered our 2015... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015 - 3:34 pm
The print 2015 Catskills Food Guide is hot off the presses. This year, the guide features articles about farm-made pasta in Roscoe, Bavarian dining in Greene County, the growing Catskills cider industry, how to visit a local chocolate factory, the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015 - 3:22 pm
Above: Detail of a 2015 "Visit a Catskills Farm" map.
Drive a couple of hours north of New York City, and you’ll be where your food comes from. The Catskills are home to farms and food producers that make the 100-mile trek to NYC’s greenmarkets and... Read more
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