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By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 - 1:02 pm
Dr. Barry and the Jazz Cats get into the groove on a recent Sunday at the Dancing Cat Saloon, a Bethel music venue that doubles as an up-and-coming distillery. Photo taken by John of Catskills Photography, and shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 - 1:16 pm
Above: Four Deadly Reasons, the film that sparked a Hollywood-worthy furor in the little Sullivan County hamlet of Narrowsburg over a decade ago.
Regular listeners of This American Life, a national radio program from Public Radio International, heard a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 - 10:56 am
A 22-year-old solo pilot flying a single-engine Piper Cherokee Warrior was forced to make an emergency landing in a field in the Sullivan County town of Bethel on Monday, according to a statement released recently by New York State Police.
Brent Kozura, a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 - 5:54 pm
Several news outlets are reporting that an NBT Bank in Sharon Springs was robbed shortly after noon on Wednesday, and that state and local police are searching for the robber.
WKTV News reports that the robber -- described as a white man wearing a mask... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 - 3:05 pm
It's true: On any given weekend in the Catskills, you can't swing a cat without hitting a random celebrity. Looking glam as ever here despite the candid snapshot is Tyra Banks, supermodel and host of America's Next Top Model, spotted by a sharp-eyed... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 - 9:02 am
Alexander T. Watkins-Blazeski, a 16-year-old from the Shawangunk hamlet of Pine Bush, was killed in a snowmobile accident near Sinsabaugh Road on Saturday. In a news release, state troopers said Watkins-Blazeski was driving a 2005 Arctic Cat in a field... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013 - 10:35 pm
Van Morrow hoists the Lesbian and Gay Band Association's official flag during a Sunday rehearsal in Baltimore for the upcoming Inaugural Parade. Photo courtesy of Van Morrow.
Forgive us the Onionesque headline: Van Morrow, a longtime Livingston Manor... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013 - 12:04 am
Above: A young Liberty resident makes it known that he'd like to see a video game store on Main Street. Photo from Green Door's Facebook page.
Liberty’s Main Street has challenged locals for years.
"Driving down Liberty's Main Street, you might get the... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 - 4:12 pm
Today in Around the Blogshed news: Do you know a fellow by the name of Elliott Auerbach? Mr. Auerbach is the comptroller for Ulster County, and he keeps a blog called "Ulster County Comptroller: The People's Watchdog." (Hello, Hollywood? Our comptroller... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 - 11:06 am
A man who was arrested in April for dumping hundreds of gallons of raw sewage into Catskill Creek from his three-unit rental property in Leeds has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge, and will be fined $15,000 for the dumping.
James Sheerin, a resident of... Read more
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