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By Andrew Wyrich on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012 - 10:44 am
Prattsville residents are getting ready to get down and dirty this weekend.
On August 28, 2011, Prattsville's Main Street was almost completely destroyed by the flooding from Tropical Storm Irene. A year later, don't expect the anniversary to be a somber... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 - 5:16 pm
Update, 8/24: Lawson was found in the woods near his home on Thursday night. See our story for more details.
A Hamden man whose mobile home was destroyed by fire on Monday morning is missing, the Delaware County Sheriff's Office reports.
William D. Lawson... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 - 10:54 am
Above: The house of Dave Rikard, a week after the Irene floods devastated Prattsville's Main Street. Rikard appears in a New York Magazine feature story this month about Prattsville. Photo by Jay Harsevoort; shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012 - 12:50 pm
Above: It's hot; take a nap. Photo by Flickr user annroberti in the Watershed Post Flickr pool. We're in the waning weeks of summer -- back to school shopping! County fairs! Ever more unpredictable weather! So get out there and enjoy one of the final... Read more
By Jason Dole on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012 - 12:40 pm
Above: The big $25,000 winner in Monday's Sullivan Renaissance Awards was a community-wide floral planter project by the Narrowsburg Beautification Group. Narrowsburg won top honors despite vandals stealing several planters earlier in the season. All... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012 - 11:30 am
Above: Stephanie Carter, in front of a longtime Delhi staple, Stewart's. Photo by Mellisa Misner.
A town with a practical and well-appointed dry goods store is a fortunate place, and for 129 years, Delhi has had a gem. During those long decades, the... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012 - 3:16 pm
Above: Vandals broke into Margaretville Cemetery on Monday night and damaged a dozen headstones. Photo courtesy of Diane Galusha.
On Monday night, Margaretville Village Cemetery was struck by vandals who toppled over headstones and permanently damaged... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012 - 9:53 am
The Daily Star reports that on Sunday night, fire tore through a barn on a dairy farm in Franklin, killing over 20 milk cows and calves and putting an end to a century of dairy farming by the Boning family.
Some of the cows were able to be rescued from... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 6, 2012 - 11:05 am
Above: Bikers roll out for a men's pro event in the Tour of the Catskills race over the weekend. Via YouTube.
This weekend, road bikers from across the country descended on Greene County for the fifth annual Tour of the Catskills. The three-day race pits... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 - 12:44 pm
Tomorrow, the Phoenicia Festival of the Voice opens with "The Benefit," an operatic comedy starring Maria Todaro and Michelle Jennings.
But even before the show begins, all eyes will be on another VIP: Ted Blazer, president of the Olympic Regional... Read more
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