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By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014 - 12:09 pm
Above: A bagel with lox from H&H Bagels Midtown East. Photo by Flickr user Kenneth Lu.
A story by the business news site Quartz on Oct. 7 confirmed what New Yorkers already know: The secret to NYC's bagels is in the water.
Bagel entrepreneurs are so... Read more
By Rich Muellerleile on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014 - 3:33 pm
Not only is this week Fire Prevention Week, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo has just declared that today, Oct. 7, is Firefighter Appreciation Day. To mark the occasion, we've asked Rich Muellerleile, a firefighter, paramedic, and longtime Watershed Post columnist... Read more
By Catskill Forest Association on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014 - 11:30 am
CFA-On-The-Air: From the Forest
Wednesdays 6PM – 7PM
WIOX ROXBURY 91.3FM or www.wioxradio.org
On Wednesday night’s show, October 8, we’ll be talking to American Mountain Guide Jed Porter. Jed grew up in the Catskill Mountains, but now hails from the high... Read more
By Janel Bladow on Monday, Oct. 6, 2014 - 5:22 pm
Above: An Autumn Olive (Wildberry) Mojito. Photo courtesy of Marguerite Uhlmann-Bower. Make your own with the recipe at the bottom of this story.
Foraging for food that grows wild has long been a hobby for nature lovers out walking in the woods. But... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014 - 11:14 am
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and a slew of other groups and volunteers will fan out across the Catskills on Sunday, Oct. 5 to clean up four of the NYC reservoirs -- the Pepacton, the Cannonsville, the Neversink, and the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014 - 11:29 am
Delaware County Sheriff's deputies and police from the village of Walton arrested 51-year-old James J. McGinn on Thursday, Sept. 26 and charged him with heroin trafficking, according to a press release from the Delaware County Sheriff's Office.
This is... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014 - 9:18 am
Above: “Big Indian Leaves,” taken in Big Indian by Michael LoBianco, the 4th Place winner in the 2014 Catskills Great Outdoor Experience Photo Contest.
The trees are popping into color like popcorn. If you haven't wandered somewhere outside in the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 30, 2014 - 12:45 pm
William Hrazanek, the embattled owner of multiple Catskills junkyards, was arrested on Tuesday, Sept. 23 in connection with a chemical spill on Wittenberg Road in the Ulster County hamlet of Mount Tremper last year.
Left: William Hrazanek in a DEC mugshot... Read more
By Catskill Forest Association on Monday, Sep. 29, 2014 - 12:03 pm
CFA-On-The-Air: From the ForestWednesdays 6PM – 7PMWIOX ROXBURY 91.3FM or www.wioxradio.org
On Wednesday night’s show, Oct. 1, we’ll be talking to one of the area’s local hunters – Patrick Davis. Patrick is an avid bow hunter, bear hunter, and turkey... Read more
By Catskill Forest Association on Tuesday, Sep. 23, 2014 - 3:31 pm
CFA-On-The-Air: From the ForestWednesdays 6PM – 7PMWIOX ROXBURY 91.3FM or www.wioxradio.org
On our Sept. 24 show we’ll be talking to Bob Conyea about Forest Tools of the Trade. Bob has been the owner of a nearby chainsaw shop for about 20 years. However,... Read more