Walton
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Friday, Mar. 15, 2013 - 12:47 pm
We found the pot of gold: It's at Roxbury Mountain Maple. (And a dozen-plus other syrupmakers around the Catskills, all celebrating Maple Weekend on March 16-17 and 23-24.) Photo from Roxbury Mountain Maple's Facebook page.
Editor's note: We have added... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Mar. 14, 2013 - 1:44 pm
Above: Homemade pie with apples from Wrights Farm, destined to meet a sticky end in Lazy Crazy Acres's small-batch Apple Cobbler gelato. Photo from Pure Catskills's Facebook wall.
It's 3.14 today, which means math nerds and pie-lovers around the world are... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Tuesday, Mar. 12, 2013 - 2:32 pm
The National Weather Service out of Albany has issued a spate of advisories for the entire area. Delaware, Greene, Sullivan and Ulster counties are under a flood advisory until 5 pm. while Delaware and Sullivan are also under a flash flood watch. A flood... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 8, 2013 - 9:15 am
Schools are closed across the Catskills this Friday morning, and it looks like a snow globe out there. The Hudson Valley Weather Facebook page reports that the snowfall ranges from 1 to 10 inches deep across the region.
We want proof! Share your snow... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Mar. 6, 2013 - 9:02 pm
Above: Screenshot of a video from a Wednesday morning press conference by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and fellow Assembly Democrats on a bill that, if passed into law, will place a two-year moratorium on fracking in New York State. Source: The Albany... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Mar. 6, 2013 - 10:41 am
A 47-year-old Walton man was arrested on Tuesday morning at the scene of a one-car accident on County Route 14 in Franklin, when Delaware County sheriff's deputies found drugs and weapons in the car he was driving.
Rafael Macken was charged with driving... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Mar. 5, 2013 - 9:51 pm
Utility poles near Binghamton. Photo by Flickr user Enoch Ross; photo published under Creative Commons license.
Rural utility companies call it the "last mile problem": Even in places where there is a network nearby that carries data, the final... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Mar. 4, 2013 - 11:11 am
In a near-unanimous vote, the Delaware County Board of Supervisors voted on Wednesday, February 27 to pass a resolution opposing the SAFE Act, New York State's new gun control law.
The resolution that was passed (embedded below) is a slightly different... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Mar. 1, 2013 - 4:25 pm
Above: The Empire State Railway Museum in Phoenicia on September 5, 2011, a week after Irene flooding damaged the building and grounds. Photo by Flickr user fixbuffalo; shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group.
Over a year and a half since the Irene... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Mar. 1, 2013 - 11:40 am
Rural enough for ya? Photo of dirt road in the Delaware County town of Meredith by Flickr user somervillebikes; shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group.
A newly-released report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture recommends a change in the agency'... Read more
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