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By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 7, 2013 - 12:39 pm
Above: A screenshot from the NWS's river forecast page. Dots indicate USGS streamgauges; the color indicates whether flooding is forecast over the next 48 hours. All gauges in the Catskills region are either green (no flooding forecast) or yellow (near... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 6, 2013 - 6:00 pm
Above: A screenshot of a National Weather Service image showing the projected 5-day track of Tropical Storm Andrea as it moves up the East Coast, as of Thursday afternoon. For a current image, check the NWS's Tropical Storm Andrea page.
Heavy rains and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 6, 2013 - 9:37 am
A gas station just across the street from Hunter Mountain was on lockdown for several hours Wednesday night, after a bomb threat was called in to state police.
The Daily Mail reports that the Valero station was searched and declared safe:
New York State... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Wednesday, Jun. 5, 2013 - 9:42 am
Above: A time-lapse film of Mountain Jam's East Stage going up on Tuesday, June 4.
Mountain Jam on Hunter began nine years ago, when Woodstock radio station WDST decided to throw itself an anniversary party. The planets must have been well aligned. From a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 31, 2013 - 2:05 pm
Photo from the Friends of the Kaaterskill Rail Trail's Facebook page.
The Greene County mountaintop region will be celebrating National Trails Day in style this year: With the opening of a new rail trail through the heart of the Catskills' grand old hotel... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 29, 2013 - 1:28 pm
To the editor:
We, the elected municipal officials of the Towns and Villages in Ulster, Greene and Delaware Counties, are writing to our regional media outlets, DEC and New York State officials in support of the Belleayre Resort at Catskill Park. We... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 28, 2013 - 10:02 am
This spring, Peekamoose Restaurant & Tap Room sponsored our Catskills-wide photo contest, in which over 60 readers from around the region sent us images of their favorite Catskills outdoor experiences.
After much deliberation, our seven-person jury... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, May. 25, 2013 - 3:46 pm
Snow on Memorial Day Weekend? In the high peaks, anything's possible.
Watershed Post reader Jamie Sabuda took this shot at 8am on Hunter Mountain this morning, on Becker Hollow Trail at roughly 3800 feet in elevation. "Thought y'all might like to see,"... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 24, 2013 - 11:45 pm
Thanks to dozens of advertisers, our excellent freelancers and contributors, and a team of graphics and creative specialists, we've finished the 2013 Catskills Outdoor Guide.
Print copies hit the streets today, just in time for Memorial Day weekend. (Sure... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, May. 23, 2013 - 6:43 pm
Above: Hundreds of rubber duckies take to the waters of Gooseberry Creek in the Tannersville Rubber Duck Race & Crazy Boat Race and Festival on May 25. Photo via the Great Northern Catskills website.
Memorial Day weekend in the Catskills abounds with... Read more
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