Greene County
By Andrea Girolamo on Friday, May. 18, 2012 - 6:26 pm
Above: Cycling on some Catskills roads. Photo via the Catskill Mountain Cycling Club Facebook page.
Cyclists who ride the Catskills know this is a perfect place to get on the bike for a quick 20-miler. And what better time to do it than this Memorial Day... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Thursday, May. 17, 2012 - 12:57 pm
Photo of fire damage to the Matthew 25 Food Pantry in Catskill. Matthew 25 founder Patti Dushane has published several photos of the damage to the food bank's website.
The Daily Mail is reporting today that an electrical fire gutted the Matthew 25 food... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 15, 2012 - 9:57 am
A reminder: New Yorkers go to the polls today to vote for school budgets and board members. To find your local polling place, check your school district's website.
Problems at the polls? Let us know at editor@watershedpost.com.
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 14, 2012 - 5:18 pm
Josh Turan. Photo courtesy of David Turan.
To his friends, 22-year-old Josh Turan was a thrill-seeker: A goofy, fearless kid who liked snowboarding, motocross racing, and parkour, and would rather spend the night outdoors than under a roof.
But when he... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 10, 2012 - 11:33 am
Above: A Google map of New York State post offices that will have reduced hours under the new plan. Click on a red dot to get information about a post office's current hours and their planned reduced daily hours. Use the controls on the left to zoom in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, May. 7, 2012 - 4:23 pm
In the Catskills this year, Memorial Day is going to be epic.
For the first time in history, four of the six west-of-Hudson New York City reservoirs will be open to boating and paddling for the masses. A new bike event will bring the spirit of the Tour de... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 4, 2012 - 10:45 am
Above: A comparison of last year's "supermoon," on March 19, 2011, with a more average full moon from December 20, 2010. File from Wikimedia Commons.
Cross your fingers for clear skies this Saturday night, when a phenomenon called a "supermoon" should... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Apr. 27, 2012 - 6:32 pm
Above: The Great Tortilla Conspiracy in action, screenprinting tortillas with edible chocolate ink. Video from the Taller Tupac Amaru Art Collective's biannual open studio event, INK & PAPER, July 2009.
"ART IS FOOD," Bread and Puppet Theater's Cheap... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 25, 2012 - 2:58 pm
The AP reports today:
Mitt Romney did what was expected, easily winning New York's Republican presidential primary and padding his delegate lead in his all-but-inevitable march toward the party's nomination.
Romney easily outdistanced Ron Paul and Newt... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Apr. 24, 2012 - 12:33 pm
Hoisting a glass at the 2011 TAP New York festival. Photo courtesy of Hunter Mountain.
Thirty years ago, American beer mostly came in two varieties: bottle and can. Today, the art of craft beer is alive and flourishing, among professional brewers and... Read more
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