Schoharie County
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014 - 11:26 am
Top: Bill Pullman with Jessica Vecchione, the founder of the Catskill Mountains Film Festival. Photo by Riikka Olson, via the CMFF Facebook page. Above: Bill Pullman explains his relationship to the Catskills. Video shot by festival founder Jessica... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014 - 5:40 pm
An elderly man in the Schoharie County town of Summit was rescued from his unheated home on Mud Lake Road on Tuesday afternoon, according to several news reports.
The man was suffering from frostbite, hypothermia and dehydration when rescuers found him,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014 - 1:10 pm
You can't make this stuff up: Police say two men, one wearing a devil mask, robbed a Mormon church in the Schoharie County town of Esperance last month, damaging the church to the tune of $18,000 in the process.
On Monday, state police announced the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 - 10:31 am
Flickr user A Man Called ACME was up at dawn on Presidents' Day to capture this view of a sunrise at the Landis Arboretum in Esperance.
Photo taken on February 17, 2014 and shared in the Watershed Post Flickr pool. Share your cold-weather photos with us... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 - 11:52 am
Above: Snow falling thick and fast at 11:40 a.m. in Margaretville at the WP HQ.
This winter isn't over yet. The National Weather Service in Albany is predicting that a "quick burst" of 1 to 3 inches of snow will fall in the eastern Catskills this... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 - 11:05 am
Above: New DEP commissioner Emily Lloyd and New York City mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday in the Blue Room at City Hall, where de Blasio announced the appointment of Lloyd and two other city administrators. Photo courtesy of Mayor de Blasio's office. ... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014 - 4:31 pm
Photo illustration. The reservoir in the background is the Pepacton in Delaware County; photo by Timothy Cox, shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group pool.
A union representing about 200 watershed police working for the New York City Department of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014 - 5:07 pm
Above: Route 30 south of Middleburgh in Schoharie County this afternoon. Photo used with permission.
Governor Andrew Cuomo just declared a state of emergency in a slew of additional counties affected by today's snow storm, including Schoharie County in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014 - 2:49 pm
1. We heart art. On Valentine's Day, meet and mingle with the artists in permanent residence at the Woodstock Commons, a new affordable-housing center for artists, seniors and working families. "Share The Love," a gallery show featuring the artists'... Read more
By Jennifer Strom on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 - 9:59 pm
Beers of the Catskills: There's plenty to choose from. Photo from the Facebook page of Cave Mountain Brewing Co. in Windham, whose proprietors are planning to expand into wholesale.
Craft beer drinkers of the greater Catskills region, rejoice: many new... Read more