West Hurley
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 - 11:12 am
On Thursday afternoon, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation unveiled its latest set of proposed regulations to govern hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. The new proposed regulations replace an earlier set of draft regulations,... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 - 3:37 pm
Above: Santa pays a pre-Christmas visit to the annual Woodstock Holiday Open House in December 2010. Photo by Julia Reischel.
Shopping small and local for the holidays will get you a whole lot more than a warm fuzzy glow of political rectitude. It’ll get... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 - 10:50 am
Above: Morning light shows off the early-winter snow on the flanks of Hunter Mountain today. From Hunter's Facebook page.
The Catskills high peaks got a pretty dusting of snow this week, and local ski resorts are poised to take advantage of it. The... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 - 8:42 pm
State police have arrested two West Hurley residents in connection with a string of burglaries at homes in Woodstock. On Sunday, 24-year-old Mark D. Vandendooren and 23-year-old Kasandra M. Quednau were taken into custody.
Police say the pair committed... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 - 8:31 am
A response to this letter was published in our letters section on December 12, 2012. -- Julia Reischel
Dear Editor:
Completing a world-class trail network linking the Walkway Over the Hudson to Kingston and then out to the Ashokan Reservoir and beyond... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012 - 11:16 am
Above: The 2012 USARA Adventure Race National Championship from the point of view of its second-place winners, Term Tecnu. Video by Aaron Johnson.
Most people you find biking uphill through sleet on a rainy October weekend in the Catskills are tough. The... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012 - 1:11 pm
Above: A Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York truck makes a local delivery in Kiamesha Lake soon after Sandy's arrival in the region, October 31, 2012. Photo by John of Catskills Photography; shared in the Watershed Post Flickr group pool.
Good... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 - 4:30 pm
Above: Esopus Fire Department firefighters taking a break from volunteering for Sandy relief at the beach on Long Island last week. Photo by Randi Port, via the Esopus Fire Department Facebook page.
We asked our readers for photos of Catskills emergency... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 - 10:35 am
Sullivan and Ulster counties are on a list of New York State counties declared eligible for individual aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, along with the lower Hudson Valley and New York City metropolitan area.
Both counties have also asked... Read more
By Jason Dole on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 - 11:24 am
Photo: An upstate DEP crew works to pump out Manhattan's Battery Underpass, which was submerged under 12 feet of Sandy floodwaters at the height of the storm surge. Photo dated Nov. 1, courtesy of NYC DEP.
Since Sandy made landfall, local firefighters,... Read more
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