Ulster County
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Sep. 25, 2012 - 4:53 pm
Above: A section of Opus 40 in Saugerties that was damaged in heavy rains on September 18. Photo by Tad Richards.
On September 18, heavy rains swept across the region, causing widespread electrical outages and severe flooding in several Catskills towns.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Sep. 25, 2012 - 4:14 pm
A fire broke out at the Tuthilltown distillery in Gardiner yesterday morning, leaving the roof and upstairs portion of the building damaged.
According to a release from the Ulster County Sheriff's Office, the fire was discovered by an employee:
A lone... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Sep. 25, 2012 - 11:29 am
Shandaken's zoning enforcement officer, Richard Stokes, is in the hot seat after his arrest last week on charges that he groped several waitresses at Rocco's Speakeasy in April. Amid the controversy, Stokes has stepped down from his job.
In an emergency... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Sep. 25, 2012 - 9:50 am
Leaf-peeper season is getting underway in the Catskills, as the green hills of summer begin to blaze with rich reds and vibrant yellows. Photographer Ethan Myers spied some delicious autumn color in Denning over the weekend -- and got a great view of... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Monday, Sep. 24, 2012 - 11:03 am
Paul Fero winds up for a throw at the 2012 Rock In River Festival in Franklin, PA on August 24. Photo by Michael Henderson; reproduced by permission.
How many times can you skip a rock?
Chances are, not as many times as Paul Fero.
Fero, an Oliverea... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Sep. 23, 2012 - 11:37 pm
A Hudson Valley-wide measles alert was announced over the weekend after a child at the private Mountain Laurel Waldorf School in New Paltz was confirmed to have a case of the measles, the Times Herald-Record reports.
A press release issued by the New York... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Sep. 21, 2012 - 3:35 pm
Above: Rocco's owner Erik Risher in front of the restaurant in May, shortly after Rocco's opened its doors. Photo by Julia Reischel. For more photos of Rocco's, see our Flickr album.
Rocco's Speakeasy, a steakhouse and bar on Route 28 in Shandaken, has... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Sep. 20, 2012 - 4:01 pm
Feet and creeks: They were meant to be together. Photo taken in Jefferson by Flickr user MccWolf; shared in the Watershed Post Flickr group pool.
Calling all creek geeks: This is your week!
Creeks in the Catskills are a force to be reckoned with: They... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Sep. 20, 2012 - 2:26 pm
The Hudson Valley Harvest Festival is new this year but seems destined to become a perennial, with bushels of star quality, uh, cropping up among performers, vendors and sponsors alike. Combining a couple of centuries of expertise, some of Ulster County's... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Sep. 19, 2012 - 10:21 am
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Town of Shandaken officials tell us that Oliverea Road is closed above the intersection with Deer Lane. The Onteora School District announced this morning that they were unable to pick up students from over a dozen families affected by the... Read more
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