Julia Reischel
Articles
Apr. 23, 2015
A man holding what appeared to be a handgun and wearing a mask robbed a Mirabito gas station on Main Street in the village of Hancock on Tuesday, April 21, police say.
The man held up the gas station around 10 p.m. on Tuesday night, according to a press... Read more
Apr. 23, 2015
A year ago, on April 23, 2014, the Delaware County Board of Supervisors voted to ask the New York State Legislature to impose a 2 percent occupancy tax on room and hotel rentals in Delaware County.
But despite broad support for the so-called bed tax... Read more
Apr. 21, 2015
An 11-year-old boy was seriously injured in an all-terrain vehicle crash at 1:45 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21 in the Delaware County town of Hamden, police say.
The boy, who is not being identified, was driving with his 9-year-old brother on Stoddard Hollow... Read more
Apr. 17, 2015
Even well into April, ice still lingers on many lakes and reservoirs in the Catskills. The New York City Department of Environmental Protection issued a reminder to fisherman on Thursday, April 16 to stay off the city's Catskills reservoirs until they... Read more
Apr. 16, 2015
Will State Assemblyman Pete Lopez, who represents portions of the Catskills in Delaware, Greene, and Schoharie counties, run for U.S. Representative's Chris Gibson's vacant seat in Congress in 2016?
Left: State Assemblyman Pete Lopez. Image via his... Read more
Apr. 15, 2015
A 61-year-old Walton resident was seriously injured when he crashed his Harley Davidson motorcycle on Route 10 in Walton on Tuesday, April 14, according to the Delaware County Sheriff's Office.
Kenneth G. Kokoszka was riding south on Route 10 near Bob's... Read more
Apr. 14, 2015
Bryan Graham, the owner of Fruition Chocolate (3091 Route 28, Shokan, 845-657-6717, tastefruition.com) grinds his own cocoa beans, then turns them into simple, small-batch craft chocolate bars in flavors like brown butter milk chocolate and rustic crunch... Read more
Apr. 14, 2015
Above: The sign at the Sullivan Correctional Facility. Photo by Medic18 via Wikipedia.
An inmate at the maximum security Sullivan Correctional Facility in Fallsburg is dead and three correctional officers are injured, two with "serious physical injuries... Read more
Apr. 13, 2015
Bear hunters in New York's Southern Zone killed a record 1,110 bears in 2014, according to harvest figures that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation released on Monday, April 13. That's 12 percent more than the previous record of... Read more
Apr. 13, 2015
A New Jersey man and a Delaware County, New York woman were arrested on Friday, April 10 after New York State Police narcotics investigators found cocaine in the man's car during a traffic stop and raided the woman's Arkville residence, police say.... Read more
Apr. 10, 2015
Above: The former Methodist Church Hall in West Fulton hosts a day of festivities in West Fulton on Saturday, April 11. Photos courtesy of Panther Creek Arts.
The tiny Schoharie County hamlet of West Fulton doesn't have much in it aside from a few... Read more
Apr. 9, 2015
The Ashokan Reservoir, the oldest of New York City's reservoirs in the Catskills, was mostly built by hand, with picks and shovels. That's one of the tidbits you'll learn at the Ashokan Watershed Conference, held this weekend at the Ashokan Center in... Read more
Apr. 9, 2015
A 23-year-old Oneonta man stole $5,500 from his elderly grandmother and damaged a house she owns in Davenport, police say.
Aaron Macken (left) was arrested on Tuesday, April 7 and was charged with writing fraudulent checks on his grandmother's checking... Read more
Apr. 9, 2015
The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for the west branch of the Delaware River in Walton. Walton village DPW Supervisor Roger Hoyt said a major flood event is not expected based upon weather reports, but the village is... Read more
Apr. 8, 2015
Above: The ice-covered Schoharie Reservoir in 2013. Photo via the NYC DEP's Flickr page.
An “oily sheen” was discovered on the surface of the Schoharie Reservoir, one of the sources of New York City’s upstate drinking water supply, on Monday, April 6,... Read more
Apr. 8, 2015
Above: County Road 2 -- also known as the Andes-Delancey Road -- in Andes snakes its way down a steep hill into the hamlet. Image via Google Earth.
A 27-year-old Binghamton man died of "severe head trauma" after crashing his car on a downhill curve in... Read more
Apr. 2, 2015
Three people were found dead after a fire consumed a home in the Otsego County town of Cherry Valley early on Thursday, April 2, according to the New York State Police. From the press release:
On April 2, 2015, The New York State Police in Richfield... Read more
Apr. 2, 2015
A Vermont couple flying a small fixed-wing single-engine airplane crashed into a farmer's field in South Kortright on Thursday, April 2, and walked away from the wreck unscathed.
Julian Joffe, the pilot, and his wife, Kerry Joffe, were the two occupants... Read more
Apr. 2, 2015
Above: Video footage of Monticello mayor Gordon Jenkins ranting and throwing a clock while in a booking room on a drunk driving arrest in November 2013. (Warning: There's a lot of profanity. Jenkins throws the clock at the 1:21:55 mark.)
Monticello's... Read more
Apr. 1, 2015
Above: Boys Fishing, by Amanda Lee Popp. Submitted to the 2014 Catskills Outdoor Guide Photo Contest.
April Fool’s day is the first day of fishing season in New York state, and it's playing a freezing cold joke on hopeful anglers vying to catch the... Read more