Julia Reischel
Articles
Feb. 13, 2014
Above: The Breens' house in Delhi after a fire gutted it on Februay 3. Photo by Fred Harris.
Two fundraisers are being held this weekend to benefit Gerard and Lilly Breen, whose Delhi home was destroyed in a fire on February 3.
An email from Faiga... Read more
Feb. 13, 2014
Didn't we just do this? Today is another day of widespread snow days and closures across the Catskills.
Twelve to 18 inches are forecast for the Catskills region of upstate New York on February 13, 2014. We're following winter storm Pax (yup, that's its... Read more
Feb. 12, 2014
Above: Max being released into the wild on Saturday, February 8. Her GPS tracking device is visible on her back. Photo courtesy of Michael and Peg DiBenedetto.
Note from reporter Julia Reischel: I reported last week that a golden eagle named "Max" was... Read more
Feb. 12, 2014
Reader Dave Channon sent us this photo of his thermometer displaying 12 degrees below zero on Broad Street Hollow Road in Shandaken today. Dave writes:
This is the second time we had 12 below zero this winter. I understand this was not unusual 20 years... Read more
Feb. 11, 2014
Above: A house near Schoharie, NY after Irene in 2011. Photo by fixBuffalo, via the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
Communities across the Catskills have a shot at $3 million each to help them rebuild after the ravages of Hurricanes Sandy and Irene and... Read more
Feb. 11, 2014
Barbara Small photographed two robins brightening up Southside Road in Margaretville this week. Share your cold-weather photos with us via Facebook, our Flickr group, or by old-fashioned email.
Feb. 8, 2014
Above: A juvenile golden eagle was captured in the town of Andes on Saturday, February 8 and fitted with a GPS tracking device. Photos by Julia Reischel.
A rare eastern golden eagle was captured and fitted with a solar-powered GPS device this morning in... Read more
Feb. 5, 2014
A car crashed into the Wm. H. Adams Antiquarian Books bookstore in Hobart on Wednesday, February 5 at 2:30 p.m. Photos courtesy of Diana and William Adams.
A car slid off State Route 10 and into the side of a bookstore in the village of Hobart this... Read more
Feb. 5, 2014
A tractor-trailer driving on State Route 30A just north of U.S. Route 20 in the Schoharie County town of Esperance slipped off the road into a ditch around 2:15 p.m., according to a spokesman at the Schoharie County Emergency Management Office.
"He just... Read more
Feb. 5, 2014
During a press conference this morning, Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency due to the winter storm and asked New York State residents to stay off the roads. Cuomo's office issued a press release soon afterwards.
Here's the full text of... Read more
Feb. 5, 2014
Above: Better put on those snow boots. Photo by Julia Reischel. Send your Catskills snow day photos to julia.reischel@watershedpost.com, share them on our Facebook page, or upload them to our Flickr pool. We'll share 'em.
Between 8 and 10 inches of snow... Read more
Feb. 5, 2014
All roads in Delaware County are closed today, according to a an order issued by Delaware County Sheriff Tom Mills via email at 6:25am:
By Order of Delaware County Sheriff Tom Mills - All roads in Delaware County are officially closed due to current and... Read more
Feb. 5, 2014
Update, 2:50 p.m.: I-84 in New York State was reopened shortly after 2 p.m., the Governor's office announced.
Governor Andrew Cuomo has banned vehicles from travelling on I-84 in New York State because of heavy snowfall. Any vehicles on the highway will... Read more
Feb. 4, 2014
The plan to heat the village of Fleischmanns with a communal wood boiler will live or die on community buy-in, according to Jim Waters, the director of the Catskill Forest Association (CFA), which is spearheading the proposed project.
Waters gave a... Read more
Feb. 3, 2014
Several fire companies battled a major structure fire Monday morning at a home on 4 Franklin Street in Delhi, just off the village's Main Street. Photo by Cathy Roloson and used with permission. (Thanks everyone for helping us track down the photographer... Read more
Jan. 30, 2014
Above: Jim Waters, the executive director of the Catskill Forest Association. Photo courtesy of the Catskill Forest Association.
Does it make sense to heat the village of Fleischmanns with wood? Hear what the experts think at a public forum this Saturday... Read more
Jan. 28, 2014
Above: Just-harvested ice at the Hanford Mills Museum. Photo posted on January 21 at the Hanford Mills Museum Facebook page.
The deep freeze of the past few weeks has been good for something: Liz Callahan, the executive director of the Hanford Mills... Read more
Jan. 27, 2014
Left: Julio A. Romano-Baez. Photo courtsey of New York State Police.
Early Sunday morning, 33-year-old Julio A. Romano-Baez was clocked driving 113 miles per hour with his headlights out on the New York State Thruway in Ulster County, according to a... Read more
Jan. 24, 2014
Above: Screenshot of the U.S. News & World Report online education website, featuring SUNY Delhi as tied for First Place.
What do you do when you're the only college for miles in the middle of rural upstate New York? Invest in online-only courses. ... Read more