Julia Reischel
Articles
Mar. 21, 2014
Top: Screenshot of the former Agloe General Store, from a video by YouTube user and John Green fan ObviouslyBenHughes, who visited Agloe in 2010. Above: The full video.
A Catskills town called Agloe is famous this week for the fact that it doesn't exist... Read more
Mar. 19, 2014
A fast-moving fire destroyed a house on River Street in the village of Stamford last night, forcing a man, Nick Mattice, to jump to safety from the second floor of the structure before first responders arrived at the scene.
No injuries were reported, but... Read more
Mar. 19, 2014
Mar. 19, 2014
Above: A map of potential natural gas service areas near the Constitution Pipeline, issued at yesterday's press conference.
In an attempt to build support for their proposed 124-mile natural gas pipeline, Constitution Pipeline officials announced... Read more
Mar. 14, 2014
Our Catskills Food Guide editor Jennifer Strom photographed this turkey making like a chickadee at a bird feeder in Roxbury today. After the cold, hard winter we've had, wildlife is especially stressed.
It's not just in the Catskills where animals are... Read more
Mar. 13, 2014
Above: A man and his evaporator: Mike Porter in his Margaretville sugar house. Photo courtesy of the Catskill Forest Association.
Warm during the day, and below freezing at night: It's the beginning of maple syrup season. Maple producers across the... Read more
Mar. 12, 2014
Who says cats don't like leashes?
Submissions to our 2014 Catskills Outdoor Guide photo contest are rolling in. We really enjoyed this one, taken by Abby Dousset on the Saugerties Lighthouse Trail.
Enter your photo in the contest. As always, the ... Read more
Mar. 11, 2014
Above: An editorial meeting of the youth-run newspaper Manor Ink. Photo by Manor Ink.
How can we make community news in the Catskills better? Come by the first-ever Community News Summit in Livingston Manor this Sunday and tell us in person over a... Read more
Mar. 7, 2014
Above: Kim Darst racing in the 2009 Iditarod. Photo contributed by Morgan Outdoors.
The Iditarod, the 1,000-mile sled dog race that takes place annually in Alaska, kicked off on March 1 this year. Today, dog teams and mushers are about halfway through... Read more
Mar. 6, 2014
What happens when the perfect woman is a dog? A canine-human love triangle. At least, that's what happens in "Sylvia," a play about a childless Manhattan couple and the eponymous dog that comes into their lives, opening at the Shandaken Theatrical... Read more
Mar. 5, 2014
Left: James Krueger, the founder of Mons Nubifer Sanctus, a new Christian community launching in the Catskills.
A new retreat center that aims to bring contemplative Christian tradition of monasteries to secular laymen in the Catskills is holding its... Read more
Mar. 4, 2014
Top: The Aurora, an ice boat that spent the day on the frozen Hudson River on March 3, 2014. Above: More photos of ice boating on the Hudson. Photos by Julia Reischel.
This winter is special. Not only did it give us the Polar Vortex and more snow than... Read more
Mar. 3, 2014
Above: The Nevele resort in Ellenville, one of several Catskills sites jockeying for a casino. Photo by June NY and shared in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
Would-be Catskills casino operators in Sullivan and Ulster county got a nasty shock last month... Read more
Feb. 28, 2014
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
Feb. 26, 2014
Above: William Hrazanek. Courtesy of the NYS DEC.
State environmental officials have filed criminal charges against junkyard owner William Hrazanek, 68, after the discovery of leaky drums of oil and gas found last year on his properties in Fleischmanns... Read more
Feb. 25, 2014
Fleischmanns First
and
The Maple Bake Off Café, Saturday March 22nd, 4-6pm,
Invite all bakers to enter your most superb baked confection using a maple product
in the following categories:
Traditional
Gluten Free
Intergenerational
Full... Read more
Feb. 20, 2014
Above: Chelsea Goodwin (left) and Rusty Mae Moore in Pine Hill Books, which is closing this month. Photo courtesy of Goodwin and Moore.
Pine Hill Books, a used bookstore that opened on Main Street in Pine Hill in 2010, is closing its doors at the end of... Read more
Feb. 20, 2014
To the editor:
The Pine Hill Bookstore which has been located at 300 Main Street in Pine Hill since December 2010 is closing at the end of February. Business has been declining since the floods of 2011, and it has become impossible to continue to... Read more