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By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 - 2:38 pm
Above: A Times Herald-Record newscast about an accident this morning, in which a pedestrian was struck and killed by a train in Kingston.
A Kingston man was struck by a train this morning around 8:30am, while walking on the CSX tracks near the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 - 12:23 pm
Above: A sign posted in the window of a Margaretville business in 2011 (before the Irene floods), protesting the long absence of water in the Binnekill Creek. Photo by Lissa Harris.
For the better part of a decade, the Binnekill Creek that runs through... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 - 8:41 am
UPDATE, 8/29/12: The boil water notice has been rescinded, but there now is a ban on unnecessary water consumption in Andes. Via the Andes town clerk:
The Town of Andes Water District is under a WATER USE RESTRICTION due to the dry weather. All... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 - 12:34 pm
It's a year to the day since flooding from Tropical Storm Irene pummelled upstate New York. While a lot of commemorative events have already happened over the past week, the next few weeks will see more (including a picnic in Maplecrest that is underway... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 - 10:43 am
Today is August 28, the one-year anniversary of Tropical Storm Irene's arrival in the Catskills. To commemorate the anniversary of the flooding, we are publishing the Faces of the Flood Portrait Project, which tells stories of the flood through cinematic... Read more
By Christopher Auger-Dominguez on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 - 12:49 am
My experience of Irene was as a visitor. Sure, we own a home upstate, but our valley didn't get the brunt of the rain. The stream behind the house was full, but it never overflowed at the house.
So when I was approached by The Watershed Post about this... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 - 5:58 pm
Above: A YouTube video from Prattsville's MudFest, held Saturday and Sunday, August 25 and 26. Video by Lance Wheeler.
Over the weekend, several Catskills towns that got whomped by the Irene and Lee floods held events timed to commemorate the one-year... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 - 12:01 pm
Dear Editor;
My name is James Blake and I am on the ballot for the Thursday, September 13 Republican Primary. I am a strict Constitutional Conservative, what I am not is a champion politician. I am a champion for the children.
It is simple; if our... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 - 11:13 am
Top: And the grand prize winner is... "Hubbell Hill Heat Wave, Margaretville -- Summer 2012," by Holly Salzman. She wins dinner for two at Peekamoose in Big Indian, and her photo on the cover of our print Catskills Outdoor Guide.
Above: A slideshow of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 - 10:39 am
"The Catskills: Always In Season."
Get ready to see it on bumper stickers, billboards, ad campaigns, and anything else a bunch of marketers can think of. That's the slogan that got Arkville's Jenn Nolan $1,500 from the Catskill Park Resource Foundation on... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 - 8:42 am
I was onhand at the Central Catskills Great Outdoor Experience Festival in Margaretville yesterday, which organizers estimate attracted about 1,000 people. There were climbing walls, canoeing, balloon animals, and a pet pig in attendance. Some photos to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Aug. 24, 2012 - 11:22 pm
The Daily Freeman reports that 80-year-old Dorothea Denman, former owner of the Olivebridge Florist, was struck by a car and killed Friday afternoon on Route 28 in Olive, near her home at 9 Sunkist Lane.
From the Freeman's story:
The accident, which... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Aug. 24, 2012 - 2:49 pm
A Hamden man who was declared missing after his mobile home was set ablaze spent four days hiding in the woods, according to the Delaware County Sheriff's Office.
On Monday morning, police and emergency responders found William D. Lawson's home at 866... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Friday, Aug. 24, 2012 - 1:30 pm
Above: Oh, just inchin' along. A black swallowtail, photographed by Christopher Mooney in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
It's true. You're too stressed. Chill out, and check out what's going on around some local blogs.
With the trails seeing more... Read more
By Jason Dole on Friday, Aug. 24, 2012 - 10:47 am
Above: Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts on Wednesday, August 22. Photo by John Taylor.
“Rock-n-roll is annennergy,” slurred Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland midway through their Bethel Woods... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012 - 4:28 pm
Above: Ulster County executive Mike Hein at the county Department of Public Works substation in New Paltz, flanked by county legislators Ken Wishnick and Hector Rodriguez. Photo courtesy of Hein's office.
Today, Ulster County Executive Mike Hein signed... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012 - 2:00 pm
Above: A photo by Diana Misner Watters, submitted to our Catskills Great Outdoor Experience photo contest. To see all the entrants, click here. The winner will be revealed at the festival on Saturday.
It's finally here: the Central Catskills Great... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012 - 1:44 pm
Above: Pot plants seized in Esperance. Photo courtesy of the New York State Police.
A 58-year-old Esperance man and a 64-year-old Sloansville man face multiple charges after police discovered 460 marijuana plants in four separate locations on Monday,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012 - 1:26 pm
Above: Video proof that there's talent in them thar hills. (Promo for the Art & Soul of the Catskills Film Festival.)
If you had to guess how many filmmakers were based in the Catskills, what number would you pick? Five? Ten?
Try dozens. This weekend... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012 - 12:02 pm
According to multiple news outlets, the skeletal remains of a Queens man who went missing in July were found along Route 17 on Monday afternoon.
State Police at Liberty found the remains of 77-year-old Robert Goode Jr. near the area of the new Route 17... Read more
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