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By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 18, 2012 - 10:33 am
Our Faces of the Flood photographer, Christopher Auger-Dominguez, is blogging about his experience photographing subjects around the Catskills after Tropical Storm Irene. Here's his entry for our first subject, Bill Lonecke:
Faces of the Flood: Bill... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Tuesday, Jul. 17, 2012 - 10:11 pm
Above: Earlier this evening at Kaaterskill Falls.
The usually mighty falls have been reduced to a trickle by a mild winter and a record-breaking hot summer with little rain. Evidence of Irene and Lee's late-summer fury is still evident on the tree limb-... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 17, 2012 - 9:54 pm
In the wake of an announcement that the HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley is planning to close Kingston Hospital, the Daily Freeman did some digging around in HAHV's recent tax records. They found a lot of red ink.
The Freeman reports that Woodland Pond... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 17, 2012 - 6:42 pm
Around 3:40pm, a Jeep Cherokee collided with a ShortLine bus on Route 42 in Monticello, leaving the driver of the Jeep critically injured and injuring many of the bus's passengers.
CatskillScoop reported around 3:45pm that members of the Catskills... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 17, 2012 - 4:31 pm
Zachary Rogers, a 23-year-old volunteer firefighter from the Pine Hill Fire Department, was arrested Monday afternoon and charged with two counts of arson, among other charges.
Shandaken police say that evidence suggests that Rogers set two brush fires on... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Tuesday, Jul. 17, 2012 - 10:06 am
Above: Early morning fishing at the Ashokan Reservoir in the Catskills. Photo submitted to our Flickr Pool by Timothy E. Cox.
We've been getting a lot of great photos in our Flickr group pool lately. Below, please enjoy some gorgeous shots of local... Read more
By wateradmin on Monday, Jul. 16, 2012 - 9:26 pm
The morning after Tropical Storm Irene, Yvonne Reuter, Kitty Leer, and Elizabeth Leer woke up to find flood waters rising around Reuter's home in Fleischmanns, NY. Here's the story of how they escaped -- and how that morning changed their lives.
Video... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 16, 2012 - 8:02 pm
Above: Ulster County executive Mike Hein, with Ulster County Department for the Environment Coordinator Amanda LaValle and Riverkeeper's Kate Hudson, at a press conference on the Draft Consent Order held at the Saugerties Beach last month. Photo courtesy... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 16, 2012 - 5:12 pm
Above: Photo of prisoners working on a South Carolina chain gang, taken in 1934 by Alan Lomax. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Update, 7/19: Sheriff Tom Mills has written a very thoughtful response to the story below. Click this link to read it.
File under: We... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Monday, Jul. 16, 2012 - 2:12 pm
Lightning struck an RV at Yogi Bear Jellystone Park in the Ulster County town of Gardner on Sunday, setting it on fire, according to a news story in today's Daily Freeman.
Four Long Island children were inside the RV when it the lightning struck, setting... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Monday, Jul. 16, 2012 - 12:35 pm
Above: 22-year-old Zan Strumfeld browses through some of the many used books available at this year’s Elting Memorial Library Fair. Photo by Andrew Wyrich.
Bookworms from across the Catskills crawled throughout New Paltz last weekend for the 56th annual... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 16, 2012 - 10:00 am
A little rain over the weekend was welcome, after a summer that's been unusually dry so far. But upstate New York is still pretty parched, raising the risk of wildfires, causing normally gushing streams to run at a trickle, and threatening drinking water... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Jul. 14, 2012 - 2:00 pm
Above: Yvonne Reuter stands in front of "Villa Yvonne," her house in Fleischmanns. Reuter, her 90-year-old mother, and her 14-year-old niece escaped from here by walking through waist-high floodwaters during Tropical Storm Irene. Photo by Christopher... Read more
By wateradmin on Saturday, Jul. 14, 2012 - 1:49 pm
Yvonne ReuterPart-time residentFleischmanns, Delaware County
Above: Yvonne Reuter stands in front of "Villa Yvonne," her house in Fleischmanns. Reuter, her 90-year-old mother, and her 14-year-old niece escaped from here by walking through waist-high... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jul. 13, 2012 - 5:21 pm
Above: Catskills slogans generated by the collective hive-mind via the #catskillsslogans hashtag on Twitter. We designed some of them into T-shirts. Because they're awesome. (If you'll give us permission, we'll make a T-shirt out of yours, too. Buy any of... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Friday, Jul. 13, 2012 - 4:33 pm
Photo: Kiamesha Lake by Flickr user Catskills Photography in the Watershed Post photo pool.
Time for another glorious weekend! Here's what's popping up around some local sites.
This weekend! Canal Days Celebration at the Schoharie Crossing State... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Friday, Jul. 13, 2012 - 12:24 pm
Above: A striking depiction of the Grim Reaper graces the front of an empty trailer on state Route 32 in Rosendale. Photo by Andrew Wyrich.
The future of a unique roadside sign in Rosendale could be getting a bit grimmer.
Rosendale Town Supervisor... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jul. 13, 2012 - 9:28 am
Three days of theater, music, arts and storytelling kick off tonight, when the first annual Byrdcliffe Festival of the Arts comes to Woodstock.
The festival features a jam-packed schedule of performances and interactive workshops at the Byrdcliffe Guild's... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Thursday, Jul. 12, 2012 - 6:20 pm
Photo: A pride flag flying on a sunny day, much like festival-goers can expect in Bethel on Saturday. Photo by Flickr user torbkahopper, used under a Creative Commons license.
Afetr a three-year hiatus, GALA Catskills is reviving its Day To Be Gay... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Thursday, Jul. 12, 2012 - 3:16 pm
After much debate and discussion, HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley is moving toward closing Kingston Hospital and move all hospital services to the campus of neighboring Benedictine Hospital within 18 months, the group announced on July 9.
An HAHV... Read more
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