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By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 8, 2012 - 3:48 pm
In a move that has angered local residents and town officials, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has walked away from the bargaining table over the building of a sewer treatment plant for the hamlet of Phoenicia.
Last month, after... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Friday, Jun. 8, 2012 - 12:08 pm
Photo: Shandaken Ambulance Service Captain Rich Muellerleile proudly displays his squad's recent awards at the Shandaken town board meeting on Monday, June 4. Photo by Rusty Mae Moore.
The town of Shandaken’s Ambulance Service was recently voted Agency of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 8, 2012 - 11:15 am
Catskills Photography took a sweet shot of this 1998 Corvette, now living a second life as the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office's DARE car.
There's a story behind Sullivan County's hot rod: The car used to belong to a crack cocaine dealer who parked it... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Thursday, Jun. 7, 2012 - 4:00 pm
After hitting another car on Route 42 in Sullivan County, a 20-year-old Bloomingburg man fled the scene before being found by police, according to a press release from the New York State Police.
Michael G. Partridge crashed into a 2003 Cadillac CTS near... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 7, 2012 - 12:55 pm
A familiar face at the Trout Parade: Bud Wertheim's Giant Brook Trout float. Photo from the first annual Livingston Manor Trout Parade in 2004; from the Trout Parade website.
New Orleans has Mardi Gras, Rio has Carnaval -- and Livingston Manor has the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 7, 2012 - 12:51 pm
We're launching a new section at the Watershed Post today about Catskills real estate and vacation rentals. Anne Pyburn Craig kicks off the section's coverage with a look at finding green properties in the Catskills (and a photo of a truly amazing... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Jun. 7, 2012 - 12:33 pm
Above: A staircase built by Clark Sanders, a Catskills resident who specializes in stone and straw-bale construction. Photo by Clark Sanders' website.
There's some bad news for Catskills home-hunters who want energy-efficient, earth-friendly houses:... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 7, 2012 - 11:22 am
A kayaker at the 2011 Kingston Kayak Festival. Photo courtesy of Kenco; for more photos of last year's festival, check out their Facebook album.
On Saturday, June 9, the Kingston Point Beach hosts an all-day kayakstravaganza (shhh, that's totally a word... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Wednesday, Jun. 6, 2012 - 7:44 pm
A 21-year-old Saugerties man who was charged with having sexual contact with a 15-year-old and 16-year-old died Monday in what is being investigated as a suicide.
Denzel Francis, who was charged with two counts each of third-degree rape and endangering... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 6, 2012 - 1:34 pm
Above: 2012 Delaware County Dairy Princess Miquela Hanselman and Alternate Dairy Princess Cali Lutz. Photo by Chery Petersen.
On May 25, Delaware County crowned its 50th "dairy princess," 17-year-old Miquela Hanselman.
Cheryl Petersen, who writes for... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 6, 2012 - 12:18 pm
Above: A 1940 U.S. Census record from Margaretville, New York, posted on Ancestry.com. On the highlighted lines are Sheldon and Madeline Birdsall and their daughter Dawn, the writer's great-grandparents and grandmother.
A treasure trove has just been... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 6, 2012 - 11:30 am
Above: Andes trail-lovers -- Bob Moses and Nick Verni of the Catskill Mountain Club and Bill Feldman of Andes Works! -- get muddy on Saturday while building a section of the Andes Rail Trail. Photo contributed by Ann Roberti.
Last Saturday, June 2, was... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Tuesday, Jun. 5, 2012 - 3:59 pm
The Walmart on Anawana Lake Road in Monticello. Photo by Jason Dole.
The Monticello Walmart's vermin problem is so bad it's making national news. The superstore, which has failed four consecutive health inspections, will be at the center of a special... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 5, 2012 - 3:33 pm
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Above: A Google map showing a 2.1-mile stretch of Highway 30A that the NYC DEP is funding repairs to this summer. (Google Maps, whose road names can be capricious in the rural stretches of upstate New York, calls it NYC Rd. No. 6 and BWS... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Tuesday, Jun. 5, 2012 - 10:59 am
Four teens were arrested last Wednesday for “extensive” vandalism of the Swan Lake Golf Course in Bethel.
Seventeen year olds Matthew Miller, Jahkim McGhee, 18-year-old Donovan Price and an unnamed 14-year-old were charged with criminal mischief in the... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Monday, Jun. 4, 2012 - 7:51 pm
On Saturday, June 2, beer lovers from across the Catskills flocked to Andes to share in their love for beer at the Andes Hotel's fourth annual Craft Beer Fest.
A wide variety of both light and dark craft beers, some from beloved New York State breweries... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 4, 2012 - 3:52 pm
The latest chapter in the ongoing saga of the muddy lower Esopus is being written -- and officials in Ulster County are clamoring to be more than just a footnote in it.
On May 23, the state Department of Environmental Conservation announced that they had... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 4, 2012 - 12:36 pm
New York State Police and the Ulster County Family Violence Unit report the arrest of 21-year-old Saugerties resident Denzel Francis on charges that he had sexual contact with two teenage girls, a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old.
Francis faces charges on... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 4, 2012 - 10:17 am
Photo of hop flowers by Flickr user Dave Shea. Published under Creative Commons license.
Over the weekend, the Beardslee Hop House in Pittsfield hosted a few hundred curious visitors -- there to learn about the area's agricultural history, check out the... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Monday, Jun. 4, 2012 - 10:10 am
Following a month long investigation, New York State Police in Oneonta and Sidney arrested four people last week for a string of residential burglaries spanning three counties.
On Tuesday, May 29, police in Oneonta and Sidney arrested Nicole L. Luna, a 27... Read more
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