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By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 15, 2012 - 5:57 pm
Facing a looming August 6 deadline to form a sewer district in Phoenicia, uncertainty about the scope of the proposed sewer plant, and public outcry against the project, the Shandaken town board has opted to ask New York City for an extension on the... Read more
By wateradmin on Tuesday, May. 15, 2012 - 4:36 pm
As voters head to the polls for school elections today, parents in the Onteora Central School District are still upset over the district's abrupt about-face on a plan to move the elementary music program from the school day to the early morning hours... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 15, 2012 - 3:06 pm
The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for the Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, near the border between Delaware and Sullivan County, until this evening.
Data from the stream gauge at the Beaverkill at Cooks Falls show that the river is already... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 15, 2012 - 9:57 am
A reminder: New Yorkers go to the polls today to vote for school budgets and board members. To find your local polling place, check your school district's website.
Problems at the polls? Let us know at editor@watershedpost.com.
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 14, 2012 - 5:18 pm
Josh Turan. Photo courtesy of David Turan.
To his friends, 22-year-old Josh Turan was a thrill-seeker: A goofy, fearless kid who liked snowboarding, motocross racing, and parkour, and would rather spend the night outdoors than under a roof.
But when he... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 14, 2012 - 12:33 pm
A 21-year-old Kingston man has been arrested on charges that he tried to burgle a dozen roses from a Hannaford grocery store on Mother's Day by stuffing them into his pants.
Kingston police posted news of the arrest on their Facebook page:
Arrest: Sunday... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 14, 2012 - 10:27 am
The notice from Fraley Auction Company, announcing the Friday, May 11 auction of Callicoon dairy farmer Ken Peters's herd, is short and businesslike. But any farmer knows what a devastating tale lies behind this curt announcement:
100 milking, 35 dry, (65... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, May. 12, 2012 - 3:47 pm
A 19-year-old Accord man is currently in critical condition after falling off the roof of a friend's car while it was moving.
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office reports that the accident happened at 5:49pm on Friday, May 11, on Whitfield Road near the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 11, 2012 - 5:15 pm
In the Daily Freeman today: A sinkhole on Washington Avenue in the city of Kingston is threatening gas, water, and sewer pipes underground, and a city engineer says it could take $1 million to fix it.
Ralph Swenson told members of the Common Council’s... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Friday, May. 11, 2012 - 2:51 pm
Above: A rooster next to a bathtub. Just an average Thursday in New Kingston. Photo by Andrea Girolamo.
Savor tomorrow with its 70+ degree temperatures and sun; Sunday will probably see some rain. Click some some of these links while you wait for those... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 11, 2012 - 2:14 pm
A Hamden man has been arrested and charged with committing multiple acts of child sexual abuse. Police say the alleged acts were committed several times over the course of the last decade, and involve multiple victims.
On Thursday, May 10, Delaware County... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 11, 2012 - 1:36 pm
Dear Editor,
It’s springtime and once again the season to select school board candidates who will best represent the children and taxpayers of the Onteora School District. The current school board has made some big changes with the reconfiguration of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 11, 2012 - 12:05 am
Today's New York Daily News has an in-depth story about a horrific accident that took an elderly couple's lives in the town of Andes last week.
Arthur and Madeleine Morris, a Manhattan couple who owned a vacation home on Woodland Hill Drive in Andes, died... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 10, 2012 - 10:49 pm
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office has finally made an arrest for the theft of a lawnmower and an ATV from a home at 109 South Road in Ruby last June. The cold case got a fresh lead this Monday, when the lawnmower turned up for sale on Craig's List.... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, May. 10, 2012 - 4:15 pm
We are writing in response to the information we have received from our town board and from other neighboring towns. We are very happy to hear that the towns of Rochester, New Paltz, Marbletown and others are working to pass zoning bans to prohibit... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 10, 2012 - 3:00 pm
The Ulster County town of Olive has a new law on the books: A one-year moratorium on all gas drilling activity, including the transportation of fracking waste, within town borders.
The law was approved unanimously by the town board at their regular... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Thursday, May. 10, 2012 - 1:31 pm
Above: Did you order your mother some flowers for mother's day? Photo of a periwinkle by Catskills Photography in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
There are so many things going on this weekend, there's sure to be an event that's right for your mother.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 10, 2012 - 11:33 am
Above: A Google map of New York State post offices that will have reduced hours under the new plan. Click on a red dot to get information about a post office's current hours and their planned reduced daily hours. Use the controls on the left to zoom in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 9, 2012 - 3:48 pm
Dear Editor,
What is wrong with Onteora?
The Onteora budget is unnecessarily wasteful and caused by many bad decisions made by the current Board of Education. Although the budget is reduced 1.7%, enrollment is down 2.3 %. In other words, Onteora’s per... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 9, 2012 - 3:35 pm
Dear Editor,
I write this to the voters to remind you to vote on May 15th, from 2-9 at your local elementary school. I especially hope that you are planning to vote for me and Cybele Nielsen, but regardless, please take the time to cast your ballot... Read more
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