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By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012 - 12:44 pm
Above: A photo taken by a Watershed Post reader in Fleischmanns Park on August 31, 2011, after the Irene floods. Six months later, Fleischmanns still must undertake millions of dollars' worth of rebuilding work, which has been stalled while the village... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012 - 12:06 pm
A reminder that nature always gets you in the end. Overgrown coal silos photographed in Callicoon on Saturday. Photo by Flickr user John of Catskills Photography, via the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
Got a fantastic Catskills photo? We'd love to publish it... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012 - 9:49 am
Photo of hammer and nail by Flickr user Mike Bitzenhofer. Published under Creative Commons license.
On Saturday, March 3, the flood-ravaged town of Prattsville will host a housing expo and home improvement show, featuring contractors, architects,... Read more
By Rusty Mae Moore on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 - 11:24 pm
Above: Attendees at a hearing yesterday in which the Shandaken Town Board passed a new law governing farmstands. Photo by Rusty Mae Moore.
It took eight years, but the Shandaken Town Board has finally passed a farmstand law.
The new law expands the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 - 10:37 pm
The legality of town bans on gas drilling in New York State is being tested in court -- and so far, the bans are holding up. Today, a state judge upheld a gas drilling ban in the Otsego County town of Middlefield, which was challenged by a local dairy... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 - 5:29 pm
Above: a chart in the WGXC offices in Hudson, spelling out how announcers should pronounce various towns around the region. Photo by Justin Goldman.
WGXC, the community radio station of Columbia and Greene Counties, is celebrating its first birthday this... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 - 1:13 pm
John, a fellow who goes by username Catskills Photography on the Flickr photo-sharing website, shared this photo with us via the Watershed Post Flickr Pool. The image is of a part of the Narrowsburg Feed and Grain Company building in Narrowsburg, NY. John... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 - 1:10 pm
Kudos to Jessica Vecchione for her now award-winning documentary about a Franklin stonemason with a passion. (We interviewed Jessica, who is a Watershed Post advertiser, about the documentary on our radio show last fall.) You can watch the trailer for... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 - 11:00 am
Read our previous coverage of the Belleayre-to-ORDA handover here, here and here. -- Julia Reischel
To The Editor:
The takeover of the Belleayre ski area by the ORDA now seems to be gaining momentum but before it’s too late we need to become involved as a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 - 10:27 am
Above: Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services Commissioner Jerome Hauer speaking at a New York State Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, Feb. 22. Photo posted to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Flickr account.
There's a new sheriff in town: Jerome Hauer... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 - 9:37 am
On Tuesday, February 28, the Onteora Board of Education is scheduled to vote on one of three possible reconfiguration plans for the district. Two of the proposed plans call for the closing of the Phoenicia Elementary School, either with clustering of the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 - 10:02 pm
After years of wrangling, a law easing the zoning regulations on farmstands has finally been passed in the town of Shandaken, at a hearing held tonight on the issue.
Town board member Alfie Higley Jr., who along with his father Al Higley runs a farmstand... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 - 7:27 pm
The Catskill Mountain Artisans Guild returns to Belleayre Mountain this weekend. Crafters from around the region will be displaying their wares for sale including toys, accessories, apparel, soaps, pottery, art and a host of other goodies. So swing by the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 - 4:48 pm
A New York City man faces charges of possession and cultivation of marijuana, after a fire in a Hamden garage led to the discovery of 42 pot plants on the premises.
The Delaware County Sheriff's Office reports today that 30-year-old Aleksandr Melamedov... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 - 3:32 pm
Above: A YouTube video made in tribute to the destroyed Old Blenheim Bridge, destroyed on August 28, 2011 by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene.
Poor Blenheim. In order to get federal money to rebuild its bridge, the town needs to be on the National... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 - 10:14 am
See that off-white line about halfway up the brick wall? That's how high the Irene flood waters came on Main Street in the Schoharie County village of Middleburgh.
Photographer Christopher Auger-Dominguez took this photo while shooting on location for a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012 - 8:30 pm
In recent weeks, two different companies have publicly discussed plans for natural gas pipelines that would cross through the Leatherstocking region and northern Catskills in upstate New York. The prospect of a major new natural gas pipeline in the region... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012 - 5:23 pm
Above: Fish Fry sign by Flickr user uff-da. Used under a Creative Commons license.
It's Wednesday, but my stomach is ready for Friday. This Friday is the first one of the Lenten season, so Catholics must start thinking about meat-free options for supper... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012 - 11:46 am
A fire early this morning destroyed the Slice of Athens pizza parlor and pub, at 29 South Washington Street in the Greene County village of Athens.
The fire also destroyed some phone lines, as well as a fiberoptic cable that supplies cable television and... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012 - 9:49 am
Yesterday, advocates of town "home rule" won a key legal battle in the ongoing statewide debate about hydraulic fracturing. A Tompkins County state Supreme Court judge ruled that a gas drilling ban passed by the town of Dryden could stand.
Jon Campbell, a... Read more
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