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By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011 - 10:00 am
If anyone in the Catskills still needs convincing that cell phone service is sorely needed in the region, after this year's torrential flooding and widespread communication outages -- well, here's one more local scrap of evidence.
A couple of hunters who... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011 - 12:10 pm
Above: Pamela West-Finkle and her husband Theodore Finkle, as the band Diviner.
This week on the Watershed Post Half-Hour News Hour, we talk with Pamela West-Finkle, a South Kortright musican and singer-songwriter, about her new Community Music and Arts... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011 - 11:00 am
It's only been three weeks since he was elected Prattsville's new supervisor as a write-in candidate, but Alan Huggins has already resigned, according to a story in today's Daily Mail.
Reporter Michael Ryan writes that the town board will now be charged... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011 - 9:14 am
Video: Saugerties resident Ralph Childers speaks against the privatization of Golden Hill, and has his words echoed by members of the crowd, in a "human microphone" technique used by Occupy Wall Street protesters.
Fifteen individual members of the public... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 - 4:04 pm
Photo of flood-damaged house taken in Margaretville, September 5, 2011. Taken by Flickr user fixbuffalo and posted to the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
This just in from FEMA: The deadlines for filing a Proof of Loss claim through the National Flood... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 - 3:26 pm
Above: The Catskill Mountain Velo Club raising money for a kids' bike fund at the Belleayre Mountain Fall Festival in October. Photo via the Catskills Cycling blog.
Mike Wentland, the brains behind the Catskill Mountain Velo Club, is giving back what... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 - 12:33 pm
Breaking news: We've gotten word this morning that Amphenol, a high-tech manufacturer whose 1200-employee plant in Sidney was heavily damaged in the recent flooding, has decided to remain in Sidney rather than relocate the plant elsewhere. An announcement... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 - 11:01 am
Dear Editor,
I am writing to express my support for the strong executive form of government created by the Ulster County Charter. Specifically, I have witnessed a focus on Catskills advertising and a coordinated flood response. As a business owner in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 - 10:07 am
Today (November 29), Sullivan County Community College in Loch Sheldrake hosts the third in a series of four hearings on proposed gas drilling regulations held by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). Two similar hearings have... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Nov. 28, 2011 - 5:23 pm
Owner Kari Blish flies the "Open" flag in front of the the Flour Patch for the first time since the August flood, on Wednesday, November 23. Photo by Lissa Harris.
In a small town, every business is vital. But it's the ones that feed people that always... Read more
Delaware, Schoharie and Greene each get $500,000 in flood recovery grants for Main Street businesses
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Nov. 28, 2011 - 3:48 pm
Above: A building on Main Street Prattsville after Tropical Storm Irene. Photo by Jay Harsevoort, via the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
The governor's meeting on Windham Mountain this afternoon ended with a big announcement: Three Catskills counties are... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Nov. 28, 2011 - 2:23 pm
It's not easy to get a photo like this, but with patience, a long exposure, and a clear night, you can take some astonishing images. This gorgeous photo of a home ablaze with light under a clear Delaware County night sky was taken by local photographer... Read more
By wateradmin on Monday, Nov. 28, 2011 - 9:20 am
Window display at the Phoenicia Pharmacy. Photo by Flickr user Lori_NY; published under Creative Commons license.
When I think of historic places, I think of roadside markers. I think of heroic conflicts and memorable people long deceased. I think of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Nov. 28, 2011 - 9:07 am
Above: Cuomo tours flooded-out Middleburgh on September 3, 2011. Via the GovernorAdnrewCuomo Flickr page.
Governor Andrew Cuomo, who announced a new package of relief funds earmarked for flooded-out communities two weeks ago, will be talking about... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011 - 10:19 am
Here's wishing you a wonderful holiday. The staff of the Watershed Post is taking some time off to celebrate, and we hope you can too. We'll be back on Monday with regular posts, unless there's some emergency, and then we'll parachute in to do the story... Read more
By wateradmin on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011 - 2:15 pm
On Tuesday, over 80 percent of Windham-Ashland-Jewett voters (213 yes to 50 no) passed the referendum authorizing the WAJ Board of Education the ability to borrow funds up to nearly $4 million dollars for expenses from Irene's flood damage. The borrowing... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011 - 12:11 pm
The Rondout Valley School Board voted unanimously at their meeting on Tuesday, November 22, to close the Rosendale Elementary School in June.
Rosendale Elementary, one of three elementary schools in the Rondout Valley Central School District, faces a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011 - 5:11 pm
Oorah, a Jewish summer camp company that runs programs for boys and girls at a campus called The Zone in Stamford, reports that last week, a burglar (or burglars?) broke into the camp and made off with some expensive equipment from the game room,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011 - 11:17 am
The Sullivan County Democrat reports today that Medicap, Livingston Manor's sole pharmacy, closed its doors last week.
Shirley Fulton, owner of a nearby gift shop, told Democrat reporter Dan Hust that she's holding out hope that another pharmacy might... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011 - 1:53 pm
Every Saturday, Muller Plaza in Oneonta is home to a small group of protestors allied with the Occupy Wall Street movement. This short film by Jessica Vecchione, taken on Saturday, November 19, features the Occupy Otsego protesters strumming guitars,... Read more
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