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By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011 - 9:37 am
Above: A photographic tour of the enormous apple cider press at the Hubbell homestead. Click on the slideshow to open the the tour in a separate window. Photos by Julia Reischel.
It’s a good year for apples in the Catskills. Call it the silver lining of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 10, 2011 - 11:25 am
Photo of Pelikan fountain pen by Flickr user David Blackwell. Published under Creative Commons license.
We are pleased to announce a new regular feature on our website: The Watershed Post News Poem. Every week, we'll be bringing you some form of ode,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011 - 5:06 pm
Dana Elizabeth RiceThe body of 54-year-old Dana Rice, a Kingston resident who has been missing since September 29, was found at the bottom of a steep embankment in the town of Ulster on Friday night, according to a press release issued by the Ulster... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011 - 12:43 pm
Italian street artist Paolo Buggiani rides a flaming bicycle down Main Street in front of the Andes Hotel on Friday, October 7, 2011.
Diners on the porch of the Andes Hotel on Friday evening got a little spectacle along with their supper: A brief but... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 7, 2011 - 10:14 pm
Video: New York State senator John Bonacic inspects flooding at the Amphenol manufacturing facility in Sidney on September 9, 2011. From Bonacic's YouTube channel.
After sustaining major damage from flooding twice in five years, Amphenol -- one of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Oct. 7, 2011 - 8:53 pm
Dana Elizabeth Rice
Ulster County detectives are searching for 54-year-old Kingston resident Dana Elizabeth Rice, missing since September 29, 2011.
From a press release from the Ulster County Sheriff's Office:
On 10/4/11, this agency began examining... Read more
By Carol La Monda on Friday, Oct. 7, 2011 - 1:35 pm
Photo by Flickr user Jeremy Bernstein. Published under Creative Commons license.
Help! We have too many capital letters in the alphabet as we try to repair damage from Hurricanes Irene and Lee and the recent deluge. I am convinced that if we could just... Read more
By wateradmin on Friday, Oct. 7, 2011 - 1:35 pm
Above: A sinkhole on southbound Rte. 145 in Middleburgh. Photo by Martin Rivas.
Martin Rivas, a New York City-based singer-songwriter, has been sending us updates about Middleburgh after Irene. (Rivas owns a house in Middleburgh.) Here's his latest... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 7, 2011 - 9:37 am
Jenn Schuman, the president of the Greater Roxbury Learning Initiative Corporation, sent us these photos of Roxbury Central School students talking about homegrown food and gardening at the Margaretville Hospital Health Fair yesterday.
The students... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011 - 3:04 pm
It looks like the fast-growing Occupy Wall Street movement will come to the Catskills on October 29. Above, a poster making the rounds on Facebook advertises a Delaware County protest planned for the last weekend of the month in Delhi. There's a meet-up... Read more
By wateradmin on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011 - 2:46 pm
Above: The Pine Hill Sewage Treatment plan on Rte. 28 in Shandaken. Photo via Google.
In news from Shandaken, the Watershed Post reports the following:
"The Town Board agreed to hold a public meeting for a presentation by the Catskill Watershed... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011 - 12:24 pm
A century or two ago, country doctors were likely to take a good portion of their pay in things like chickens and vegetables.
Today, the idea of bartering for healthcare is alive and well in our own backyard -- and attracting a lot of attention, thanks to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011 - 10:01 am
Eugene E. Gundelach, the owner of the Margaretville building on Main Street that burned down on September 17, is no longer being accused of starting the fire, according to the Catskill Mountain News.
Gundelach was arrested on September 17 after the blaze... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 - 4:04 pm
The New York State Police report that 24-year-old Jason Wells of Rosendale was arrested on Tuesday, October 4, on charges that he assaulted and injured a 7-month-old baby that was left in his care.
A press release from New York State troopers:
On Tuesday... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 - 11:54 am
A lawn sign opposing fracking from Otsego2000. Photo by Flickr user Bosc d'Anjou.
This week on the Watershed Post Half-Hour News Hour, we talk with David Merzig, a municipal lawyer for several upstate towns who has been working on local bans on gas... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 - 10:32 am
Joseph M. Platt
Update, 11:20am: The Daily Freeman reports that Platt was found around 10am this morning.
Police are searching for 71-year-old Athens resident Joseph M. Platt, last seen in the area of Greenlake Road on Monday, October 3.
A release from... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 - 8:04 am
Above: Flooding in Ulster County in September. Photo from the New Paltz Flood Aid website.
Ulster County was hit hard during the flooding caused by the double whammy of Tropical Storms Irene and Lee at the beginning of September. New Paltz Flood Aid, an... Read more
By Rusty Mae Moore on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 - 4:09 pm
“We are now 36 days after Irene, and recovery efforts continue,” was the opening comment of Shandaken Town Supervisor Rob Stanley at last night's Town Board meeting.
Stanley pointed out that there are a number of sources out there to help residents and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 - 3:35 pm
Andes Town Supervisor Marty Donnelly tipped us off to an act of vandalism in his town's Ballatine Park last week. It seems that several people decided to gouge their names into a stone obelisk that stands near the southern edge of the park. Today, I was... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 - 1:58 pm
Catskill resident Harry Carr, 52, was struck by a car and killed around 7:30 pm on Monday, October 3, near a rest area off Route 23 in the town of Catskill. The incident is still under investigation.
A press release issued today by the New York State... Read more
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