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By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 12, 2011 - 12:03 pm
Ever dreamed of being a yoga teacher? Megan Leigh of Chichester Yoga is holding an open house Q&A session for would-be yoga teachers this Saturday. Come for a yoga class beforehand and stay to pepper Leigh with questions.
Yoga Teacher Training Open... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Aug. 12, 2011 - 9:26 am
Image from U.S. Patent Application No. 12/566,756, filed by Susan Schieren of Leeds, NY on September 25, 2009.
For most of us, having to hold a hair dryer while using it is one of life's minor aggravations. For the disabled, it might not be possible at... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011 - 5:53 pm
Photo from Riverkeeper's Facebook page.
Riverkeeper, a nonprofit environmental group that advocates for the Hudson River, recently announced the results of a five-year study of water quality in the Hudson. (See Scribd document below for the full study.)... Read more
By wateradmin on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011 - 12:57 pm
Today, the Watershed Post is rolling out our new Olive town page, a news and community website for the town of Olive in Ulster County. Reporter Cindy Johansen will be our Olive town government reporter. She attended two town meetings in Olive this week... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011 - 10:53 am
Do you enjoy watching mud-covered contestants leap over pits of fire en-route to glory, accolades and booze? The Warrior Dash, a 3-mile race, obstacle course, and after-party on Windham Mountain, had got your number.
Warrior Dash racers are a hutzpah-... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011 - 8:36 am
40-year-old Kingston resident Scott Albright was arrested yesterday, after his four-year-old son was found wandering in a road in the town of Esopus. The Ulster County Sheriff's Office reports:
Investigation yielded further evidence that the child was... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011 - 4:51 pm
The village of Deposit in 1887. Photo by snapshotsofthepast.com, via Flickr.
Two Delaware County towns are throwing big bashes this weekend celebrating, well, themselves.
The town of Deposit will be celebrating its 200th birthday on Saturday. Deposit was... Read more
By wateradmin on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011 - 2:11 pm
Photo of elephant herd courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
The kind and usually wise publishers of the Watershed Post foolishly gave me the go ahead to develop this new feature with very few fixed guidelines. So until they realize their rare error in judgement... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011 - 12:57 pm
This just in from the Albany Times-Union: An explosion this morning on a gas main near Guilderland shut down a six-mile stretch of the Thruway, and nearby homes are being evacuated.
The Times-Union reports:
Emergency workers and firefighters rushed to a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011 - 12:08 pm
On Friday, August 19, the citizens of Andes will have the chance to weigh in on the controversial issue of hydraulic fracturing, at a town-sponsored public forum on the issue.
The forum will be held at 7pm at the Andes Central School. USGS hydrogeologist... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011 - 9:14 am
According to a news report by Cyclists International, 20-year-old Colby Samstag, a junior at the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the university's cycling team, was severely injured in the Tour of the Catskills race on Sunday.
The website... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 - 6:29 pm
AT&T announced yesterday that they've just flipped the switch on a new cell tower on Route 23 between Prattsville and Ashland, in Greene County:
"More than ever before, customers look to wireless communications to stay in touch with family, friends... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 - 2:50 pm
The U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 - 2:14 pm
Oh, who am I kidding? I love Dirty Dancing, that glorious 1987 dance-romance flick set in the fading glory of the 1960s Catskills, as much as anybody.
News broke yesterday that Kenny Ortega, the man responsible for High School Musical, has been tapped to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 - 9:45 am
Photo of twee chainsaw bear in front of the Margaretville Freshtown by Lissa Harris.
This week, Upstater -- a new blog about real estate and rural life, for downstate folks with upstate inclinations-- takes a look at the Delaware County village of... Read more
By wateradmin on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 - 7:59 pm
Welcome to a work in progress that, like the original intent behind the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose California, will I am sure keep changing. (For those curious and/or uninformed about this particular odd metaphoric reference, here is the url for... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 - 5:43 pm
If you're a newbie hiker, this weekend is the perfect chance to tackle a trail leading to what many say is the best view in the Catskills: Giant Ledge. The Frost Valley YMCA is leading a free public hike on Saturday up to the aptly named 1,000-foot... Read more
By Rich Muellerleile on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 - 12:34 pm
Summer is in full swing here in the Catskills, and the flurry of outdoor activities that these hills and dales offer bring droves from near and far to take advantage of what incredible resources Mother Nature offers us. She’s a tough mother in the summer... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 - 11:59 am
A rash of weekend robberies in the town of Ulster has Ulster County Sherrif Paul van Blarcum warning residents to lock their car doors, the Daily Freeman reports.
It's pretty common for people in rural areas like ours to leave their cars and houses... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 - 11:14 am
Douglas Cronk Last Wednesday, August 3, the New York State Police arrested 42-year-old Grand Gorge resident Douglas Cronk on charges of first-degree robbery.
Cronk is charged with the armed robbery of the Roxbury Country Store on March 2, 2009. During the... Read more
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