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By wateradmin on Sunday, Jul. 3, 2011 - 8:58 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here.
Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years. Originally hailing from Detroit, he lived for many... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jul. 1, 2011 - 5:11 pm
Above: A photo of John Lennon, taken in 1972 by Lou Gaudiosi, from a series to go on exhibit this weekend at Andes Art and Antiques.
Tomorrow, a set of photographs taken of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, which apparently have been languishing unseen for... Read more
By Matthew Perry on Friday, Jul. 1, 2011 - 10:46 am
Looking for 2013 fireworks? Check out our Catskills Fourth of July Guide here. -- Ed
Photo via Flickr user bayasaa.
So many fireworks, so little time, so many miles to travel. If you're seeking the rockets' red glare this weekend, you can find it in all... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jul. 1, 2011 - 10:03 am
As we wrote yesterday, scores of people gathered on the Shavertown Bridge over the Pepacton Reservoir last Saturday to protest hydraulic fracturing of the Marcellus Shale. Today, videographer (and Watershed Post advertiser) Jessica Vecchione, who was at... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jul. 1, 2011 - 9:48 am
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office is reporting that it has made an arrest on Wednesday in a case of stolen coins in Saugerties.
According to a press release, 19-year-old James Raymond of Glasco allegedly stole coins from a Saugerties residence on Old Rte... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jul. 1, 2011 - 8:54 am
Right on time for its July 1 deadline, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation will be releasing its recommendations for the statewide regulation of hydraulic fracturing today. There will be a big press conference (viewable via webcast) at... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 30, 2011 - 4:31 pm
Above: A member of RAM, a Haitian rock/vodou band that will play the West Kortright Centre this Saturday. Photo used with permission.
Last year it was bhangra. This year, it's Haitian mizik rasin music -- traditional vodou folk music mixed with rock 'n... Read more
By Matthew Perry on Thursday, Jun. 30, 2011 - 3:00 pm
Last year's Taste of the Catskills festival. Photo via the Taste of the Catskills website.
Whatever defines the Catskills for you – food, livestock, music, authentic agricultural settings – it’s likely that some version of it can be found at Taste of the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 30, 2011 - 11:34 am
Photo provided by CDOG/un-naturalgas.org. Video shot by Jessica Vecchione.
On Saturday, scores of people gathered on the Shavertown Bridge that crosses the Pepacton Reservoir in Delaware County to protest the controversial practice of hydraulic... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 30, 2011 - 9:24 am
A Brooklyn man was arrested in Liberty yesterday for driving drunk on a golf cart. (And without a license, to boot.) The State Police press release:
Fransisco Rosendo of Brooklyn , NY was arrested for Aggravated DWI after Troopers stopped him for... Read more
By Matthew Perry on Wednesday, Jun. 29, 2011 - 1:53 pm
Above: Hugh Timoney, Lissa Sidoli, Angelina Fiordellisi, Peter Gaitens, Zena Gurbo and Patricia Buckley rehearse a scene from Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit at Franklin Stage Company. Photo by Steve Monosson.
Tonight, the Franklin Stage Company begins a run... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 29, 2011 - 1:11 pm
Photo by Flickr user David Chess. Published under Creative Commons license.
By law, a school contingency budget has to spend less than the failed budget it is adopted to replace.
So, after having two budget proposals shot down by voters this year, the... Read more
By Lillian Browne on Wednesday, Jun. 29, 2011 - 12:55 pm
Above: Delhi businessowner Hazel Dunlin, owner of Avalon Moon, dressed as a faerie at the New York Faerie Festival. Last weekend, Watershed Post corresondent Lillian Browne attended the 3rd annual New York Faerie Festival in Windsor, New York, along with... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 29, 2011 - 9:06 am
Photo by Flickr user Danielle Tsi.
The fate of borscht, the purple beet-based soup, seems inextricably tied to the fate of the Catskills. Both the soup and the region had their glory days in the 1950s, when the term "Borscht Belt" sounded glamorous,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jun. 28, 2011 - 2:36 pm
This just in: Alexander "Sandy" Mathes, the executive directory of the Greene County Industrial Development Agency, has resigned, according to the Daily Mail. No explanation was given:
In a statement, the IDA Board of Directors said the decision was “... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 28, 2011 - 2:08 pm
Good news for Wawarsing homeowners sitting atop the leaky Delaware Aqueduct: Last week, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has agreed to set $3.7 million aside to bail out homeowners whose houses have been damaged by leaks from the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jun. 28, 2011 - 9:29 am
On Saturday, 76-year-old Ruth Defazio of Bethel crashed a 2003 Ford Thunderbird into 6 other vehicles on Rte. 17B in Bethel, according to a State Police press release. Defazio was high on prescription pain medication at the time of the crash, the police... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jun. 27, 2011 - 5:03 pm
'Tis the season to get outside. Faiga Brussel, the owner of the Delhi-based Good Cheap Foods grocery store, sent out an email a few weeks back urging her patrons to take advantage of one of Delhi's best-kept outdoor attractions: SUNY Delhi's Outdoor... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 27, 2011 - 3:12 pm
The national debate over hydraulic fracturing and the future of shale gas in America's energy future is getting hotter all the time.
The good news: Investigators from well-respected institutions dedicated to ferreting out facts are taking a close look at... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jun. 27, 2011 - 12:20 pm
They vacation up in the Catskills.
Yesterday, the New York Post ran a story about a "horse hotel" in Monticello that caters specifically to Central Park carriage horses, who retire to the upstate farm for their mandatory 5-week vacations. Er, make that "... Read more
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