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By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 10, 2011 - 10:25 pm
On February 27, 50-year-old Timothy Shields, a photographer, was found dead in his cabin in a Big Indian housing complex on Oliverea Road.
Although a medical examiner's report would show that Shields died of a pulmonary embolism, the flurry of police... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Mar. 10, 2011 - 5:18 pm
Within the last hour, we received press releases from emergency coordinators about flooding predictions for tonight and tomorrow. Here's the Delaware County press release:
The Delaware County Emergency Operations Center was opened at 1300 hours today in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Mar. 10, 2011 - 3:20 pm
Between the rain and the millions of gallons of water being pumped by the DEP through the leaky Delaware Aqueduct underground, the sump pumps of Wawarsing are working overtime. Adam Bosch of the Times Herald-Record reports today:
Homeowners said floods... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 10, 2011 - 12:05 pm
The remains of Overlook Mountain House. Photo by Flickr user bryanu35. Used with permission.
Overlook Mountain has a certain mysterious charm, as the above photo of the ruins of its once-grand mountaintop hotel show. But 19th-century resorts aren't the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 10, 2011 - 10:13 am
To help track flooding across the Catskills today, we're launched a new feature: an interactive flood report map. Help us keep track of trouble spots! File a report, and we'll put a pushpin into the map. To file a report, click here.
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 9, 2011 - 9:33 pm
Robert Cairns at the Walton Reporter published a story on Facebook today about the outlook for Thursday's flooding in Delaware County. In short, it's looking bad.
Cairns reports that Delaware County Emergency Services Coordinator Richard Bell is... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Mar. 9, 2011 - 6:28 pm
Fresh from the New York Times's City Room blog: GOP state senator John Bonacic, whose district includes territory from Delaware, Orange, Sullivan and Ulster Counties, has thrown his support behind a move to extend the so-called "millionaires' tax" in New... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 9, 2011 - 5:20 pm
If you thought the rivers and streams got high earlier this week, you haven't seen anything yet.
The National Weather Service has issued flood watches for all five Catskills counties -- Delaware, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan, and Ulster -- from tomorrow... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Mar. 9, 2011 - 3:28 pm
Over in Shandaken, Mike O'Neil, Troutmeister -- yes, that does appear to be an official title -- recently issued a plea to the community for money to fund the annual stocking of trout in the Woodland Valley Stream. Troutmeistering is a sacred family trust... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 9, 2011 - 10:43 am
According to the Schoharie County Sheriff's Office, snow and ice from the uncleared roof of a U-Haul truck severely injured a 50-year-old woman in Middleburgh yesterday.
A press release states that Gloria Spiers was driving south on State Route 30 as 30-... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 9, 2011 - 8:31 am
The arrest of a Loch Sheldrake woman on Saturday for endangering the welfare of a child is making headlines, thanks to the unhappy circumstances of her alleged crime. According to the Associated Press report in the Daily Freeman:
Police in Loch Sheldrake... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 8, 2011 - 3:07 pm
In a blog post published last month, Martha Stewart (yes, the Martha Stewart) posted a snapshot-filled account of her drive through the towns of Rockland and Andes, both of which she found "charming."
The prompt for Stewart's journey was a lunch date... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 8, 2011 - 11:48 am
Watershed Post contributor (and advertiser) Jessica Vecchione chronicled yesterday's freak, record-setting Delaware County snowfall in a short video that reminds us that it ain't over 'til it's over:
It Ain't Over - Snow 03 07 11 from VeccVideography on... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 8, 2011 - 10:32 am
The Times Herald-Record and the Daily Freeman are reporting that two people who drove into the Wallkill River's floodwaters in New Paltz yesterday morning had to be rescued by boat.
The Wallkill routinely floods the stretch of Libertyville Road and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 8, 2011 - 9:42 am
The State Police are reporting that a Schoharie County death that happened either late on Sunday or early on Monday is being investigated as suspicious. Brian J. Ives, a 21-year-old from Broadbain, died in a residence in the town of Fulton on the night of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 7, 2011 - 4:09 pm
This Saturday, the Roxbury Arts Group is hosting a one-woman show of tales about growing up in a Texan beauty shop. As you can see above, Faye Lane's "Beauty Shop Stories" revolve around moon pies, deep-fried southern accents, and warm memories of old... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 7, 2011 - 2:21 pm
The Daily Star reports that four river conservancy groups are boycotting a meeting with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection that is being held in Grahamsville today. Their grievance? Flooding:
The groups said the plan fails to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 7, 2011 - 12:33 pm
The Delaware County Department of Emergency Services sent out a press at 10:30am announcing that all roads in the town of Deposit are closed until 3pm this afternoon. Here's the release:
Thomas Axtell, Town of Deposit Supervisor, has declared a State of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 7, 2011 - 11:12 am
A recent study in the journal Science has shown that a little bottom-feeding Hudson River fish has evolved to resist one of humankind's most potent pollutants: toxic polychlorinated biphenyls, poisonous dioxins commonly known as PCBs.
Both the Times... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 7, 2011 - 9:22 am
The rain from yesterday combined with a surprise snowstorm last night have made for a bit of nutsiness this morning. There are multiple school delays, road closures, car accidents, and a travel advisory issued for Delaware County until noon today. Via... Read more
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