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By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015 - 1:04 pm
Above: A promotional video for the Catskill Park, produced by Catskill Mountainkeeper.
The squeaky wheel gets the grease, at least in Albany. And until recently, the Catskills were pretty quiet when it came to asking New York’s legislature and governor... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015 - 3:52 pm
Above: Investigators seized 134 long guns, four assault rifles, one electronic stun gun and two handguns from a Lumberland residence during a drug raid. Photo via the New York State Police.
Left: William Cropley. Photo via the New York State Police. ... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015 - 1:55 pm
Above: "A bitterly cold night is expected across eastern NY and western New England," according to a tweet from the National Weather Service in Albany.
The National Weather Service is warning that temperatures ranging from negative 5 to negative 10... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015 - 4:54 pm
Above: Firefighters battle a structure fire on White Road in the town of Middletown on Feb. 4. Photos by Julia Reischel.
A house at 410 White Road in the Delaware County town of Middletown burned on the afternoon of Wednesday, Feb. 4.
Alice and Anthony... Read more
By Jennifer Strom on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015 - 3:13 pm
A climber ascends a pitch at Viola Ravine in Kaaterskill Clove. Photo by Marty Molitoris of Alpine Endeavors (alpineendeavors.com).
When winter cloaks the Catskills’ many crevices and waterfalls in ice, devotees of a slow-going but fast-growing sport... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015 - 10:56 am
A police dispatcher working in the town of Ulster Police department stole lost cash that a citizen found and turned over to police, according to a press release on the department's Facebook page. Then the dispatcher altered a police blotter record to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015 - 4:30 pm
A 74-year-old Schoharie man driving an ATV backed into the path of an oncoming car on Terrace Mountain Road in the town of Schoharie on Tuesday, Feb. 3, according to a press release from the Schoharie County Sheriff's Office.
The man, George K. Lawton,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015 - 1:10 pm
Above: A video promoting the annual Ice Harvest Festival at the Hanford Mills Museum.
It's the deepest, coldest part of winter, which means that it's time to harvest ice.
Ice harvesting, a lost rural tradition that once was the only way to stockpile ice... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Feb. 2, 2015 - 11:20 am
Above: A sheepdog guards its flock during a Catskills snowstorm on Monday, Jan. 2. Photo by Mark Zilberman, via Flickr.
After the fakeout from last week's snowstorm-that-wasn't, a foot of snow is falling across the Catskills today, Monday, Feb. 2. Many... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jan. 30, 2015 - 3:56 pm
Above: An illustration from our first and only April Fool's article, from April 1, 2011, depicting a fake floating casino on the Ashokan Reservoir.
It's the Watershed Post's five year anniversary this month. (We're a little stunned about that, but yes,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 - 2:06 pm
Above: The fire that engulfed the Hymers Family Farm on Dec. 11, 2014. Photo via the YouCaring.com farm fundraiser for the Hymers.
Musicians, Farm Catskills and neighbors throughout the region are throwing a fundraiser to benefit the Hymers family, who... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 - 11:04 am
Above: Flyers asking residents to vote for Delhi every day until Feb. 25 are appearing in businesses around Delhi. Photo courtesy of Christina Viafore.
Delhi, the small Catskills town that serves as the county seat of Delaware County, has made it to the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 - 12:23 pm
Above: Locally cured bacon from Fleisher's, the artisanal Catskills butcher shop that has outposts in Kingston and Park Slope, Brooklyn. Photo via the Fleisher's Facebook page.
Another downstate media outlet is tackling our question: Is 2015 the year of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015 - 8:28 pm
Above: Sean K. Moorhus and Kevin R. Hunter. Mugshots via the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team.
When members of Ulster County's drug task force interrupted a heroin deal in the parking lot of the Hurley Ridge Market on Tuesday, Jan. 27, two... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015 - 5:34 pm
John of Catskills Photography went to the Livingston Manor Ice Carnival on Sunday, Jan. 25 and took some great photos, which he shared with us in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
Above are figure skaters Valerie Levine (left) and Victoria Calderone (right... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015 - 11:07 am
Left: Former Abbot Konrad Ryushin Marchaj in 2012. Photo by Dharma Communications, via Wikipedia.
The abbot of the Zen Mountain Monastery in the Mount Tremper has stepped down from his post as the leader of the popular Ulster County religious center... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015 - 12:16 pm
9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27: The travel ban in Ulster County (and in most other New York counties) has been lifted, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office:
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo this morning announced that the travel ban in the Hudson Valley (Dutchess,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015 - 4:58 pm
Above: Projected snowfall totals in the Catskills and Hudson Valley by Hudson Valley Weather.
Update, 1/26: We are tracking live updates on the progress of the storm through the Catskills and Hudson Valley. Click here to follow along.
The forecasters at... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015 - 3:53 pm
Above: Tyler Borchet, center, searches the driftwood pile at the Jan. 23 driftwood giveaway in Olivebridge. Photo by Julia Reischel.
Driftwood is the Catskills version of the iPhone -- people line up around the block to get it.
Hundreds waited in below-... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 - 1:27 pm
Above: The royal court at the 2011 Livingston Manor Rotary Ice Carnival. Photo via the Livingston Manor Rotary Ice Carnival's Facebook page.
For 56 years, Livingston Manor's Rotary has thrown a huge party in the depths of January. The annual Livingston... Read more
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