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By Julia Reischel on Monday, Dec. 8, 2014 - 4:24 pm
Above: An excerpt from a letter sent to to landowners along the route of the Constitution Pipeline on Dec. 3. Read the full letter at the bottom of this story or by clicking here.
The day after receiving federal approval, the Constitution Pipeline sent... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Dec. 8, 2014 - 12:10 pm
Above: Carts full of holiday shopping were abandoned in the checkout line at Walmart on Saturday, Dec. 6 after shoppers evacuated the building after a "threat call." Contributed photo.
Several stores in the town of Ulster shopping center on Route 9W near... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014 - 2:48 pm
Left: Neal McCarthy. Photo via the New York State Police.
A man with a knife and suboxone, a narcotic, was arrested in Livingston Manor on Friday, Dec. 5 for "threatening others and destroying the interior of a house," according to the New York State... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Dec. 5, 2014 - 5:26 pm
A winter weather advisory is in effect for Delaware, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster counties today, Friday, Dec. 5, beginning this afternoon and lasting through tomorrow morning.
The high roads in the Catskills will be icy tonight, according to a... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Friday, Dec. 5, 2014 - 11:57 am
Above: A festive bovine bust at Lucky Dog Farm Store in Hamden.
Challenge: Spend every holiday shopping dollar at a Catskills merchant this month. To help you do it, here's the third installment of our holiday shopping guide. (Want even more things to do... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014 - 2:30 pm
Hope Peters. Photo: New York State Police.
A Shandaken woman will face felony grand larceny charges for allegedly stealing tens of thousands of dollars from her former employer, according to New York State Police.
Hope Peters was arrested on Wednesday,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014 - 2:27 pm
Above: Stephanie Fletcher. Photo via the New York State Police.
Stephanie Fletcher, a 29-year-old who is accused of engaging in sex acts with students while she was a teacher at Walton Central School in 2011 and 2012, admitted to some of the crimes as... Read more
By Alecia Lynn Eberhardt on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014 - 1:05 pm
Above: Justin Behan, the owner of Green Wolf Brewing Company. Photo used with permission.
Three and a half years ago, Justin Behan was standing in an old house on his property when he had a revelation. “It dawned on me,” he said, “this building has... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014 - 11:16 am
Left: Thomas A. Pfeiffer. Photo via the Ulster County Sheriff's Office.
Update 12/5/14: The Daily Freeman reports that Pfeiffer is a doctor; he is a licensed anesthesiologist working in the Hudson Valley.
Original story:
A 44-year-old Red Hook man is... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014 - 5:31 pm
Above: The door to the Gypsy Wolf Cantina. Photo by Flickr user satemkemet.
Every year since 1989, the sign in front of the Gypsy Wolf Cantina in the Ulster County town of Woodstock has changed. One year, a stylized wolf howled at the moon. Another, a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014 - 4:28 pm
Left: Image of the suspect in a Spider-Man mask taken during the robbery on Nov. 28. Photo via the New York State Police.
Police have arrested two men in connection with a Black Friday robbery of a convenience store in the Delaware County village of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014 - 12:58 pm
Above: A natural gas pipeline being constructed. Photo courtesy of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
The Constitution Pipeline received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to build a 124-mile natural gas pipeline from... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014 - 2:10 pm
Above: An ice wall in Platte Clove in 2013. Photo by Dave Hebb and shared in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
The National Weather Service has issued winter weather advisories for snow and freezing rain beginning on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 2 and lasting... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014 - 1:27 pm
Left: Travis Morton and Amanda Olivo. Via the New York State Police.
Two Livingston Manor residents were arrested on Monday, Dec. 1, after allegedly breaking into a Manor apartment and then assaulting the occupants, according to a press release from the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014 - 11:07 am
The site of the former Concord Hotel, above, was once a thriving resort in Kiamesha Lake, in Sullivan County. Developers want to build a new resort casino here, and are anxiously waiting for permits for up to two Catskills casinos to be issued by New York... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Dec. 1, 2014 - 9:06 pm
Above: Ramona Sunderwith watches the first patients arriving at the Lunsar Ebola Treatment Center in Sierra Leone on Monday, Dec. 1. Photo by Sam Ryder, via Twitter, and International Medical Corps.
Ramona Sunderwirth is an emergency pediatric physician... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Dec. 1, 2014 - 11:52 am
An armed suspect wearing a Spider-Man mask robbed a Smoker's Choice convenience store in Walton the day after Thanksgiving, according to the New York State Police.
A police press release states that the store was robbed at 6:44 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 28 by... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Friday, Nov. 28, 2014 - 1:20 pm
It's holiday shopping season in earnest, now that Thanksgiving is over. You can spend all your gift-giving dollars this year with Catskills merchants and businesses, and maybe see a few Christmas trees and even Santa himself while you're at it. To help... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014 - 2:39 pm
Above: A trio of Catskills turkeys in 2008. Photo by Kristine Paulus, via Flickr.
Ah, gratitude. We all know it’s the right spirit to maintain, there’s a science supporting its benefits, and yet it can be so easy to lose track of in everyday life. How... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014 - 10:40 am
Above: Photo of snow accumulation in Monticello on Nov. 26, 2014 by John (aka Catskill Photography) and shared in our Flickr pool.
Our expected snowstorm arrived this morning, Nov. 26, with flakes falling in earnest around 9:50 a.m. at the Watershed Post... Read more
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