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By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 22, 2014 - 4:14 pm
Above: Video of hail falling in the Delaware County town of Hamden on Thursday afternoon, taken by local videographer Jess Vecchione.
Intense, fast-moving thunderstorms are moving through the Catskills region, bringing rain and, in some places, hail. ... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, May. 22, 2014 - 11:24 am
Everybody knows when summer really starts: this weekend. Monday will be marked by official Memorial Day observances in many towns, but all weekend long, there’s plenty of unofficial fun to be had, from music fests to boat races to town-wide yard sales.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 21, 2014 - 4:03 pm
Above: The VW Parts property at 717 Wagner Avenue in Fleischmanns that is owned by William Hrazanek. Photo by Julia Reischel.
Developer Kenneth Pasternak has cancelled a foreclosure sale of two Fleischmanns junkyard properties owned by William Hrazanek,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 21, 2014 - 3:55 pm
It's not even Memorial Day yet, and it's already begun: The season for reminding boaters that placid-looking local rivers and creeks can pack a deadly wallop.
Local firefighters got a chance to put their swift water rescue training into action on Tuesday... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 21, 2014 - 1:21 pm
Voters went to the polls Tuesday to decide the fate of local school budgets, and elect members to school boards.
In the five counties of our Catskills coverage area -- Delaware, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster -- all school budgets passed, most... Read more
By Jennifer Strom on Tuesday, May. 20, 2014 - 5:10 pm
Above: Heather Williams of Pippy's Hotdog Truck greets customers in Palenville. Photo by Clancy Nolan.
The geographic spread of the Catskills region creates often-daunting distances between would-be diners and their dinner plates. One solution to that... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 20, 2014 - 11:35 am
Above: A rock that slid from a steep bank above Route 42 in Lexington last week lies next to the road's damaged guard rail. Photo taken Thursday, May 15 by Lissa Harris.
A stretch of Route 42 in the town of Lexington, which was shut down last week after a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 20, 2014 - 9:44 am
Tuesday, May 20 is election day for school districts across New York State. Today, voters go to the polls to decide the fate of school budgets, elect candidates for local school boards and vote on school propositions.
Statewide, increases in school taxes... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 19, 2014 - 8:32 pm
@watershedpost a closer shot of the building. Roof still on fire. I was not allowed to get closer. pic.twitter.com/maWb6wF42a
— Lucas Fox (@JPSXeserox) May 19, 2014
Above: A photo of a blaze on Main Street in Catskill, tweeted by a Watershed Post reader... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 19, 2014 - 4:10 pm
Upstate New York is notorious for its rough winters. But even for those inured to feet of snow and frozen mountain passes, the winter of 2013-14 was a brutal one, marked by long stretches of subzero temps and winter weather that lasted well into April. ... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 19, 2014 - 11:13 am
A Bloomingburg man was arrested on Friday after he allegedly threw large rocks at another man and an occupied pickup truck, sending the man to the hospital and smashing up the truck.
Arrested was 41-year-old Bloomingburg resident Hugo Afamasaga, who is... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 16, 2014 - 6:47 pm
Oorah, a New Jersey-based nonprofit that runs two summer camps for Jewish children in Schoharie County, filed a lawsuit this week against the town of Jefferson, where Oorah's Boy Zone camp is located.
In the lawsuit, filed in Schoharie County court on... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 16, 2014 - 1:27 pm
Open Letter to the Voters of the Onteora School District:
My name is Tanya Davis. I am a mother of three, attorney, business owner, and candidate for Onteora Board of Education Trustee. My husband is an Onteora graduate, and I have been a resident of the... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 16, 2014 - 1:21 pm
Dear Editor:
Working in the Catskillschapter oneLife in the 19th century in the Catskill mountainswas mostly poor and primitive.Beside farming and a small amount of trade,there was very little industrial activity,mostly Quarrying and Logging,followed... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 16, 2014 - 1:19 pm
Dear Community Members of the Onteora Central School District,
I’d like to encourage you to come out to the District Budget Vote on Tuesday, May 20, from 2 to 9 PM at your local elementary school. This year there will be three items on the ballot: the... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 16, 2014 - 1:17 pm
Dear Onteora Community Members,
The Onteora Board of Education is pleased to announce that, for the third year in a row, our proposed annual budget will see no increase in the tax levy. There are no cuts in programs, but rather an increase in the number ... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 16, 2014 - 1:13 pm
Dear Editor,Peak Oil has arrived. If you are not familiar with the term, it means that worldwide, oil production is at its peak and will begin to decline. This will translate into rising oil and food prices. In the very near future, we may be very sorry... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 16, 2014 - 9:30 am
Above: A graphic produced Friday morning by the National Weather Service in Albany, showing widespread flood watches west of the Hudson River.
Flood watches are in effect across the Catskills region for Friday afternoon through Saturday morning, as heavy... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 15, 2014 - 3:54 pm
Above: A landslide on a steep bank overlooking Route 42 in Lexington. Photo by Lissa Harris.
A stretch of Route 42 in Greene County was shut down on Thursday morning after a mudslide, and remains closed. Traffic has been shut down from Spruceton Road in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 14, 2014 - 3:07 pm
An Upper East Side man who was arrested in March on charges of attempted pedophilia -- and possessing over 11,000 images of child pornography -- now faces a new charge of creating child porn in the Sullivan County town of Lumberland, police say.
The... Read more
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