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By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 - 5:50 pm
A car crashed into the Wm. H. Adams Antiquarian Books bookstore in Hobart on Wednesday, February 5 at 2:30 p.m. Photos courtesy of Diana and William Adams.
A car slid off State Route 10 and into the side of a bookstore in the village of Hobart this... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 - 4:39 pm
A tractor-trailer driving on State Route 30A just north of U.S. Route 20 in the Schoharie County town of Esperance slipped off the road into a ditch around 2:15 p.m., according to a spokesman at the Schoharie County Emergency Management Office.
"He just... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 - 2:32 pm
On Wednesday morning, Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared I-84 in New York State closed to all traffic due to snow and ice conditions.
Around 2 p.m., Cuomo's office announced that the road had been reopened throughout New York State:
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 - 2:24 pm
Snow falling on cedars...and hemlocks, oaks, and maples. (Not to mention sidewalks, driveways and interstates.)
Below are few of the stunning photos taken by Watershed Post readers around the Catskills in the last few days. Got one to share? Add it to our... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 - 1:50 pm
The Delaware County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday afternoon that a county-wide road closure, which was announced early in the morning, would be lifted at 2 p.m.:
The road closure for Delaware County will be lifted at effective 2pm today. Even... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 - 1:35 pm
A boil water advisory for Stamford that has been in effect since the weekend was lifted today, village officials announced around 11:30 a.m..
Except for the announcement, the village office was closed Wednesday due to the snow emergency.
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 - 11:25 am
During a press conference this morning, Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency due to the winter storm and asked New York State residents to stay off the roads. Cuomo's office issued a press release soon afterwards.
Here's the full text of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 - 8:47 am
Above: Better put on those snow boots. Photo by Julia Reischel. Send your Catskills snow day photos to julia.reischel@watershedpost.com, share them on our Facebook page, or upload them to our Flickr pool. We'll share 'em.
Between 8 and 10 inches of snow... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 - 8:45 am
All roads in Delaware County are closed today, according to a an order issued by Delaware County Sheriff Tom Mills via email at 6:25am:
By Order of Delaware County Sheriff Tom Mills - All roads in Delaware County are officially closed due to current and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 - 8:22 am
Update, 2:50 p.m.: I-84 in New York State was reopened shortly after 2 p.m., the Governor's office announced.
Governor Andrew Cuomo has banned vehicles from travelling on I-84 in New York State because of heavy snowfall. Any vehicles on the highway will... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 - 3:20 pm
The plan to heat the village of Fleischmanns with a communal wood boiler will live or die on community buy-in, according to Jim Waters, the director of the Catskill Forest Association (CFA), which is spearheading the proposed project.
Waters gave a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 - 11:32 am
Above: A photo of Aron Thomas posted on a GoFundMe page dedicated to a fund drive for his wife and children. Photo used with permission.
A fund has been started to benefit the wife and two young children of Aron Thomas, a 33-year-old Olivebridge man who... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 - 10:33 am
Above: Rowboats wait for the return of sunnier weather in the Sullivan County hamlet of Kiamesha Lake. Photo taken Monday, Feb. 3 by John of Catskills Photography; shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group pool. For a larger view, click on this link to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 - 9:10 am
That pink swath over most of the Northeast and Midwest? That's winter storm warnings, issued for a band of snow and sleet that's moving northeastward across the nation. Source: National Weather Service.
Skies over the Catskills are dazzling blue, but by... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 - 5:38 pm
To the editor:
The 126-mile Constitution pipeline is slated to run behind my farm and under Crane Hill Rd. as well as County Route 23. For those of you along the proposed route, you are being asked to sign an easement agreement. Please consider the... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 - 5:30 pm
Dear Editor:
The New York Observer editorializes that the rebuilt Tappan Zee Bridge should be named for Mario Cuomo. I must disagree. Though I respect the ex-governor, I have even more love for the few Dutch names that still exist in our area. ("Tappan... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 - 10:52 am
Several fire companies battled a major structure fire Monday morning at a home on 4 Franklin Street in Delhi, just off the village's Main Street. Photo by Cathy Roloson and used with permission. (Thanks everyone for helping us track down the photographer... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 - 9:35 am
Left: David N. Reese, who was arrested and charged with murder in the 2nd degree after allegedly shooting a coworker at the DEP on February 3, 2014. Photo via the Kingston Police Department's Facebook page.
A 33-year-old Olivebridge man was fatally shot... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014 - 3:54 pm
Stamford is currently under a boil water advisory due to a water main break in the village that occurred on Friday evening. The break was discovered around 7 a.m. on Saturday, February 1, according to a post on the village's Facebook page.
Before the boil... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jan. 31, 2014 - 12:48 pm
Water, land and sky: The colors of the Catskills landscape take on a subtle, unearthly beauty in deep winter.
The photo above was shot at the Ashokan Reservoir on Thursday, Jan. 30 by landscape photographer Michael Neil O'Donnell, and shared on Flickr... Read more
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