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By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 17, 2013 - 10:39 am
Above: A screenshot of the USGS's "Did You Feel It" map for an earthquake that struck northwest of Ottawa on Friday morning.
Update, 10:43am: The USGS has revised their initial 5.0 estimate for the earthquake down to 4.4.
A 4.4 earthquake that struck... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 17, 2013 - 9:35 am
A Margaretville man is facing burglary charges for allegedly breaking into two Woodstock businesses and stealing property.
On Wednesday, May 15, state police arrested 25-year-old Joshua Nava, who is charged with burglary in the third degree. Police did... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 16, 2013 - 3:14 pm
Photo from the 2012 New Paltz Bike Swap, from the event's Facebook page.
Old bikes, new bikes, red bikes, blue bikes: On Saturday, May 18, the New Paltz Middle School will play host to a huge sale and swap meet for all manner of two-wheeled devices.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 16, 2013 - 12:38 pm
State senator Cecilia Tkaczyk, an outspoken opponent of hydrofracking, is proposing new legislation that would prohibit out-of-state drillers from disposing of fracking waste in New York State.
On Wednesday, Tkaczyk held a press conference about the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 15, 2013 - 11:24 am
Longtime Prattsville resident Donald Olson -- a Prattsville town justice, former clerk of the Greene County Legislature, and deeply involved member of the close-knit Prattsville community -- was killed in a head-on collision on Route 23 in Windham on... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 14, 2013 - 8:38 am
Frost? What frost?
If the blossoms and buds made it through the last night's cold temperatures, they'll come out looking like these apple blossoms, shot by John of Catskills Photography in Monticello on May 5 and submitted to the Watershed Post Flickr... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 13, 2013 - 1:56 pm
Proof that there really are only two seasons in the Catskills -- winter and the Fourth of July. Photo taken at 1:45pm on Monday, May 13 at the Watershed Post's headquarters in New Kingston.
As if the snow falling out of the sky wasn't warning enough:... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, May. 13, 2013 - 1:45 pm
To the editor:
No one can deny that our Main Streets are too quiet. No one can deny that our tax base is dwindling as resident’s age out and housing sales remain sluggish. No one can deny that our school population is dropping dramatically year after year... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 13, 2013 - 9:52 am
Above: The Jay Ungar and Molly Mason Family Band performs "Ashokan Farewell" at the Folk Alley studio in 2011.
You know the tune. The first two notes give it away. By the third note, it has you already transfixed in some haunting memory, whether you've... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 13, 2013 - 8:42 am
A burglary at the American Legion Post 950 in Shandaken and a car chase down Route 28 on Saturday ended with the arrest of a Dutchess County man, police say.
On Saturday, Shandaken police and New York State troopers responded to a burglar alarm at the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, May. 11, 2013 - 11:49 am
On Thursday, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection announced that it would allow boat rental businesses to store rental vessels directly on the banks of the NYC reservoirs. The policy change will make things easier for rental companies... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 10, 2013 - 9:36 pm
Dear Editor:
As many of you are aware, the Unit Management Plan for the expansion of Belleayre Mountain and the Belleayre Resort have been presented by the DEC for public review.
Belleayre Mountain – Capital improvements would include adding 16 trails,... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 10, 2013 - 12:27 pm
To the Editor:
Andes Works! is a collection of Andes residents, both long-timers and newcomers, who have joined together to foster a sustainable economy that benefits all of our residents. We are committed to supporting area businesses, farmers,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 10, 2013 - 11:57 am
Rebecca Saunders caught this spectacular landscape shot of the New Kingston Valley from her front porch this week. We have view envy.
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Friday, May. 10, 2013 - 11:38 am
Above: WJFF video promoting their 4th annual Foodstock Food and Fine Wine Festival.
Food, wine, and song will fill the Tennis Building at the Villa Roma Resort in Callicoon this Saturday as the fourth annual Foodstock Fine Food and Wine Festival brings... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Friday, May. 10, 2013 - 11:30 am
Above: Who says moms always have to be nice? The Kindred Spirits Steakhouse and Pub in Palenville is serving up a Naughty Mother’s Day Brunch featuring ribald songstress Lex Grey from 11am to 4pm on Sunday, May 12.
Whether it's affection or guilt that... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 10, 2013 - 9:48 am
To the Editor,
The other day I learned that Crossroad Ventures, the developers that have been proposing to build a golf course on a mountainside for about 15 years, are now proposing that the State owned Belleayre center purchase the former Highmount ski... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 10, 2013 - 9:45 am
Our shorter, warmer winters make it unwise to spend a lot of taxpayer dollars on private luxury ski resorts that depend on snow to make a buck. Our wetter, stormier summers are not very good for expensive golf resorts, which are going bankrupt all over... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 10, 2013 - 9:39 am
Dear Editor:
The Catskill Mountain Railroad Company, Inc. (CMRR) Is a for-profit company. It was organized in 1983 to make money for its owners. Its main asset was a lease of the rail line from Ulster County. The goal of the company, as I understand it,... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 10, 2013 - 9:31 am
Dear Editor,
Without humor where are we? We are in the grip of the negativists, the ultra no it all-I am rightists no matter what the issue and it is their way or the highway. I say listen not to these folks, as ‘we go around but once’ and take this... Read more
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