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By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 9, 2015 - 6:27 pm
Above: A donkey basketball game in action. Photo by Nick Knouse, via Flickr.
A public school in the Catskills is coming under fire for hosting a fundraiser featuring basketball players riding on donkeys.
Margaretville Central School's plans for a "... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 9, 2015 - 4:02 pm
Above: A bag of heroin. Photo from a series of photographs shot by WBEZ Chicago Public Radio documenting heroin use.
Heroin addiction is sweeping through the Catskills, taking lives with it. (Here at the Watershed Post, we write more crime stories about... Read more
By Margaretville Motel on Monday, Mar. 9, 2015 - 3:53 pm
The Margaretville Motel is currently hiring for a part time Front Desk associate. Approximately 25-30 hours per week, starting wage of $8.75 per hour with both morning and evening shifts. Must be available to work weekends and holidays. Must have basic... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 4, 2015 - 4:15 pm
Above: Hilt and Stella Kelly at the 2014 Fiddlers! Festival in Roxbury. Photograph by Jill Ribich of Catskill Images.
Hilton Kelly, the legendary Catskills fiddler and square dance caller, died on Tuesday, March 3 in Mountainside Residential Care Center... Read more
By Catskill Forest Association on Tuesday, Mar. 3, 2015 - 8:11 pm
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Hoppy Quick’s family has been in the mountains of Ulster County for hundreds of years, and in that time they have learned a thing or two about trees and all that... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 2, 2015 - 5:05 pm
Above: New York State Broadband Program director David Salway, left, talks with Greg Henderson, middle, the owner of the Roxbury Motel, and Angela Liotta, right, the state's Broadband Outreach Director, on Wednesday, Feb. 25. Photo by Julia Reischel.
In... Read more
By Pure Catskills on Monday, Mar. 2, 2015 - 3:33 pm
Join by March 27 to be featured in the 2015- 2016 Pure Catskills Guide. Simply send a $35 payment by mail today: Make checks payable to “WAC” and mail to Watershed Agricultural Council, Attn: Pure Catskills, 44 West Street, Walton, NY 13856 OR pay online... Read more
By Catskill Forest Association on Friday, Feb. 27, 2015 - 3:10 pm
Above: Margaretville syrupmaker Mike Porter in his sugar house.
By Ryan Trapani, Catskill Forest Association
Many of us are aware of winos. I’m not talking about complainers, but those whose palates are well- acquainted with an assortment of grape-wines... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015 - 3:20 pm
Image provided by Spillian.
What do fly fisherman do when trout season is a month away and the temperatures are still deep-freeze cold? At this time of year, reminiscing fondly about being thigh-high in a Catskills stream is about as close to fishing as... Read more
By Margaretville Health Foundation on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015 - 3:43 pm
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