Delaware County
By wateradmin on Thursday, May. 10, 2012 - 8:29 am
The following is a reader-submitted obituary.
Clive George MacDonald died on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012 at his home in Arkville, NY surrounded by his family and friends. The cause of death was cancer.
Born July 8, 1945 in Coventry, England, the son of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 8, 2012 - 6:00 pm
A natural-gas compressor station. Photo by Penn State Live; published to Flickr under Creative Commons license.
The Sullivan County Democrat reports today that the Millenium Pipeline Company is seeking to build a natural-gas compressor station in the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, May. 7, 2012 - 4:23 pm
In the Catskills this year, Memorial Day is going to be epic.
For the first time in history, four of the six west-of-Hudson New York City reservoirs will be open to boating and paddling for the masses. A new bike event will bring the spirit of the Tour de... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 7, 2012 - 11:29 am
Last week saw a couple of catastrophic ATV accidents in the Catskills.
On Thursday, May 3, two local residents were fatally injured while riding an ATV in Andes: 32-year-old John W. Morris and 45-year-old Julie M. Manon. The Daily Star reports:
Manon died... Read more
By J.N. Urbanski on Friday, May. 4, 2012 - 4:31 pm
Above: A recent photo from the ongoing construction of the new USA Shaolin Temple, on Breezy Hill Road in Fleischmanns. Photo from USA Shaolin Temple's Facebook page.
The Catskill Mountains are famously a magnet for people who want to create their own... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 4, 2012 - 10:45 am
Above: A comparison of last year's "supermoon," on March 19, 2011, with a more average full moon from December 20, 2010. File from Wikimedia Commons.
Cross your fingers for clear skies this Saturday night, when a phenomenon called a "supermoon" should... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 3, 2012 - 3:27 pm
The verdict is in: Lejuan Wainwright, who has been on trial since last Wednesday for the stabbing death of 20-year-old Walton resident Tyler Warner, was found guilty today of second-degree manslaughter.
It's a lesser charge than the one the prosecution... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 2, 2012 - 9:20 pm
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Above: The Pepacton Reservoir seen from satellite imagery. The East Delaware Aqueduct begins on the southern edge of the reservoir, a few miles east of the Downsville dam. Image via Google Maps. For a map of the New York City watershed... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 2, 2012 - 10:24 am
Colchester supervisor Ted Fonda, who was elected to the post just six months ago, has resigned.
An employee at the Colchester town clerk's office told the Watershed Post that Fonda turned in a letter of resignation yesterday. The town board will be... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 1, 2012 - 2:10 pm
The great nature writer John Burroughs once wrote with curmudgeonly spleen that the automobile was a "demon," able to "seek out even the most secluded nook or corner of the forest and befoul it with noise and smoke."
That was before Henry Ford gave him... Read more
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