Delaware County
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jun. 20, 2011 - 10:51 am
Ten antique wagon wheels have been stolen in the town of Franklin, according to a press release from the Delaware County Sheriff's Office. Apparently, the wheels -- 1 white, 9 unpainted, all old -- were stolen sometime last week from a property on County... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 17, 2011 - 12:19 pm
Photo of pianist Rafal Lewandowski performing Chopin at a Friends of Music concert at the Cyr Center in Stamford, May 15, 2011. By Kevin Wilson; reproduced with permission.
This weekend, the spirit of Tanglewood descends on Stamford, with an outdoor... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 16, 2011 - 12:46 pm
Around 11:15am this morning, firefighters and firetrucks descended on the town of Andes in response to a report of smoke and electrical smells in the basement of 85 Main Street, which houses Apple Tree Realty and Woody's County Kitchen. No fire or smoke... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Jun. 16, 2011 - 11:56 am
The latest from the Watershed Post's mailbag. For more Letters to the Editor, click here.
To The Editor,
A majority of Delaware County Supervisors have stated that they are in favor of Fracking for Natural Gas. In my local area, these include the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 15, 2011 - 12:48 pm
9:30pm update, by Julia Reischel:
The early-morning fire that destroyed part of the former Fleischmanns School today was probably sparked by an electrical problem in the basement of the building, Fleischmanns fire chief Todd Wickham said this evening.... Read more
By Lillian Browne on Tuesday, Jun. 14, 2011 - 2:36 pm
Tay Home founder Nini Ordoubadi with a portrait of her aunt and inspiration, Noushafarin Saad. Photo provided by Nini Ordoubadi.
On the Saturday before Memorial Day, the Tay Home tea shop celebrated its grand reopening in a new location that has turned... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jun. 14, 2011 - 11:52 am
Thanks to a presidential declaration made on Friday, Delaware and Ulster counties are now eligible for federal disaster-relief funds for the storms that swept much of New York between April 26 and May 8. Remember those tornado warnings and flooding alerts... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jun. 13, 2011 - 5:27 pm
Tractor Day, 2011. Photo by Jill Ogden. Used with permission.
Last Thursday was "Tractor Day" at Delaware Academy in Delhi, which means that the segment of the student body with the most rural pride drove to work in and on farm machinery, sometimes from... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Jun. 12, 2011 - 12:41 pm
Two men -- 46-year-old Clifford Banks of East Branch, and 19-year-old Dalton Hills of Fishs Eddy -- were killed on Friday evening on River Road in Colchester, when the pickup truck Banks was driving ran off the road and struck an earth embankment. A load... Read more
By wateradmin on Friday, Jun. 10, 2011 - 11:39 am
Above: A storm looms over the Catskills in Delhi. Photo by Flickr user Max Talbot-Minkin.
The recent weather nutsiness -- particularly the tornado warning for Delaware County two weeks ago -- inspired our occasional poetical contributor (and SUNY Delhi... Read more
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