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By Andrea Girolamo on Friday, May. 18, 2012 - 6:26 pm
Above: Cycling on some Catskills roads. Photo via the Catskill Mountain Cycling Club Facebook page. Cyclists who ride the Catskills know this is a perfect place to get on the bike for a quick 20-miler. And what better time to do it than this Memorial Day... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 16, 2012 - 12:53 pm
  Tony Fletcher Cybele Nielsen Rebecca Balzac Laurie Osmond Shandaken/Lexington 346 56 55 332 Olive/Marbletown 131 399 410 134 Woodstock 281 146 102 273 Hurley 149 223 195 133 Table of results in the May 15 Onteora school board election,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 15, 2012 - 5:57 pm
Facing a looming August 6 deadline to form a sewer district in Phoenicia, uncertainty about the scope of the proposed sewer plant, and public outcry against the project, the Shandaken town board has opted to ask New York City for an extension on the... Read more
By wateradmin on Tuesday, May. 15, 2012 - 4:36 pm
As voters head to the polls for school elections today, parents in the Onteora Central School District are still upset over the district's abrupt about-face on a plan to move the elementary music program from the school day to the early morning hours... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 15, 2012 - 9:57 am
A reminder: New Yorkers go to the polls today to vote for school budgets and board members. To find your local polling place, check your school district's website. Problems at the polls? Let us know at editor@watershedpost.com.
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 11, 2012 - 1:36 pm
Dear Editor,  It’s springtime and once again the season to select school board candidates who will best represent the children and taxpayers of the Onteora School District.  The current school board has made some big changes with the reconfiguration of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 10, 2012 - 11:33 am
Above: A Google map of New York State post offices that will have reduced hours under the new plan. Click on a red dot to get information about a post office's current hours and their planned reduced daily hours. Use the controls on the left to zoom in... Read more
By wateradmin on Wednesday, May. 9, 2012 - 4:27 pm
  Thanks to the “Shelter from the Storm” benefit concerts at the UPAC and Levon Helm Studios this past Winter, The SHARP Committee, located in Phoenicia, New York, is still distributing Grants to Shandaken residents for home rehabilitation and other needs... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 9, 2012 - 3:48 pm
Dear Editor, What is wrong with Onteora? The Onteora budget is unnecessarily wasteful and caused by many bad decisions made by the current Board of Education.  Although the budget is reduced 1.7%, enrollment is down 2.3 %.  In other words, Onteora’s per... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 9, 2012 - 3:35 pm
Dear Editor,     I write this to the voters to remind you to vote on May 15th, from 2-9 at your local elementary school.  I especially hope that you are planning to vote for me and Cybele Nielsen, but regardless, please take the time to cast your ballot... Read more

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