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By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Mar. 5, 2014 - 1:43 pm
The village of Fleischmanns is currently under a boil water advisory due to a break in the water main.
Village officials think there may be more than one leak in the system, deputy mayor Ben Fenton told the Watershed Post.
"Because of the severity of the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014 - 5:40 pm
An elderly man in the Schoharie County town of Summit was rescued from his unheated home on Mud Lake Road on Tuesday afternoon, according to several news reports.
The man was suffering from frostbite, hypothermia and dehydration when rescuers found him,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 - 2:36 pm
With a snowstorm approaching the Catskills region, Trailways New York has cancelled all service on several routes that go through the area for Thursday, Feb. 12. Many other routes throughout upstate New York are also cancelled or are operating on a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 - 1:18 pm
Above: Graphic from the National Weather Service showing weather watches, warnings and advisories in upstate New York as of 1 p.m. on Wednesday. The area in pink, stretching across the southern Catskills and Hudson Valley, is under winter storm warning;... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 - 5:50 pm
A car crashed into the Wm. H. Adams Antiquarian Books bookstore in Hobart on Wednesday, February 5 at 2:30 p.m. Photos courtesy of Diana and William Adams.
A car slid off State Route 10 and into the side of a bookstore in the village of Hobart this... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 - 2:32 pm
On Wednesday morning, Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared I-84 in New York State closed to all traffic due to snow and ice conditions.
Around 2 p.m., Cuomo's office announced that the road had been reopened throughout New York State:
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 - 1:50 pm
The Delaware County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday afternoon that a county-wide road closure, which was announced early in the morning, would be lifted at 2 p.m.:
The road closure for Delaware County will be lifted at effective 2pm today. Even... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 - 1:35 pm
A boil water advisory for Stamford that has been in effect since the weekend was lifted today, village officials announced around 11:30 a.m..
Except for the announcement, the village office was closed Wednesday due to the snow emergency.
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 - 8:47 am
Above: Better put on those snow boots. Photo by Julia Reischel. Send your Catskills snow day photos to julia.reischel@watershedpost.com, share them on our Facebook page, or upload them to our Flickr pool. We'll share 'em.
Between 8 and 10 inches of snow... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 - 9:10 am
That pink swath over most of the Northeast and Midwest? That's winter storm warnings, issued for a band of snow and sleet that's moving northeastward across the nation. Source: National Weather Service.
Skies over the Catskills are dazzling blue, but by... Read more
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