Julia Reischel
Articles
Sep. 7, 2010
Did anyone else witness anything strange in the skies over Kingston on Sunday night? The Vike Factor, a blog that tracks reports of paranomal activity, received one intriguing report:
...at 9:02 PM EST myself and my girlfriend witnessed five bright... Read more
Sep. 7, 2010
UPDATED 9:40am: I've been punked. Update below.
I've been quietly following the satirical stylings of anonymous Shandaken blogger Helena Handbasket (er, that's a pseudonym) for months now. Her blog, All That is Wrong With Shandaken, is a sort of local... Read more
Sep. 3, 2010
Governor David Paterson made good on his promise to appoint a new treasurer in Greene County yesterday, thereby overriding the treasurer that the Greene County legislature picked in July. The Daily Mail reports that both Paterson and county officials are... Read more
Sep. 2, 2010
Guess who painted this? Hint: She's not human.
The excrutiatingly fabulous among us already know what they're doing this weekend: they're attending All Tomorrow's Parties, the hipsterrific music festival at Kutsher's in Monticello this weekend. We've... Read more
Sep. 2, 2010
Two companies that sell baby monitors are duking it out in court over the kinds of allegations usually associated with mobsters. Bainbridge-based BabySafe USA has been suing Pennsylvania-based Babysense in Chenango County court for months, charging that... Read more
Sep. 2, 2010
There's another air quality alert in effect for most of the state of New York:
AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM EDT THURSDAY... THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION HAS ISSUED AN AIR QUALITY HEALTH ADVISORY FOR THE... Read more
Sep. 2, 2010
Especially, a vacationing city-dweller named Marinka writes, after a cocktail. (Photo via Marinka's Posterous account. She also blogs as Motherhood in NYC.)
Sep. 1, 2010
The Village Voice's food critic, Robert Sietsema, appears to have vacationed in the Catskills last week. He posted three blog entries under the header Upstate Journal, in which he waxes enthusiastic about Bread Alone Bakery in Boiceville and proves savvy... Read more
Sep. 1, 2010
Linda Norris, a Treadwell consultant who advises museums on making their exhibits user-friendly and interactive, attended a homegrown Delaware County festival called CockStock a few weeks back. Amongst the singing and outdoor attractions staged in Bovina... Read more
Sep. 1, 2010
Don't get your hopes up -- you've had your heart broken before. But this time it's different, the EPA says:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced the last of the Hydraulic Fracturing Study Public Meetings for September 13 and 15, 2010,... Read more
Sep. 1, 2010
According to the Daily Mail, an unnamed indie film shot a nude scene in a waterfall on Kaaterskill Creek recently. Anybody get a peek?
Sep. 1, 2010
Or you might be in the shoes of two trustees of the Village of Walton, who have been making public apologies about the demolition of the Townsend Hose Company -- the Walton Hose Company #4 building at 87 Mead St. -- on August 17. That's the week of the... Read more
Sep. 1, 2010
The chairman of the board of the Greene Country Industrial Development Agency has resigned in the midst of a scandal over the $175,000 bonus the IDA gave to its executive director last year. According to today's story in the Daily Mail, Paul Slutzky's... Read more
Aug. 31, 2010
The Re-Store Design Challenge in Roxbury is finally open, and the identities of the stories have been revealed. Get a tour in the video above.
Aug. 31, 2010
WGXC reports that the Daily Mail's newly-purchased Greene County News -- formerly the Greene County Local Courier -- now has a website.
The new site looks great, as you can see above. But there is one odd bug:
That photo appeared on the front photo... Read more
Aug. 31, 2010
The Mountain Biking World Cup held over the weekend in Windham was a blast, reports Catskills Cycling, which was there to watch the whole thing. Not only did the proprietor of the local cycling website have videos and finish-line photos of the winners of... Read more
Aug. 31, 2010
It might not sound like a big deal, but today's dedication of the Catskill Interpretive Kiosk in Mt. Tremper is a cause for celebration, because it's a concrete step towards getting a long-desired Catskills Interpretive Center built on the same spot.... Read more
Aug. 31, 2010
It's clear that Big Chuck D'Imperio meant well when he penned this column for the Daily Star yesterday. But man, what a misbegotten headline for a story:
Area had its fair share of female "crack makers"
So, what's the article about? Not, as you might... Read more
Aug. 30, 2010
Erica Goldson. the valedictorian of Coxsackie-Athens High School's 2010 graduating class, didn't give your standard valedictory speech in June. Instead, she decried the educational system for its flaws and called herself a "slave" of the system, a move... Read more
Aug. 30, 2010
Another ATV mishap, although so far, this one isn't fatal: 19-year-old Matthew Sanok was riding in the town of Thompson on Saturday when he hit a pile of rocks and was thrown from the vehicle, reports the Times Herald-Record.
Earlier: Catskill 15-year-... Read more