Julia Reischel
Articles
Jan. 12, 2015
Above: An underground natural gas pipeline right-of-way after completion. Photo courtesy of FERC.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is holding public hearings on whether or not to issue a permit to the Constitution... Read more
Jan. 9, 2015
The state commission that disciplines judges found that Judge Richard L. Gumo, the acting judge in the village of Walton, committed misconduct during a case in which he sentenced a Walton woman to 15 days in jail for swearing in public.
Gumo demonstrated... Read more
Jan. 9, 2015
Above: A double rainbow over the Ashokan Reservoir in July 2014. Photo by Rebecca Balzac, shared in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
Joining the likes of Travel + Leisure and Fodor's, the New York Times has listed the Catskills as one of "52 Places to Go... Read more
Jan. 9, 2015
Above: Raw honey made by bees at Westwind Orchard in Accord. Photo via the Westwind Orchard website.
Westwind Orchard, an organic farm in the Ulster County hamlet of Accord, has won a 2015 Good Food Award for its raw unpasteurized honey.
Farmers Fabio... Read more
Jan. 8, 2015
Travis James Roloson was heading home to celebrate his birthday on Monday when his red 1997 Honda CRV drifted off the road and into a tree, killing him instantly, police and his family say.
Roloson, who turned 31 on Jan. 5, was driving north on East... Read more
Jan. 7, 2015
Above: Forecasted windchill temperatures for Thursday, Jan. 8, from the National Weather Service's Binghamton office.
Several Catskills school districts have announced delays for Thursday, Jan. 7 because of frigid temperatures expected on Wednesday night... Read more
Jan. 6, 2015
Above: A map of forecasted wind chill temperatures on Wednesday night, via Hudson Valley Weather.
The wind chill on Wednesday night is going to be brutal, according to the National Weather Service, which has issued wind chill warnings for Delaware,... Read more
Jan. 6, 2015
For four years, the name of a priest found responsible for sexually abusing minors has adorned the front of his parish's community center in the Delaware County village of Margaretville. Even after the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany removed Robert H.... Read more
Jan. 6, 2015
You can't say he didn't warn you. A Walton man who allegedly bounced $3,000 in bad checks to local businesses was using checking accounts with names that hinted that payment wouldn't be forthcoming.
Left: Lee S. McDonald. Photo via the Delaware County... Read more
Jan. 6, 2015
As Republican Congressman Chris Gibson was sworn into his third term in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, Jan. 6, he announced that it would be his last.
In a statement, Gibson said that he will step down from the U.S. House of Representatives at the end of... Read more
Jan. 5, 2015
Above: Catskills icicles. Photo by Mark Zilberman, via the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
Hello 2015! We're back after a holiday break, just in time for winter to really sink its teeth into the Catskills.
The National Weather Service is warning that high... Read more
Dec. 29, 2014
Above: A chair lift at Hunter Mountain in December 2014. Photo by Schezar, via Flickr.
A Brooklyn woman died after falling 25 feet from a chair lift at the Hunter Mountain ski resort in Greene County on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 28, according to the New... Read more
Dec. 26, 2014
Above: Barnes Hill on a sunny fall day in 2014. Photo by Dennis Schevjda, via Flickr.
If the national travel press has anything to do with it, the Catskills will be flooded with tourists in 2015.
Two separate publications, Fodor's and Travel + Leisure,... Read more
Dec. 24, 2014
Above: A Flood Watch is in effect for the eastern Catskills until the day after Christmas. Image via the National Weather Service in Albany.
It's going to be a rainy Christmas in the Catskills. The National Weather Service has issued multiple weather... Read more
Dec. 22, 2014
Above: The proposed route of the Constitution Pipeline in 2013. Via the Constitution Pipeline's website.
Since Dec. 12, the Constitution Pipeline has filed formal eminent domain proceedings against 55 landowners along the pipeline’s proposed 124-mile... Read more
Dec. 22, 2014
Two cars collided at the intersection of Route 6 and Margaretville Mountain Road in the Delaware County town of Middletown around 12 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 22. A first responder at the scene told the Watershed Post that one person was injured. Ambulances... Read more
Dec. 22, 2014
Left: Twenty-one-year-old Christopher Clarke in a booking photo taken after a bar brawl on Dec. 19. Photo via the New York State Police.
A 21-year-old Greenville man bit off part of his father's right index finger during a fight in a the parking lot of... Read more
Dec. 19, 2014
Left: Rafael Figueroa, known as "Cano" in Margaretville. Photo via the Delaware County Sheriff's Office.
A 35-year-old Roxbury man known around the Delaware County village of Margaretville as "Cano" was arrested on Thursday, Dec. 18 for allegedly... Read more
Dec. 19, 2014
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is basking in the celebratory mood of his constituents this week. On Wednesday, Dec. 17, his administration announced that New York State will ban hydraulic fracturing natural gas drilling and also gave a green light to a casino resort... Read more
Dec. 19, 2014
Above: An interactive timeline of 15 years of Belleayre Resort review.
The staff of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation say that they have thoroughly vetted the environmental impact of the proposed Belleayre Resort on a Catskills... Read more