Julia Reischel
Articles
Oct. 20, 2010
In the second Saugerties fatality this week, 56-year-old Edward M. Hayes was found dead in his driveway, pinned underneath his own car. According to a press release from the State Police, Hayes was found yesterday afternoon:
The New York State Police –... Read more
Oct. 19, 2010
Hinchey caught on tape by YNN telling Freeman reporter William Kemble to "shut up."
Over the weekend, Daily Freeman correspondent William J. Kemble catapulted to fame among political wonks nationwide when he and Congressman Maurice Hinchey came close to... Read more
Oct. 19, 2010
An unnamed woman died yesterday after crashing into a school bus van on Kings Highway around 3pm, the AP is reporting.
The Freeman has video and more details.
Update: The crash victim has been identified as 45-year-old Denise Ames of Saugerties.
Oct. 18, 2010
Belleayre Mountain and the German-American Club of the Northern Catskills hosting their annual Oktoberfest celebration last Saturday. Photo by Mary McKeon.
Oct. 17, 2010
Last night, the streets of Saugerties were crawling with zombies. (You can thank the tireless zombie organizer Cruella Moxham for that.) Our correspondent Kitty Sheehan armed herself with a bat and a digital camera and walked among the walking dead... Read more
Oct. 16, 2010
The Schoharie County Sheriff's Office responded to a barn fire in the town of Sharon this morning at the Magnolia Run Equestrian Center. A two-story stable/apartment building was completely destroyed, but several horses and 49-year-old Brian Funk escaped... Read more
Oct. 16, 2010
Yesterday, the Schoharie County Sheriff's Office arrested 23-year-old Christopher Daughtery of Fulton for allegedly burning down a barn full of hay in the town of Wright on September 30. Here's a copy of the press release:
Doughtery press release --... Read more
Oct. 15, 2010
The juiciest part of U.S. Representative Maurice Hinchey's appearance at a Saugerties forum last night didn't get caught on tape. After the cameras were turned off and packed up, YNN's Capital Tonight reports, Daily Freeman reporter William J. Kemble was... Read more
Oct. 15, 2010
WGXC was onhand last night during a forum for county-wide candidates in Greene County, and got tape of the entire evening. Four candidates running for the county treasurer and county judge seats attended and spoke: judicial candidates David Woodin and... Read more
Oct. 15, 2010
Last night's debate in Saugerties between incumbent Democratic congressman Maurice Hinchey and his Republican challenger George Phillips had some cute moments. At one point, Hinchey, who was asked about the federal deficit, feigned confusion about... Read more
Oct. 15, 2010
Photo of the crowd at last night's meeting by Qortni Medovichova, via Facebook.
A long-awaited town board meeting was packed to the gills last night with protesters angry about Sidney's recent star turn in a national scandal over a small Muslim... Read more
Oct. 14, 2010
Democratic nominee for Catskill town justice Michael Smith didn't file his paperwork for his candidacy correctly, a judge has ruled, according to the Daily Mail:
A decision made Wednesday by Albany County Court Judge Joseph C. Teresi has ordered town of... Read more
Oct. 14, 2010
Hernani Dias and Madalyn Warren put the finishing touches on a worm composter at the Andes Sprouts Society in August.
In the mountains, you never know who is hiding out in the next hollow over. It could be a fourth-generation dairy farmer, a Sufi worship... Read more
Oct. 13, 2010
You know a local scandal has gotten big when the Associated Press is the first news outlet to report on a breaking development. This afternoon, the AP reported that the attorney for the town of Sidney has informed the embattled local Sufi center, Osmanlı... Read more
Oct. 13, 2010
7pm update: Add Schoharie, Ulster, and Greene Counties to Friday's forecast. Also, add "localized amounts of up to 6 inches" of rain, and some snow at high altitudes. This is starting to look a little grim.
There's another flood watch on for much of the... Read more
Oct. 13, 2010
The head of Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency, executive director Michael Bemis, got the axe last night at a meeting of the agency's oversight board. Bemis's departure comes in the wake of a report by Ulster County comptroller Eliott Auerbach that... Read more
Oct. 13, 2010
The folks over at Windham Mountain say that it was pretty frosty there this morning, and they have photo to prove it on their Facebook page.
Got any frost photos? Send them to us at editor@watershedpost.com, or upload them to our Flickr page.
Oct. 13, 2010
11am 10/13/10 update: Delaware County Emergency Services has just issued a press release detailing the cause of yesterday's deadly fire: "an accidental electrical shortage" in a power cord that was placed under the kitchen stove. Here's the press release... Read more
Oct. 13, 2010
A photo of Paladino walking by the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center in Kingston yesterday. From the Hudson Valley Chronic's Facebook page.
After kicking up a huge gay rights controversy with a few choice quotes issued on Sunday, Carl Paladino, the... Read more
Oct. 13, 2010
U.S. Representative Maurice Hinchey brought the star power to campaign for him in Binghamton on Monday: None other than Mr. Bill Clinton himself, who spoke to 600 fans, according to Fox 40. (The Star Gazette has a photo gallery.)
Hinchey's Republican... Read more