Julia Reischel
Articles
Oct. 4, 2010
After the walloping six inches of rain we got last week, the thirsty Cannonsville Reservoir might play host to a Lark in the Park paddle on Thursday after all.
The annual festival had decided to move its Cannonsville padde, scheduled for this Thursday,... Read more
Oct. 4, 2010
As if flash floods and the emerald ash borer weren't enough to deal with, the Sullivan County Democrat reports that Sullivan County is the next frontier of a national plague of feral swine. The Democrat interviewed the grandson of farmers in Long Eddy,... Read more
Oct. 2, 2010
We were hoping yesterday's widespread flooding didn't claim any lives, but it seems that's not the case.
A body of a woman was found around noon today in the Neversink reservoir, said Zone Sergeant James Rafferty out of the State Police barracks in... Read more
Oct. 1, 2010
We're covering today's flooding across the Catskills with lists of closings, photos, and your reports as fast as we can type them. Help us out: Email us photos or information about road closures and flooding, or post your info in the comments section... Read more
Oct. 1, 2010
The town of Hamden is still in a state of emergency tonight, according to the Delaware County Sheriff's Office, with which we just got off the phone.
The National Weather Service is reporting that fields in Delancey are flooded, and a bridge is... Read more
Oct. 1, 2010
A 62-year-old who decided to drive on washed-out Cauterskill Rd. in the town of Catskill was rescued by the Greene County Sheriff's Office this morning, according to the Daily Freeman:
Deputies said Natale Scaramuzzino of Leeds was hanging onto his... Read more
Oct. 1, 2010
Kirkside Park in Roxbury, photographed by Chris O'Shaughnessy. Below, O'Shaughnessy's dog in her flooded backyard:
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Rte. 30, the road leading to Roxbury from Margaretville, was reportedly... Read more
Oct. 1, 2010
Catskill Flies in Roscoe is blogging and tweeting about conditions in Roscoe all day today. Here's their latest report, from 8:40am:
UPDATE at 8:40-Walt & Chris are out checking conditions as I am on the computer-here is the latest-Russell Brook... Read more
Oct. 1, 2010
The town of Hancock in Delaware County has declared a state of emergency, the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin and WBNG Channel 12 report.
Hancock, NY (WBNG Binghamton) Delaware County Emergency Services report a State of Emergency in Hancock. That's... Read more
Oct. 1, 2010
Above: Photo of a bridge in Brown Rd/McKinley Hollow in Big Indian Valley this morning by Pierre Levesque. Below, a photo of flooding reaching the door of a cabin in McKinley Hollow by Levesque.
Below: A CNN iReport by user kkeaveny. Photo taken around... Read more
Oct. 1, 2010
Above: Reader Catherine Sapinsky send us this photo of the Margaretville skate park, taken this morning at 8am.
Carol O'Beirne, the Executive Director of the Central Catskills Chamber of Commerce, emails us with a report of what it looks like on the... Read more
Sep. 30, 2010
Roxbury's only medical clinic will close in November, a spokeswoman for the Health Alliance of the Hudson Valley confirmed today.
“It will be closing, yes, in November,” said Sylvia Murphy, the Health Alliance's director of marketing told the Watershed... Read more
Sep. 30, 2010
Sandy Foster, of New York Times and DIY-gingerbread-cottage fame, took a bunch of lovely photos of asters by her cottage in Delhi this week.