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Articles
Sep. 16, 2011
Town supervisor Berndt Leifield and West Shokan resident Martha Frankel get into a shouting match at the Olive town board meeting on Tuesday, September 13, 2011. One of 9 video segments from the meeting. For the others, see Cindy Johansen's YouTube... Read more
Sep. 15, 2011
Downtown Phoenicia. Photo by Daniel Case, via Wikimedia Commons.
In this case “you” refers to anyone who periodically enjoys spending time -- and, preferably, a little money also -- inside Shandaken. With only a few exceptions, the town is open and ready... Read more
Sep. 12, 2011
Above: Main Street Phoenicia during Tropical Storm Irene. Photo by Jay Conasa.
Tsunamis aren’t a concern here in the Catskills. Neither are forest fires, really, or major earthquakes. Hurricane storm surges will never threaten us, and hurricanes... Read more
Sep. 10, 2011
Photo of a model of the proposed Belleayre Resort on the Crossroads Ventures LLC website.
After a delay of over two years, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli has approved the purchase of 1,200 acres of mountaintop land in Ulster County from... Read more
Sep. 8, 2011
Above, trucks haul dredging debris out of the Stony Clove in Phoenicia. Photo by Janet Klugiewicz.
Tom Rinaldo, who writes the Dispatches from Shandaken column for the Watershed Post, filed this story on September 6. We couldn't post it before now,... Read more
Sep. 5, 2011
Above: M.F. Whitney Hose Company in Phoenicia. Photo by GreeneFireApparatus.net.
It's not our roads - though in most cases they're not getting any younger. And it's not our bridges either. For unwanted reasons, most of them are slated for emergency... Read more
Sep. 3, 2011
Yesterday, the first of many Disaster Recovery Centers slated to open in New York State as a result of Hurricane Irene’s fury began operating at Belleyre Ski Center in Highmount, Ulster County. Today, a second Disaster Recovery Center opened in... Read more
Sep. 2, 2011
Burning Barn from wet hay spontaneous combustion in Schararie County. Photo credit Shannon VanKuren.
Ulla Kjarval of Spring Lake Farm in Delhi provides this report on the impact this week's flodding has had on our region's farms.
Many New York State... Read more
Aug. 27, 2011
From outside appearances, Phoenicia at least appears calm. To be more accurate it appears fully festive, with Shandaken Day opeining at 10:00 AM under a sunny and windless sky. The event started on a somber note with a deeply respectful moment of silence... Read more
Aug. 26, 2011
Great local produce, baked goods, cheese and other artisinal products. You can walk in no time at all through the Andes Farmers Market and hamlet, astride Route 28, where it turns into an old-fashioned Main Street, replete with 19th century vernacular... Read more
Aug. 26, 2011
Marilyn was frantically coordinating the search for a lost dog in town, with the help of many of her many friends. Flyers were made and circulated, descriptive emails went out, dog sightings came in, and then search parties went out, only to return empty... Read more
Aug. 25, 2011
We're trying something new today at the Watershed Post: a theater review. Kirby Olson, our resident poet laureate, submitted this review of Trojan Women at the Franklin Stage Company. (We wrote about the show, which is playing for two more weeks, last... Read more
Aug. 25, 2011
From the Office of the Town of Shandaken Supervisor:
In recognition of P.F.C. Douglas Cordo's sacrifice last week in Afghanistan, the Town of Shandaken will be dedicating their annual Shandaken Day event to Private Cordo's memory. Earlier this week Town... Read more