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Articles
Aug. 23, 2011
Main Street Pine Hill. Photo by Daniel Case, via Wikimedia Commons.
So, trying to pick up where I left off a week ago as to why Pine Hill is painted on the side of Trailways buses: It turns out that Pine Hill was painted on buses long before there was a... Read more
Aug. 21, 2011
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. (To see the cartoon in more detail, click the image.) For more background on this cartoon, click here. You can see Mayer's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here.
Mayer is an artist who's... Read more
Aug. 19, 2011
Breaking interspecies news: Clementine, or Clemie as she is known to her good friends, is happily back in loving human care. Shandaken's most-wanted dog is resting comfortably with friends now after over a week spent lost in and out of the woods near... Read more
Aug. 17, 2011
With the results now in from the Shandaken Democratic Caucus, both major parties have chosen their candidates for local office in the 2012 elections.
For town supervisor, incumbent Rob Stanley will run again as a Republican, while Kathy Nolan will oppose... Read more
Aug. 17, 2011
Last week, Olive government reporter Cindy Johansen attended the contentious August 8 public hearing about the draft comprehensive plan for the Town of Olive. She recorded this video footage of the hearing. To read her story about the meeting, click here... Read more
Aug. 16, 2011
Last week's Olive Town Board meeting occurred in the wake of a contentious public meeting about the new Town of Olive comprehensive plan. Our Olive government correspondent, Cindy Johansen, videotaped both meetings. This video, divided into seven... Read more
Aug. 16, 2011
That’s a question I asked myself nine years ago when I first moved to Shandaken. Back then, I foolishly assumed that a giant mother company named Trailways owned all the Trailways buses nationwide. As we all know, assumptions can get you in trouble.... Read more
Aug. 14, 2011
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here. (To see the cartoon in more detail, click the image.)
Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years.... Read more
Aug. 12, 2011
Dispatch from Shandaken #3: This is not a test. This is the real thing. Clementine is missing and probably is very scared, and her people, including two children, are worried sick over her. A $500 reward has been posted for her safe return.
This is also... Read more
Aug. 11, 2011
Today, the Watershed Post is rolling out our new Olive town page, a news and community website for the town of Olive in Ulster County. Reporter Cindy Johansen will be our Olive town government reporter. She attended two town meetings in Olive this week... Read more
Aug. 10, 2011
Photo of elephant herd courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
The kind and usually wise publishers of the Watershed Post foolishly gave me the go ahead to develop this new feature with very few fixed guidelines. So until they realize their rare error in... Read more
Aug. 8, 2011
Welcome to a work in progress that, like the original intent behind the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose California, will I am sure keep changing. (For those curious and/or uninformed about this particular odd metaphoric reference, here is the url... Read more
Aug. 7, 2011
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. (To see the cartoon in more detail, click the image.) You can see Mayer's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here.
Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years.... Read more
Aug. 5, 2011
Join us at the Viviana Hansen Gallery (Franklin, NY) for a rare exhibition of original works by Keith Haring. The exhibit focuses on a collection of works on paper; drawings, paintings, lithographs, etchings and painted objects which have gone unseen... Read more
Aug. 2, 2011
A crowd enjoys Verdi's Falstaff under a dusky sky at the first annual Phoenicia Festival of the Voice in 2010. Photo courtesy of the Phoenicia Festival of the Voice.
This week, the hamlet of Phoenicia plays host to an influx of visitors, including some... Read more