Julia Reischel
Articles
Nov. 19, 2014
Photo by Liz West, via Flickr.
The humble cucumber has a celebration all its own this Sunday: the Rosendale Pickle Festival.
This will be the festival's 17th year. Over 6,000 people are expected to come to the Rosendale Community Center seeking a pickle... Read more
Nov. 18, 2014
In a curt decision issued on Tuesday, Nov. 18, the New York State Court of Appeals ruled that the Maetreum of Cybele, a monastic branch of Paganism with a headquarters in the Catskills, is entitled to a religious property tax exemption from the Greene... Read more
Nov. 17, 2014
After 14 months of renovations, the Phoenician, Mike Ricciardella's fourth restaurant in the hamlet of Phoenicia, is open.
The restaurant is perched on the banks of the Esopus Creek, in a building that housed Al's Seafood Restaurant for over 70 years.... Read more
Nov. 17, 2014
Above: A video report about the grand opening of the Numann Technology Center, produced by Vecc Videography.
Roxbury Central School has a new technology center filled with banks of new desktops, laptops, and tablets, and decorated with the whimsical... Read more
Nov. 14, 2014
Above: Snow-covered Hamden in Delaware County, looking toward Franklin, shot from the air at 7:50 a.m. on Nov. 14 by Jessica Vecchione of Vecc Videography.
It snowed throughout the night in the Catskills, according to Hudson Valley Weather's Facebook... Read more
Nov. 13, 2014
Above: A paddler heads down to the shore of the Pepacton Reservoir during the 2014 boating season. Photo via the NYC DEP's Flickr page.
In the three years since the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) opened four of its upstate... Read more
Nov. 13, 2014
Water is an ever-present fact of life in the Catskills--especially in the small towns that have seen frequent flooding in the last few decades.
It's also an ever-renewing source of inspiration for artists and musicians, from 18th-century German composer... Read more
Nov. 11, 2014
Above: Greg Henderson stands next to Stratton Falls in a video shot in June 2014. Still from "The Roxbury at Stratton Falls - Dream Stage" video.
Greg Henderson and Joseph Massa have purchased Roxbury's historic Stratton Falls waterfall and its adjoining... Read more
Nov. 11, 2014
The prize casino developers have been vying for all year is almost at hand. The New York State Gaming Facility Location Board is scheduled to announce plans to build up to four casino resorts across the state--with two possibly slated for development in... Read more
Nov. 10, 2014
A student making a verbal threat to other students prompted Margaretville Central School to issue a recorded voicemail to parents on Monday, Nov. 10.
The recorded message stated:
Margaretville Central School became aware of a threat made to students. We... Read more
Nov. 10, 2014
Four people were injured in an accident at the intersection of Route 28 and DuBois Road in the Ulster County hamlet of Shokan on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 9, according to the Daily Freeman.
A Freeman reporter talked to a state police deputy, who said on... Read more
Nov. 6, 2014
Former congressional hopeful Sean Eldridge has drawn the ire of the Catskill Watershed Corporation (CWC) with his comments about economic development in the New York City watershed.
Eldridge, a Democrat, lost the race for New York State's 19th... Read more
Nov. 6, 2014
A man wearing a ski mask and a blue hoodie has the residents of Schoharie County nervous this week after he allegedly invaded a home on Route 30 early on Saturday, Nov. 1.
Social media lit up with gossip on Saturday as drivers along Route 30 saw police... Read more
Nov. 6, 2014
Above: Simi Stone. Photo via her Facebook page.
Simi Stone, a Woodstock-based music phenom who blows audiences away with her huge voice and stage presence, will be playing the Bearsville Theater on Sunday, Nov. 9. alongside a phalanx of other female... Read more
Nov. 5, 2014
Phil Lenihan, the 61-year-old owner of an eclectic series of businesses that were revitalizing the town Roxbury in Delaware County, died suddenly on Friday, Oct. 31.
Phil Lenihan had various careers as a punk band manager, classics scholar, and paralegal... Read more
Nov. 4, 2014
Republican Congressman Chris Gibson kept his seat in New York's 19th Congressional District with large leads over Democratic challenger Sean Eldridge on Tuesday, Nov. 4.
In a statement emailed to the press at 10:42 p.m. on election night, Eldridge... Read more
Nov. 4, 2014
Above: A zombie lurking along the race route. Photos contributed by Bobbi Ryan.
Ninety-eight runners turned up to try to outrun hordes of zombies at the New York Power Authority's Blenheim-Gilboa Visitor's Center on Saturday, Oct 25, according to Bobbi... Read more
Nov. 3, 2014
On Tuesday, Nov. 4, voters go to the polls to decide who will win the race for New York's 19th Congressional District: incumbent Republican Congressman Chris Gibson or Democratic challenger Sean Eldridge.
Gibson, who was first elected in 2010, once... Read more
Oct. 31, 2014
Photos and video by Julia Reischel.
State bigwigs and local officials doused the massive new concrete spillway of the Gilboa Dam with buckets of reservoir water on Friday, Oct. 31 to celebrate the completion of the dam's $138 million rehabilitation... Read more
Oct. 30, 2014
A 27-year-old woman is in critical condition after a head-on collision with a car driven by a Delaware County Sheriff's deputy, according to a press release from the Delaware County Sheriff's Office.
The sheriff's deputy is Stephanie Proffitt, and the... Read more