Julia Reischel
Articles
Oct. 30, 2014
On Oct. 10, Watershed Post reader Tim Cox visited Blue Hole, a legendary swimming hole in the Ulster County hamlet of Sundown, and shared his shot in our Flickr Pool. (No word on whether he took a dip.)
Oct. 28, 2014
The Catskills remain Brooklyn's primary source for American-Gothic-style atmospherics.
A new music video for "Hey Doreen" from the Brooklyn-based indie band Lucius features familiar sites along Route 28 in Delaware and Ulster counties, including the... Read more
Oct. 23, 2014
A stolen Pennsylvania car that was found abandoned in the small Catskills town of Bovina caused a massive police search for possible connections to fugitive Eric Matthew Frein on Wednesday, Oct. 22. Police say that there is no confirmed link to Frein,... Read more
Oct. 22, 2014
Above: Andes Central School's tiny graduating class of 2014. Photo by Joe Damone of Joe Damone Photography.
A long-stalled conversation about sharing school services is being revived at a meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 22 in the Delaware County village of... Read more
Oct. 21, 2014
Above: Photo by Daniel Hollister of ThatZombiePhoto.com.
Everyone knows that you run faster when you're being pursued by ravenous zombies. And there will be zombies galore at the Blenheim-Gilboa Visitor's Center in Blenheim this Saturday to scare 5K... Read more
Oct. 20, 2014
Two SUNY Delhi students were caught while attempting to use counterfeit $10 bills to buy tire rims from an off-duty New York State Police trooper on Thursday, Oct. 16, according to a press release from the New York State Police.
Left: Brian Colon and... Read more
Oct. 17, 2014
Photographer Caleb Jacobus took these photographs of the blazing fall colors in the Schoharie Valley this morning, Friday, Oct. 17.
He was hiking on the cliffs in the town of Middleburgh, looking out towards Vroman's Nose and the Catskills. Below, there... Read more
Oct. 16, 2014
Photo by Flickr user Timothy Allen.
On Monday, Oct. 13, the citizens of the Delaware County town of Walton rose up in opposition to a proposed law that would have capped the height of grass and weeds in the town to ten inches, according to the Walton... Read more
Oct. 15, 2014
Above: A trailer for I Believe in Unicorns, a film that was partially shot in the Hudson Valley. It is a featured film at this year's Woodstock Film Festival.
The annual Woodstock Film Festival kicks off Wednesday, Oct. 15, bringing big names -- actors... Read more
Oct. 15, 2014
Above: Rains will move across New York on Wednesday night, Oct. 15, according to a radar image posted on NWS Binghamton's Facebook page.
Flooding on smaller tributaries and streams may occur in Delaware and Sullivan counties in the western Catskills... Read more
Oct. 14, 2014
Last weekend's O+ Festival filled the city of Kingston with artists, musicians, and healthcare professionals, who swapped checkups for performances.
Some of the creativity was permanent: Singer-songwriter Jack Dishel and graffiti collective Vor138 left a... Read more
Oct. 14, 2014
National news outlets like Bloomberg News and Newsweek are watching the tiny Sullivan County village of Bloomingburg, which is being rocked by controversy over the arrival of a large community of ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jews.
On Sept. 30, the village held... Read more
Oct. 10, 2014
Volunteers and New York State Department of Conservation staff picked up tires and filled over a dozen large garbage bags with trash during a litter clean-up event in Greene County's Kaaterskill Clove on Sunday, Oct. 5, according to a press release from... Read more
Oct. 10, 2014
Left: Ethan-Jon Sackett, in a photo published with his obituary.
A 22-year-old from Delhi died on Monday, Sept 29 in a motorcycle accident on County Road 10 in the Delaware County town of Meredith, according to the Daily Star.
Ethan-Jon Sackett was a... Read more
Oct. 9, 2014
The Greenheart Farmstand is selling pumpkins and produce this week at the former Bank of America building on Route 28 in the Ulster County hamlet of Shokan, according to its customers and to Drew Boggess, the chair of Olive Planning Board.
The farmstand... Read more
Oct. 8, 2014
The New York State Department of Transportation and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection will be repairing a 3-mile stretch of Route 990V in Gilboa for three weeks in October, according to a press release issued by the DEP last week.... Read more
Oct. 8, 2014
Above: A bagel with lox from H&H Bagels Midtown East. Photo by Flickr user Kenneth Lu.
A story by the business news site Quartz on Oct. 7 confirmed what New Yorkers already know: The secret to NYC's bagels is in the water.
Bagel entrepreneurs are so... Read more
Oct. 8, 2014
Above: The Monticello Fire Department's assistant fire chief talks to a Times Herald-Record reporter about a fire that burned bunkhouses and bungalows at Camp Shira, a Jewish summer camp near the Sullivan County village of Monticello on Monday, Oct. 6.... Read more
Oct. 6, 2014
A 48-year-old Wawarsing man will serve 13 years in prison and five more on probation for burglarizing homes while responding to calls as a member of the Ellenville First Aid and Rescue Squad, according to a press release from the Ulster County District... Read more