Julia Reischel
Articles
Oct. 4, 2014
Above: A segment on the Fox New Channel's Fox & Friend's talk show about inappropriate emails sent from WIOX 91.3 FM's email account to Republican Congressman Chris Gibson, who is running for re-election. The segment ran on Friday, Oct. 3.
WIOX 91.3... Read more
Oct. 4, 2014
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and a slew of other groups and volunteers will fan out across the Catskills on Sunday, Oct. 5 to clean up four of the NYC reservoirs -- the Pepacton, the Cannonsville, the Neversink, and the... Read more
Oct. 3, 2014
Lumberjacks will descend on East Meredith tomorrow to demonstrate cross-cut sawing, ax throwing, and horse-powered log hauling at the Woodsmen's Festival at the Hanford Mills Museum.
The Woodsmen’s Club from the SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology... Read more
Oct. 1, 2014
Above: The interior of the Blenheim Bridge in 2006, in a photo by Flickr user paraflyer. The bridge was washed away by floodwaters in 2011.
The Old Blenheim Bridge, which was the longest open-span covered bridge in the world before it was destroyed by... Read more
Oct. 1, 2014
Above: “Big Indian Leaves,” taken in Big Indian by Michael LoBianco, the 4th Place winner in the 2014 Catskills Great Outdoor Experience Photo Contest.
The trees are popping into color like popcorn. If you haven't wandered somewhere outside in the... Read more
Sep. 30, 2014
A fire that destroyed the VW Parts building at 717 Wagner Avenue in Fleischmanns on August 26 was an accident, according to Delaware County fire investigators.
Steve Hood, the director of Delaware County Emergency Services, told the Watershed Post in an... Read more
Sep. 25, 2014
The annual Cauliflower Festival celebrates the wonders of the palest cruciferous vegetable this Saturday in the Delaware County village of Margaretville, which was once the epicenter of the cauliflower growing industry in New York State.
Munch on fried... Read more
Sep. 24, 2014
Route 23A in Kaaterskill Clove -- a narrow road that winds down a deep notch known simply as "the Mountain Road" by locals -- is one of the most breathtaking drives in the Catskills. It's also covered with trash.
When two Haines Falls sisters, Colleen... Read more
Sep. 23, 2014
Above: Retired Congressman Maurice Hinchey, third from right, helps break ground at the site of the future Catskill Interpretive Center in Mount Tremper on Sept. 23, 2014. The center is named in his honor. Photo via the Town of Shandaken's Facebook page... Read more
Sep. 19, 2014
A Brooklyn couple who moved to the Catskills full-time in April has convinced the state of New York to nominate the derelict Fleischmanns Theater to the state and national registers of historic places.
It's the first step in Erik Johanson and Fernando... Read more
Sep. 17, 2014
Above: "Dig," a short film about a man who digs hole while his neighborhood watches, will screen at the Big Eddy Film Festival in Narrowsburg this weekend.
The third annual Big Eddy Film Festival kicks off Friday night and runs all weekend long in a... Read more
Sep. 16, 2014
Above: Amy’s Take-Away Ensalada Mixta from 4 local farms — Story’s, RSK, Migliorelli, and Foxcroft, by Robert Sink, one of the entries so far in the 2015 Catskills Food Guide Photo Contest.
The contest is closed. Check out all great entries on the... Read more
Sep. 15, 2014
A man who has topped Ulster County's most wanted list for years was arrested on Sunday, September 14 while playing an Ultimate Frisbee game in Oregon.
Jahson A. Marryshow has been on the lam since 2010, when he allegedly went on a day-long crime spree in... Read more
Sep. 10, 2014
On Monday, September 8, a group of plaintiffs filed a federal lawsuit accusing the town of Mamakating and the village of Bloomingburg of engaging in "pervasive, government-sponsored religious discrimination" against Hasidic Jews.
The plaintiffs ask the... Read more
Sep. 9, 2014
Collin Lambert, a 49-year-old from Hunter, pled guilty in Ulster County Court on Tuesday, September 9 to robbing banks in New Paltz and Saugerties in 2013, according to a press release from Holley Carnright, the Ulster County District Attorney.
Left:... Read more
Sep. 9, 2014
It's an election year, and today is the day to vote in the primaries.
The biggest race in the primary is on the Democratic ticket, where underdog candidate Zephyr Teachout is challenging New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo. Teachout is attacking Cuomo... Read more
Sep. 9, 2014
Cassie Merwin sent us this video of what appears to be a moose walking on Main Street in the Delaware County village of Fleischmanns on Monday, September 8.
It's unusual to spot a moose in the Catskills; you expect them in Maine, Canada, and on the... Read more
Sep. 8, 2014
The New York State Department of Transportation has closed Route 42 in Greene County's Halcott Mountain Pass for a few days this week to remove the remains of a rockslide that cut across the road in May.
Beginning today, Monday, September 8, Route 42 in... Read more
Sep. 5, 2014
A developer who bought the former Narrowsburg school and planned to turn it into a drug rehabilitation center has agreed to back away from the project.
At a meeting on Thursday, September 4, the Sullivan West School District voted unanimously to allow... Read more