Julia Reischel
Articles
Sep. 18, 2012
Above: A poster and the trailer for "Mis en Place." [9/20/12: Kent Garrett, the film's director, emailed us last night to tell us that there is a new trailer available for the film. The new trailer is posted above, and the older one is posted below. --... Read more
Sep. 14, 2012
Top: A milkshake made from local ice cream at the re-designed Phoenicia Diner, which opens today. Above: A slideshow of photos of the re-opened diner, starting with owner Michael Cioffi in front of the facade. Photos by Julia Reischel.
The Phoenicia... Read more
Aug. 30, 2012
It's a first for the Watershed Post: Our combined print and online Catskills Outdoor Guide is hot off the press.
It's stuffed with helpful info about getting outside in the Catskills: lists of favorite hikes, a reservoir-boating how-to guide, tips on... Read more
Aug. 29, 2012
UPDATE, 8/29/12: The boil water notice has been rescinded, but there now is a ban on unnecessary water consumption in Andes. Via the Andes town clerk:
The Town of Andes Water District is under a WATER USE RESTRICTION due to the dry weather. All... Read more
Aug. 28, 2012
Today is August 28, the one-year anniversary of Tropical Storm Irene's arrival in the Catskills. To commemorate the anniversary of the flooding, we are publishing the Faces of the Flood Portrait Project, which tells stories of the flood through cinematic... Read more
Aug. 28, 2012
Above: Christopher Auger-Dominguez.
My experience of Irene was as a visitor. Sure, we own a home upstate, but our valley didn't get the brunt of the rain. The stream behind the house was full, but it never overflowed at the house.
So when I was... Read more
Aug. 28, 2012
Retired history teacher, Maplecrest, Greene County
For 25 years, Bill Lonecke knew that the Batavia Kill would take his house someday.
Lonecke’s land hugs the curving bank of a sharp swerve in the stream. In 1986, during a flood, the stream changed... Read more
Aug. 28, 2012
Part-time resident, Fleischmanns, Delaware County
Kitty Leer thought she was going to die.
The weekend of Hurricane Irene, Leer, 90, was visiting “Villa Yvonne,” her daughter Yvonne Reuter’s country home in Fleischmanns. The family has a long history on... Read more
Aug. 28, 2012
Village Mayor, Middleburgh, Schoharie County
The day after Tropical Storm Irene flood, Matthew Avitabile, a 24-year-old trustee of the village of Middleburgh, heard a rumor that the Gilboa Dam was broken.
He didn’t even put on his shoes. Barefoot, he... Read more
Aug. 27, 2012
CEO, Frost Valley YMCA, Claryville, Sullivan County
As Tropical Storm Irene poured down on Claryville, Biscuit Brook began to flood the Frost Valley YMCA. The river washed out roads on either side of the camp's 6,000-acre campus. Fields became rising... Read more
Aug. 27, 2012
Farmer, Middleburgh, Schoharie County
Barber is a 5th-generation family farmer who farms 400 low-spray acres in the Schoharie Valley. On August 28, 2011, eight feet of water covered her fields and greenhouses, full of late-summer produce. Her house was... Read more
Aug. 27, 2012
Chief, Margaretville Fire Department, Middletown, Delaware County
On August 28, 2012, Rosa coordinated a vast effort to rescue villagers from the rising waters. Many of those trapped needed to be rescued by water in small boats, including a rowboat. One... Read more
Aug. 27, 2012
Owner, Jim's Great American supermarket, Prattsville, Greene County
Eisel owns Prattsville's only supermarket. Irene flooded the store, but the community worked to re-open it in just 19 days.
Eisel recalls:
I got a phone call on Sunday morning from the... Read more
Aug. 27, 2012
Student and horse owner, New Paltz and Wallkill, Ulster County
“When I opened the door to the barn, everything was floating and the power was out. Then I heard all the horses screaming.” - Michele Arana
Michele Arana escaped Irene on horseback twice.... Read more
Aug. 27, 2012
Founders, the Lexington Mission and food pantry, Lexington, Greene County
“I don’t see the town getting back to the way it was. It’s coming back better.” – Jack Jordan
In the 20 years Jack and Kathy Jordan have lived in Lexington, N.Y., they have seen... Read more
Aug. 27, 2012
Owner, Home Goods kitchen store and volunteer coordinator for Margaretville, Delaware County
Dorothy Maffei calls the clothing donations "the tsunami after the hurricane."
Flood victims need new, clean clothes in the first few days after a disaster. So... Read more
Aug. 27, 2012
Owners, Middleburgh Hardware, Middleburgh, Schoharie County
The only thing they can’t get rid of is what the mud left behind.
“Dust, dust, dust. A fine, fine dust,” said Rich Vilegi.
The three feet of black sludge that bubbled through the floorboards of... Read more
Aug. 27, 2012
Top: And the grand prize winner is... "Hubbell Hill Heat Wave, Margaretville -- Summer 2012," by Holly Salzman. She wins dinner for two at Peekamoose in Big Indian, and her photo on the cover of our print Catskills Outdoor Guide.
Above: A slideshow of... Read more
Aug. 26, 2012
I was onhand at the Central Catskills Great Outdoor Experience Festival in Margaretville yesterday, which organizers estimate attracted about 1,000 people. There were climbing walls, canoeing, balloon animals, and a pet pig in attendance. Some photos to... Read more