Julia Reischel
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Jul. 19, 2012
Above and below: Rosa Isela De Los Santos, right, and her family. Photos by Julia Reischel.
Last August, Rosa Isela De Los Santos felt some pain in her stomach. When she went to the doctor, she discovered that she had gastric cancer.
Since then, De Los... Read more
Jul. 18, 2012
Our Faces of the Flood photographer, Christopher Auger-Dominguez, is blogging about his experience photographing subjects around the Catskills after Tropical Storm Irene. Here's his entry for our first subject, Bill Lonecke:
Faces of the Flood: Bill... Read more
Jul. 14, 2012
Above: Yvonne Reuter stands in front of "Villa Yvonne," her house in Fleischmanns. Reuter, her 90-year-old mother, and her 14-year-old niece escaped from here by walking through waist-high floodwaters during Tropical Storm Irene. Photo by Christopher... Read more
Jul. 13, 2012
Above: Catskills slogans generated by the collective hive-mind via the #catskillsslogans hashtag on Twitter. We designed some of them into T-shirts. Because they're awesome. (If you'll give us permission, we'll make a T-shirt out of yours, too. Buy any... Read more
Jul. 11, 2012
The Margaretville Fire Department was founded way back in 1887, 125 years ago. To celebrate, firefighters old and very young (see above) marched in a parade through Margaretville on Saturday, July 7. Reader Sharon Goldstein sent us these photos from the... Read more
Jul. 11, 2012
The conversation over the Catskill Scenic Byway Project continues. For background, click here and here. -- Julia Reischel
To the Editor,
The Scenic By-way Plan for Route 28 has been misunderstood, misrepresented, misinterpreted and mistakenly attacked... Read more
Jul. 10, 2012
Normally, the loudest thing in downtown Andes on a given weekend is a passing motorcycle. But this Saturday, teenagers from across the Catskills will converge on the fire pavilion on Tremperskill Road to play rock, alternative rock, thrash metal, and... Read more
Jul. 6, 2012
Above: Brian Handy and his DEP vehicle parked upstream of the Gilboa Dam off State Route 990V, where Handy spent Tropical Storm Irene. Photo by Christopher Auger-Domínguez.
Our next subject in the Faces of the Flood Project, a collaborative effort to... Read more
Jul. 6, 2012
Captain Brian HandyWest-of-Hudson Patrol DivisionPolice DepartmentBureau of Police and SecurityDepartment of Environmental ProtectionGilboa, Schoharie County
Brian Handy and his DEP vehicle parked upstream of the Gilboa Dam off State Route 990V, where... Read more
Jul. 2, 2012
Photo by mountain_man_ny_2 via the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
It's here -- that big holiday week right in the middle of summer. We've put together a guide to the best Fourth of July festivities the Catskills has to offer: carnivals, parades, frog-... Read more
Jul. 2, 2012
Kerry Henderson, one of the organizers of the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice, emailed us yesterday to let us know that Main Street Phoenicia is now lined with banners designed by Harvey Konigsberg and a bunch of local schoolkids. He sent... Read more
Jun. 29, 2012
Barbara, Bill and Cindy Lonecke on the site where their home in Maplecrest used to stand. Photo by Christopher Auger-Dominguez.
Today the Watershed Post is launching our Faces of the Flood Project, a collaborative effort to tell the untold stories of... Read more
Jun. 29, 2012
Bill LoneckeRetired history teacherMaplecrest, Greene County
Bill Lonecke with his wife, Barbara (left), and daughter, Cindy (right), standing where their house used to be. It was washed away by the Batavia Kill, which is 50 yards away to the right.... Read more
Jun. 28, 2012
Photo of a small tugboat and an oil spill surrounded by yellow booms on the Pepacton Reservoir. Taken on Tuesday, May 15 from Route 30, near the pump station for the East Delaware Tunnel, by Lissa Harris.
The New York City Department of Environmental... Read more
Jun. 25, 2012
Photo by Flickr user bayasa (fireworks).
Just a reminder to advertise in our fast-growing Catskills Fourth of July Guide. Our busy intern and managing editor are stocking it with goodies from around the region as we speak. Email me to reserve your spot:... Read more
Jun. 19, 2012
It's midsummer this Thursday, which means that the Fourth of July is coming up. (Yes -- already.)
We're publishing a Catskills Fourth of July Guide next week. (See its bones by clicking the link.) We'll be stocking it with fireworks, fairs, and a... Read more
Jun. 12, 2012
Above: First responders on the scene of a three-car collision in Shandaken on Sunday, June 10. Photo by Robert Bolten.
On Sunday afternoon, Jesse Cowan was on duty as the driver of the ambulance for the Shandaken Ambulance Service. When a call came in... Read more
Jun. 9, 2012
Artist and Aikido sensei Harvey Konigsberg is in charge of designing the banners for this year's Phoenicia Festival of the Voice, which will bring opera stars and music lovers from around the world to Phoenicia in August.
Konigsberg is working with local... Read more