Julia Reischel
Articles
Mar. 2, 2012
Above: A house being built in Windham on February 3 following destruction by last fall's floods. Photo by Hans Pennink for FEMA.
The Windham Journal reported this week that the town of Windham has actually received cold hard cash from the Federal... Read more
Feb. 29, 2012
Warning: Gross story, gross picture. Read at your own risk. - Ed.
A serial poop vandal is at large in Delhi. In February, employees of three local businesses found nasty surprises in their bathrooms: cheery messages and random scrawls painted in feces.... Read more
Feb. 28, 2012
Tonight, at 7pm in the Middle School/High School auditorium of Onteora School, the Onteora Board of Education will vote on a plan for reconfiguring the school district. Two of the proposed plans call for the closing of the Phoenicia Elementary School,... Read more
Feb. 27, 2012
A reminder that nature always gets you in the end. Overgrown coal silos photographed in Callicoon on Saturday. Photo by Flickr user John of Catskills Photography, via the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
Got a fantastic Catskills photo? We'd love to publish... Read more
Feb. 24, 2012
John, a fellow who goes by username Catskills Photography on the Flickr photo-sharing website, shared this photo with us via the Watershed Post Flickr Pool. The image is of a part of the Narrowsburg Feed and Grain Company building in Narrowsburg, NY.... Read more
Feb. 24, 2012
Kudos to Jessica Vecchione for her now award-winning documentary about a Franklin stonemason with a passion. (We interviewed Jessica, who is a Watershed Post advertiser, about the documentary on our radio show last fall.) You can watch the trailer for... Read more
Feb. 19, 2012
Above: A Belleayre Mountain ski lift on February 19, the day after five workers caused delays on the slopes by calling in sick. Photo via the Belleayre Mountain Facebook page.
Three lift mechanics and two electricians called in sick from their jobs at... Read more
Feb. 8, 2012
Diane Brown, the director of the Community Foundation for South Central New York, called us this week to tell us that her organization has $100,000 to give away to flood-damaged nonprofits in Delaware, Broome, Chenango, Otsego and Tioga counties.
The... Read more
Feb. 2, 2012
Early in January, the Watershed Post's two-person staff trucked down to Kingston for a taping of "Kingston NOW." The episode, which aired last night on WRNN-TV, was about digital newsmaking, and featured us along with one of our favorite local self-made... Read more
Feb. 1, 2012
Above: Black Blessed Night, by Two Dark Birds. Music video shot by Scott Kawczynski.
Two Dark Birds, the Pakatakan Mountain-based band that released its latest CD this fall, makes no bones about how much nicer it is in the Catskills than it is in New... Read more
Jan. 27, 2012
Catskills locals are makng a splash among the nation's most avid cinemaphiles at the Sundance Film Festival this week.
David France, the owner of Margareville's Galli-Curci building (appropriately, a former movie theater), is a festival darling with his... Read more
Jan. 27, 2012
An 18-year-old student at the BOCES campus in the town of LIberty was rescued by state toopers, sheriff's deputies, and volunteer firemen from sinking into an icy pond on Tuesday, according to a press release from the New York State Police.
The teenager... Read more
Got flood damage? New grants available for businesses and municipalities are now taking applications
Jan. 25, 2012
Above: Flood damage from Tropical Storm Irene in the Greene County town of Lexington. Photo taken on August 30, 2011, by Flickr user kimmcg. Posted in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
Two big grant programs for storm-ravaged businesses, property-owners,... Read more
Jan. 24, 2012
Above: A photo graphic from "Hidden Risk," a new study about the prevalence of mercury in wildlife of the northeastern United States.
A study released by the Biodiveristy Research Institute and the Nature Conservancy today has found that there are "high... Read more
Jan. 22, 2012
Above: Peter Ames posting with his memorial to late Andes resident Kevin Roney, which was installed in the Andes Hotel tavern on January 19, 2012. Photo by MJ Donnelly.
A year ago today, Kevin Roney died. Roney was a beloved fixture in the town of Andes... Read more
Jan. 22, 2012
Peg Ellsworth, the director of the Roxbury-based MARK Project, asked us to get the word out this week about several new grant programs for small businesses and commercial properties in Delaware County. Two press releases about the new programs as well as... Read more
Jan. 21, 2012
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Jan. 20, 2012
Above: Helen Mitchell standing with Glen and Rachel Gaetano, the brand new owners of Barlow's, a general store that has been operating continuously in Treadwell for 171 years. Photo by Cheryl Petersen.
Cheryl Petersen, a reporter who writes for the... Read more