Julia Reischel
Articles
Nov. 24, 2011
Here's wishing you a wonderful holiday. The staff of the Watershed Post is taking some time off to celebrate, and we hope you can too. We'll be back on Monday with regular posts, unless there's some emergency, and then we'll parachute in to do the story... Read more
Nov. 21, 2011
We received word last night that Michelle MacNaught, a gifted 21-year-old SUNY Purchase student and artist from DeLancey, died yesterday.
MacNaught's wood block prints and drawings inspired by her year-long struggle with ovarian cancer were exhibited in... Read more
Nov. 19, 2011
Top: Two Dark Birds, with front man Steve Koester in center.
Above: Video for "Song for Clementine."
It's been a month since the band Two Dark Birds released its second album, Songs for the New. Steve Koester, the group's front man, is from Milwaukee,... Read more
Nov. 16, 2011
Above: The trailer for "Robert," a new documentary film from videographer Jessica Vecchione.
This week on the Watershed Post Half-Hour News Hour, we talk with Jessica Vecchione, a Hamden-based videographer, about her new documentary, Robert. (Vecchione... Read more
Nov. 15, 2011
Dear Editor:
I am extremely grateful to everyone who voted in last Tuesday's election and especially grateful to everyone who worked with me on my campaign in Shandaken. Our goal was to create a solid and community-building campaign, one that can... Read more
Nov. 15, 2011
A Sealey gas generator. Photo by Flickr user Mark Hunter.
Post-Irene, generators are suddenly a luxury status symbol. You know it's true when the New York Times writes a long feature story about "power envy" that lauds the sudden passion for gas-powered... Read more
Nov. 14, 2011
Bud Sife, an 85-year-old who lives in the hamlet of Fleischmanns in Delaware County, sent us these photos of the contents of his flooded-out basement, which finally got hauled out and cleaned up this past weekend, thanks to the help of 25 volunteers. ... Read more
Nov. 14, 2011
A close-up photograph of a crack inside the Delaware Aqueduct. Photo provided by the NYC DEP.
Yesterday, the Associated Press ran a nice feature story about the soggy dilemma facing homeowners in the Ulster County town of Wawarsing, who have been... Read more
Nov. 11, 2011
We stayed up late on November 8 to cover election returns live on the internet and on the radio. The radio portion of the program was our special hour-long election edition of the Watershed Post Half-Hour News Hour, which aired from 11pm to midnight on... Read more
Nov. 11, 2011
The New York State Police report that a 40-year-old Deposit man was killed on Wednesday when his pickup truck collided with a tractor trailer hauling a pre-fabricated house in the town of Sanford, NY.
Bruce Singleton was a football coach at Seton... Read more
Nov. 10, 2011
Above: Video of the scene of the explosion via YouTube user drumcircler.
We're a little late on the uptake on this. (Blame the elections.) The State Police reported on Monday that a house on Giardina Lane in Saugerties exploded on Monday afternoon. A 16-... Read more
Nov. 10, 2011
This week on the Watershed Post Half-Hour News Hour, we talked with freelance writer and Rosendale resident Sari Botton about a voting kerfuffle in Rosendale's hotly contested supervisor race. We also discussed some of the most interesting election... Read more
Nov. 10, 2011
Photo from the Red Goats of Kingston Facebook page.
The Kingston Police Department issued a press release yesterday trumpeting the arrest of two people who allegedly are the masterminds behind the rash of red goats that have been popping up as graffiti... Read more
Nov. 7, 2011
Sullivan County Candidate List - November 8, 2011
List of all candidates running for office in Sullivan County
Map of the nine Sullivan County legislative districts
Addresses of Sullivan County polling places
If you have links to election coverage or... Read more