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By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 10, 2012 - 11:14 am
Watershed Post reader David snapped this shot of a fawn trying to blend in with his lawn ornaments from his front door in Delhi. Thanks David! (Send us two more, and you're on your way to earning our "Where The Wild Things Are" badge.)
Photo taken on... Read more
By Lisa Selin Davis on Friday, Sep. 7, 2012 - 3:20 pm
WP readers: We really, really dig the local blog Upstater, whose editor Lisa Selin Davis and her team of writers dish up daily doses of upstate life and droolalicious real estate. And apparently the feeling is mutual. We're delighted to announce that we'... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Sep. 7, 2012 - 11:19 am
There's only two things money can't buy: True love and home-grown tomatoes. Above, photographer Mark Zilberman proves that you can grow gorgeous tomatoes in the high-altitude Catskills town of Andes. Shared in the Watershed Post Flickr group.
It's... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 6, 2012 - 4:18 pm
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Above: Itty-bitty Trout Creek. Source: Google Maps.
The tiny Delaware County hamlet of Trout Creek, in the town of Tompkins, will soon begin work on a community sewer system funded by the New York City Department of Environmental... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Wednesday, Sep. 5, 2012 - 4:29 pm
Above: Photo of the Orpheum in Saugerties by Flickr user katstan in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
The streets of Saugerties will host the village's First Friday event of the fall this Friday night. Participating businesses are set to offer a spate of... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Wednesday, Sep. 5, 2012 - 11:12 am
Above: Brett Cohen's "fake celebrity" YouTube video, which has gotten over 4 million views to date.
Have you heard of the hotshot celebrity Brett Cohen?Maybe you’ve heard his newest single, or perhaps you might remember seeing him on the silver screen in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Sep. 4, 2012 - 9:53 am
Friday, August 31 was a blue moon -- the second full moon in a single calendar month, a phenomenon that only rolls around every couple of years. The next blue moon won't be seen in the night sky until July 31, 2015.
John of Catskills Photography took this... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Sep. 1, 2012 - 1:05 pm
On Thursday, August 30, the village of Margaretville came together to reflect on the Irene floods. Local videographer Jess Vecchione produced the video above, using footage taken at the ceremony. In it, she juxtaposes shots of the incredible devastation... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012 - 3:18 pm
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
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012 - 3:18 pm
It may have been a few years since you were a Scout. Or maybe while the rest of the kids were out learning to use compasses and doing good deeds, you were home playing XBox. Or maybe you're thinking, "What's XBox?"
Fret not: You, too, can get out, do neat... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012 - 2:57 pm
Matthew Avitabile, the mayor of the tiny Schoharie County village of Middleburgh, wants answers about last year's flood response from the powerful city and state agencies that operate two vast dams above the village.
Today, the village sent out a press... Read more
By Jeff Senterman on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012 - 12:50 pm
Photo by Diana Misner Watters, one of the entries in the 2012 Central Catskills Great Outdoor Experience photo contest.
The many hiking trails of the Catskill Mountains and the Catskill Park Forest Preserve are accessible to all, even those who do no... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 - 4:24 pm
Above: The "Waterfall" house, offered by Kellie Place of Century 21 Chesser Realty.
The phrase “unique Catskills property” is a redundant one. As we who dwell here know, the vast majority of homes up this way have personality to spare – be it a... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 - 3:57 pm
Above: It's Labor Day - have some fun! Photo of kids at the Delaware County Fair by Flickr user MccWolf in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
This weekend is the unofficial end to summer, 2012, and we've got a round up of the best of what's happening around... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 - 2:38 pm
Above: A Times Herald-Record newscast about an accident this morning, in which a pedestrian was struck and killed by a train in Kingston.
A Kingston man was struck by a train this morning around 8:30am, while walking on the CSX tracks near the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 - 12:23 pm
Above: A sign posted in the window of a Margaretville business in 2011 (before the Irene floods), protesting the long absence of water in the Binnekill Creek. Photo by Lissa Harris.
For the better part of a decade, the Binnekill Creek that runs through... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 - 8:41 am
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
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 - 12:34 pm
It's a year to the day since flooding from Tropical Storm Irene pummelled upstate New York. While a lot of commemorative events have already happened over the past week, the next few weeks will see more (including a picnic in Maplecrest that is underway... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 - 10:43 am
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
By Christopher Auger-Dominguez on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 - 12:49 am
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 approached by The Watershed Post about this... Read more
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