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By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 - 5:58 pm
Above: A YouTube video from Prattsville's MudFest, held Saturday and Sunday, August 25 and 26. Video by Lance Wheeler.
Over the weekend, several Catskills towns that got whomped by the Irene and Lee floods held events timed to commemorate the one-year... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 - 12:01 pm
Dear Editor;
My name is James Blake and I am on the ballot for the Thursday, September 13 Republican Primary. I am a strict Constitutional Conservative, what I am not is a champion politician. I am a champion for the children.
It is simple; if our... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 - 11:13 am
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
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 - 10:39 am
"The Catskills: Always In Season."
Get ready to see it on bumper stickers, billboards, ad campaigns, and anything else a bunch of marketers can think of. That's the slogan that got Arkville's Jenn Nolan $1,500 from the Catskill Park Resource Foundation on... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 - 8:42 am
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
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Aug. 24, 2012 - 11:22 pm
The Daily Freeman reports that 80-year-old Dorothea Denman, former owner of the Olivebridge Florist, was struck by a car and killed Friday afternoon on Route 28 in Olive, near her home at 9 Sunkist Lane.
From the Freeman's story:
The accident, which... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Aug. 24, 2012 - 2:49 pm
A Hamden man who was declared missing after his mobile home was set ablaze spent four days hiding in the woods, according to the Delaware County Sheriff's Office.
On Monday morning, police and emergency responders found William D. Lawson's home at 866... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Friday, Aug. 24, 2012 - 1:30 pm
Above: Oh, just inchin' along. A black swallowtail, photographed by Christopher Mooney in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
It's true. You're too stressed. Chill out, and check out what's going on around some local blogs.
With the trails seeing more... Read more
By Jason Dole on Friday, Aug. 24, 2012 - 10:47 am
Above: Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts on Wednesday, August 22. Photo by John Taylor.
“Rock-n-roll is annennergy,” slurred Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland midway through their Bethel Woods... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012 - 4:28 pm
Above: Ulster County executive Mike Hein at the county Department of Public Works substation in New Paltz, flanked by county legislators Ken Wishnick and Hector Rodriguez. Photo courtesy of Hein's office.
Today, Ulster County Executive Mike Hein signed... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012 - 2:00 pm
Above: A photo by Diana Misner Watters, submitted to our Catskills Great Outdoor Experience photo contest. To see all the entrants, click here. The winner will be revealed at the festival on Saturday.
It's finally here: the Central Catskills Great... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012 - 1:26 pm
Above: Video proof that there's talent in them thar hills. (Promo for the Art & Soul of the Catskills Film Festival.)
If you had to guess how many filmmakers were based in the Catskills, what number would you pick? Five? Ten?
Try dozens. This weekend... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012 - 12:02 pm
According to multiple news outlets, the skeletal remains of a Queens man who went missing in July were found along Route 17 on Monday afternoon.
State Police at Liberty found the remains of 77-year-old Robert Goode Jr. near the area of the new Route 17... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012 - 10:53 pm
A three-year-old boy who drowned at Taghkanic State Park in Columbia County on Tuesday afternoon was identified by state police today as Connor Bagley of Athens, according to several news accounts.
Fox 23 spoke to police and several witnesses at the scene... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012 - 10:44 am
Prattsville residents are getting ready to get down and dirty this weekend.
On August 28, 2011, Prattsville's Main Street was almost completely destroyed by the flooding from Tropical Storm Irene. A year later, don't expect the anniversary to be a somber... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 - 5:16 pm
Update, 8/24: Lawson was found in the woods near his home on Thursday night. See our story for more details.
A Hamden man whose mobile home was destroyed by fire on Monday morning is missing, the Delaware County Sheriff's Office reports.
William D. Lawson... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 - 10:54 am
Above: The house of Dave Rikard, a week after the Irene floods devastated Prattsville's Main Street. Rikard appears in a New York Magazine feature story this month about Prattsville. Photo by Jay Harsevoort; shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group... Read more
By Jason Dole on Monday, Aug. 20, 2012 - 3:41 pm
Above: 4-H Moo Juicer Brittney Burk of Bethel NY hangs with her pal Lily, a 4-month-old dairy cow at the 133rd Annual Little World’s Fair in Grahamsville. Young people bring their livestock, produce, and crafts for judging & exhibit days before the... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Aug. 20, 2012 - 1:18 pm
Dear Editor,
On Sunday, July 15 John Stobaeus e-mailed me, "Do you know about the mini-folk fest in Phoenicia today at the Parish House? They'll be celebrating the Roots of Folk," so I walked over to see. It was a reunion of Camp Woodland, a summer camp... Read more
By J.N. Urbanski on Monday, Aug. 20, 2012 - 10:59 am
Above: A young hop bine at the Braunius hop farm in Mt. Vision, where farmers and brewers got a chance to tour a working hop farm and taste local micro-brewed beer over the weekend. Photo by J.N. Urbanski.
This year, New York State passed the so-called "... Read more
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