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By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 5, 2012 - 4:53 pm
Above: A 2008 video from the University of Albany about student research at the Pethick Site, an active prehistoric archaeological dig in the Schoharie County town of Esperance.
Today and Friday, July 5 and 6, the New York State Museum and the University... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 5, 2012 - 2:57 pm
Background: Last week, after the Town of Hurley voted to withdraw from the Catskill Scenic Byway project, the Watershed Post ran a letter to the editor from Melinda McKnight blasting the town board for their decision. McKnight is Hurley's representative... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 5, 2012 - 10:43 am
A New York City woman was killed on Tuesday evening when the SUV she was driving blew a tire and spun out of control. Four young passengers were injured, and a 12-year-old is in critical condition at Albany Medical Center.
According to a New York State... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 3, 2012 - 6:00 pm
The Daily Freeman announced this morning that Jan Dewey, formerly the advertising director for the Poughkeepsie Journal, has been named the publisher of the newspaper. Dewey will also be in charge of overseeing operations at all of the Journal-Register... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 3, 2012 - 5:20 pm
Above: Photo of cut log by Flickr user EasyPickle. Published under Creative Commons license.
This afternoon, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced that they are loosening the regulations that govern transportation of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 3, 2012 - 12:26 pm
Above: Video from the scene of the fire that destroyed the Rainbow Diner on Route 209 in Kerhonkson yesterday, from the Daily Freeman.
A local landmark went up in flames Monday afternoon: The Rainbow Diner, a seedy but beloved greasy spoon on Route 209... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 3, 2012 - 11:24 am
Above: Photo from the Stamford Auto Show on July 1. Taken by Flickr user mountain_man_ny_2; shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group pool.
On Sunday, the Stamford Rotary Club held its 34th annual Auto Show at 159 West Main Street. David, a local... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 3, 2012 - 9:56 am
Dylan Smith, a 14-year-old from South Fallsburg, drowned in a pond near the Neversink River on Monday afternoon. The Times Herald-Record reports:
Fallsburg Police say Dylan Smith was swimming in a small, man-made pond fed by a spring near Route 42.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jul. 2, 2012 - 3:36 pm
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-racing... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 2, 2012 - 3:34 pm
People of Ulster County, are you tempted to set off illegal fireworks this week? Be warned: That plan didn't go so well for this watermelon.
This morning, the Ulster County Law Enforcement Center hosted an explosive demonstration, shown in the 7-second... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jul. 2, 2012 - 1:20 pm
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 us... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Monday, Jul. 2, 2012 - 1:16 pm
Above: Eagles aren't fans of fireworks and subjecting them to fireworks comes with a heavy fine. Photo by Flickr user Gerry Balding, used under Creative Commons license.
The Sullivan County hamlet of Narrowsburg has canceled its July 4th fireworks, due to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 2, 2012 - 10:54 am
Civil war reenactors from far and wide descended on the Delaware County town of Sidney over the weekend for three days of living history.
Local filmmaker Jess Vecchione was on hand on June 30 at the Greater Maywood Rural Community Services Center, on the... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Friday, Jun. 29, 2012 - 5:53 pm
Above: CONGRATULATIONS, MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS! Photo by Flickr user Catskills Photography in the Watershed Post Flickr pool. Want to see your photo on Around the Blogshed? Join the pool and your photo could be selected.
Got any favorite swimming... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jun. 29, 2012 - 3:36 pm
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 the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jun. 29, 2012 - 3:25 pm
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
By Jason Dole on Friday, Jun. 29, 2012 - 11:38 am
Above: A YouTube video diary documenting the recording of Reliquary, a soon-to-be-released album by Martin Rivas.
Singer/songwriter Martin Rivas is a Brooklyn native, but he’s also got some roots up in the mountains. When Schoharie County, Rivas’s home... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 28, 2012 - 10:25 pm
In the last year, several towns in Sullivan County have passed resolutions banning or imposing a moratorium on gas drilling within town borders. Last week, according to news accounts in the River Reporter and Sullivan County Democrat, the town of Delaware... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 28, 2012 - 5:48 pm
Background: On Monday, June 25, the Hurley town board voted to withdraw from the Catskill Scenic Byway project. The project, a collaborative effort between the towns of Hurley, Olive, Shandaken, Middletown and Andes, as well as the villages of... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Thursday, Jun. 28, 2012 - 4:52 pm
Two Saugerties residents were convicted by a jury in federal court today on charges stemming from a mortgage fraud scheme, according to a press release from the FBI.
Thomas Komasa, 47 and Heidi Komasa, 39, were both convicted by a jury in United States... Read more
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