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By Andrew Wyrich on Wednesday, May. 30, 2012 - 5:00 pm
Above: Animal Planet's coverage of past Cat'n Around Catskill displays on "Must Love Cats."
This weekend, Catskill’s cat-loving population purred and flocked to the streets as part of the Cat’n Around Catskill 2012.
The number of cats shown this year... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, May. 30, 2012 - 3:56 pm
Dear Editor,
WOW!! Get to fabulous Phoenicia to experience the STS Playhouse's absolutely wonderful production of "Spitfire Grill" this weekend May 26-27 and June 1-3 and 8-10. www.stsplayhouse.com This entertaining show is directed by Glenn Laslo Weiss,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 30, 2012 - 3:33 pm
For a story in today's paper, Wall Street Journal reporter Joseph Avila made the trek from Manhattan to Middletown to spend some quality time with one of the Catskills' most notorious movers and shakers: Dean Gitter, the developer who's been pushing for... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 30, 2012 - 10:53 am
The dreaded tornadoes we were warned about never materialized, thankfully, but New York State was pelted with epic thunderstorms on Tuesday. And in a few places, hailstones.
A couple of Watershed Post readers sent us photos of hailstones from the deluge.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 29, 2012 - 1:59 pm
Via NY-Alert: There is a tornado watch on across northeastern New York and the Capital Region, including Greene and Schoharie counties, until 9pm.
The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Central New York that includes... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Tuesday, May. 29, 2012 - 1:33 pm
Christopher Mooney took this up-close-and-personal photo of a cecropia moth this Memorial Day weekend.
There have been reports that Mothra has invaded the Catskills – well, not exactly. Godzilla’s classic movie monster nemesis hasn’t come rampaging... Read more
By Jason Dole on Tuesday, May. 29, 2012 - 11:48 am
There was both celebration and mourning in the Sullivan County town of Liberty on Memorial Day, as a festive Main Street parade in the morning gave way to a somber ceremony of rememberance at the Sullivan County Veterans Cemetery.
All photos by Watershed... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Tuesday, May. 29, 2012 - 11:45 am
A week-long Department of Environmental Conservation investigation led to the raid of a West Coxsackie Chinese restaurant that allegedly poached fish from the Hudson River and Coxsackie Reservoir.
DEC police said Dragon Garden, located on Route 9W in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 25, 2012 - 7:58 pm
Above: Paul Rush, the Deputy Commissioner of the DEP, helps Jim Eisel, the Chair of the Delaware County Board of Supervisors, into a life preserver at the boat launch on the Pepacton Reservoir on May 24, 2012. Photo by Julia Reischel.
It's finally... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Friday, May. 25, 2012 - 1:31 pm
Above: So, how many of these did you get up your nose this week? Dandelion photo by Catskills Photography, in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
This was a week full of putting on a sweater and rain boots, then subsequently taking off that sweater and... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Friday, May. 25, 2012 - 1:29 pm
Joe Moskowitz and Pauline Liu in the freshly-sheetrocked 4,000-square-foot space currently being transformed into the Arkville Cowdome. Photo by Mellisa Misner.
This Memorial Day, a new venue for Catskill entertainment will be opening up in Arkville: The... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Friday, May. 25, 2012 - 12:45 pm
New York State Police in Kingston announced the arrest of 22-year-old Sean Fischer on Thursday. Fischer's is the second arrest made in connection with a burglary at a Stewart’s Shop in Hurley on April 28.
Police say that Fischer, who was an employee of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 24, 2012 - 11:40 pm
Above: A severed water pipe in the basement of a house owned by Middleburgh mayor Matthew Avitabile. Photo by Matthew Avitabile.
In this week's Times Journal: A house owned by Middleburgh's new mayor has been broken into, in an incident that looks like a... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Thursday, May. 24, 2012 - 4:19 pm
Rain means rainbows, and recently, the Catskills has had its fair share of both. A few Watershed Post readers have taken stunning rainbow photos around the Catskills recently. Check out their captures of the colorful creations below.
Local Twitter user @... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Thursday, May. 24, 2012 - 3:40 pm
Above: The schedule for this year's event.
Among the wealth of goings-on this weekend, the East Durham Irish Festival stands out. Held in the splendor of the "Irish Alps," this year's festival includes the City of Albany pipe band, music on two stages,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 24, 2012 - 2:34 pm
This week, the Liberty Independent and the Sullivan County Democrat are hot on the trail of a local scandal: The Walmart in Monticello has apparently failed its fourth consecutive health inspection.
Yesterday, the Liberty Independent posted a photo of a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 24, 2012 - 2:17 pm
Above: A video showing the damage Irene wreaked on the Bridge Street Bridge in Phoenicia. Taken August 29, 2011 by YouTube user mjanensch1.
Phoenicia's Bridge Street Bridge, which was feared to be irreparable after the wrath of Irene, will officially re-... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, May. 24, 2012 - 11:08 am
On Saturday, May 19, Onteora High School's young stars and starlets put on a musical theater tribute to Broadway called, fittingly, "Young Broadway." Here's a photo from the curtain call, featuring, from left to right, Roberto Noel-Berman, Katie Martucci... Read more
By wateradmin on Thursday, May. 24, 2012 - 1:32 am
Above: The Shandaken Theatrical Society's sign on its historic building in Phoenicia. Photo by Julia Reischel.
The day that Hurricane Irene hit the Catskills last year, the Shandaken Theater Society was holding a small flea market in front of its... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 23, 2012 - 5:20 pm
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today that the agency is making improvements to its stream flow and snow monitoring network, as part of a recently-announced partnership with the National Weather Service to do... Read more
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