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By Lillian Browne on Wednesday, Jun. 29, 2011 - 12:55 pm
Above: Delhi businessowner Hazel Dunlin, owner of Avalon Moon, dressed as a faerie at the New York Faerie Festival. Last weekend, Watershed Post corresondent Lillian Browne attended the 3rd annual New York Faerie Festival in Windsor, New York, along with... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 29, 2011 - 9:06 am
Photo by Flickr user Danielle Tsi.
The fate of borscht, the purple beet-based soup, seems inextricably tied to the fate of the Catskills. Both the soup and the region had their glory days in the 1950s, when the term "Borscht Belt" sounded glamorous,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jun. 28, 2011 - 2:36 pm
This just in: Alexander "Sandy" Mathes, the executive directory of the Greene County Industrial Development Agency, has resigned, according to the Daily Mail. No explanation was given:
In a statement, the IDA Board of Directors said the decision was “... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 28, 2011 - 2:08 pm
Good news for Wawarsing homeowners sitting atop the leaky Delaware Aqueduct: Last week, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has agreed to set $3.7 million aside to bail out homeowners whose houses have been damaged by leaks from the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jun. 28, 2011 - 9:29 am
On Saturday, 76-year-old Ruth Defazio of Bethel crashed a 2003 Ford Thunderbird into 6 other vehicles on Rte. 17B in Bethel, according to a State Police press release. Defazio was high on prescription pain medication at the time of the crash, the police... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jun. 27, 2011 - 5:03 pm
'Tis the season to get outside. Faiga Brussel, the owner of the Delhi-based Good Cheap Foods grocery store, sent out an email a few weeks back urging her patrons to take advantage of one of Delhi's best-kept outdoor attractions: SUNY Delhi's Outdoor... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 27, 2011 - 3:12 pm
The national debate over hydraulic fracturing and the future of shale gas in America's energy future is getting hotter all the time.
The good news: Investigators from well-respected institutions dedicated to ferreting out facts are taking a close look at... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jun. 27, 2011 - 12:20 pm
They vacation up in the Catskills.
Yesterday, the New York Post ran a story about a "horse hotel" in Monticello that caters specifically to Central Park carriage horses, who retire to the upstate farm for their mandatory 5-week vacations. Er, make that "... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 27, 2011 - 9:26 am
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The Daily Show's Jon Stewart took a swipe at the New York... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, Jun. 26, 2011 - 9:33 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here. To see Gary's artwork in person, check out his May - June show at the West Kortright Centre.
Mayer is an artist who's lived in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Jun. 25, 2011 - 8:00 am
This photo posted on the Belleayre Mountain Facebook page is too good not to repost. Taken by Ryon Bender, it's a shot of a fisher, a weasel-like relative of the marten, sitting in a tree on Belleayre Mountain.
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jun. 24, 2011 - 11:59 pm
But, as you might guess, everybody's paying attention to the New York Senate's historic vote to legalize gay marriage tonight.
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jun. 24, 2011 - 9:25 am
Legislation about hydraulic fracturing isn't even on the table during these last few hours of the New York State Legislature's manic session.
Legislators meeting late last night and re-adjourning today will consider a "Big Ugly" bill that tackles issues... Read more
By Matthew Perry on Thursday, Jun. 23, 2011 - 5:16 pm
Illustration by Flickr user Colin Dunn. Published under Creative Commons license.
With the passage of three resolutions, the Delaware County Board of Supervisors effectively privatized a large portion of the county's public health functions last night at... Read more
By Lillian Browne on Thursday, Jun. 23, 2011 - 4:46 pm
Louis and Trish Pesout, with grandson Skylar Pesout, in front of a test wind turbine on their property in Franklin. Photo by Lillian Browne.
Wind power is coming to Franklin. A Houston-based energy company, Horizon Wind Energy, has erected two wind test... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 23, 2011 - 9:33 am
At least three, in the Sullivan County village of Woodridge, which just celebrated the opening of its new $11 million wastewater treatment plant last Friday by cutting a ceremonial roll of toilet paper.
The Sullivan County Democrat reports that it was a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 23, 2011 - 9:21 am
It's one of those days where you don't know what the big story is going to be.
There's a flash flood warning on for Ulster, Greene and Schoharie counties today, according to NY-Alert, so maybe the big news will be flooding:
...Flash Flood Watch Remains... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2011 - 1:44 pm
Photo of a fawn crossing a road in Delaware County last week by Jeremy Carden. Used with permission.
Last week, New York State's Department of Environmental Conservation released a draft of its new Deer Management plan, a new set of hunting guidelines for... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2011 - 1:30 pm
Above: A video about the New Paltz shooting on June 21, 2001. Produced by students in the Spring 2011 Feature Writing journalism class at SUNY New Paltz.
Ten years ago yesterday, 25-year-old Jared Bozydaj opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle on police... Read more
By wateradmin on Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2011 - 11:53 am
Above: "Sidebar Converation: Carl Welden." An interview with Carl Welden. Filmed and produced by Brandon Quinn. Interview by Sandra Hamlett.
The Flash of a Muzzle
The sequence of events on the morning of June 22, 2001 are as clear as they were almost 10... Read more
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