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By wateradmin on Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2011 - 11:46 am
Three months after her son, Jared Bozydaj, was incarcerated for attempted murder, Deborah Bozydaj was diagnosed with breast cancer. As she struggled to make time to visit her son while undergoing chemotherapy, Deborah Bozydaj realized she needed help... Read more
By Kathy Kim on Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2011 - 11:39 am
Above: "Second Draft of History: The Shooting in New Paltz ... 10 Years Later." An interview with officers Jeffrey Quiepo and Stuart McKenzie. Filmed and producd by Andres Bodon.
It has already been 10 years since Jared T. Bozydaj paraded through Main... Read more
By wateradmin on Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2011 - 11:26 am
In the 10 years since a gunman roamed the streets of New Paltz, shooting at cops, the New Paltz Police department has beefed up its weaponry and updated its strategies for handling what officers call an “active shooter situation.”
The New Paltz Town... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2011 - 10:10 am
In today's Daily Freeman: Ulster County will be passing on $1.3 million in state welfare funding to its towns, who had to shoulder extra Safety Net costs this year:
Legislators voted unanimously to use additional state funding the county will receive for... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2011 - 6:02 am
Radar image at 6am, June 22.
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for Ulster, Sullivan and Greene counties, thanks to a set of thunderstorms that are expected to pass over the southern Catskills later today and tonight. (See the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jun. 21, 2011 - 2:21 pm
Fisher-Price farming set. Photo by J.E. Theriot, via Flickr.
David Knudsen, the Sullivan County real estate broker who blogs at Sullivan County Real Estate CBA Blog, has noticed a new trend in the requests from his clients who are looking to by land... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jun. 21, 2011 - 11:28 am
Dora Fowler: Photo via website of New York TeacherYesterday, the New York State Senate's Finance Committee adopted a resolution honoring a remarkable lady, Dora Fowler, who held the title of New York state's oldest teacher until her retirement from... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jun. 21, 2011 - 9:57 am
Excerpt of a map showing life expectancy for women in rural counties in America. Counties in yellow are seeing female life expectancy dropping. Source: Daily Yonder.
Sometimes, living in a rural place like Delaware County is like living in a Third World... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 20, 2011 - 5:46 pm
Photo of swarming bees by Flickr user Francis Chung. Published under Creative Commons license.
Hats off to Daily Mail reporter Hilary Hawke, who had a ripping yarn in last Wednesday's paper about a swarm of more than 10,000 bees that moved into the walls... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jun. 20, 2011 - 10:51 am
Ten antique wagon wheels have been stolen in the town of Franklin, according to a press release from the Delaware County Sheriff's Office. Apparently, the wheels -- 1 white, 9 unpainted, all old -- were stolen sometime last week from a property on County... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jun. 20, 2011 - 9:53 am
Photographer and Flickr user Michael O'Donnell snapped this shot of distant mountains and unearthly lighting in the Mohonk Preserve a week ago. Photo used with permission.
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jun. 20, 2011 - 9:22 am
The current legislative session is wrapping up in Albany this week, and the fate of four anti-hydraulic-fracturing bills is up in the air.
Three bills, including a year-long moratorium on fracking, may quietly die as higher-profile legislation,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Jun. 19, 2011 - 10:34 am
Ellen Verni has been writing "Home Cookin'," her column of Catskills recipes and rumination, for 24 years. She is sharing some of her archived columns with the Watershed Post. The column below first ran on Fathers' Day in 2001. (The above illustration,... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, Jun. 19, 2011 - 8:33 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday.
This week, Gary handed the reins to his 12-year-old daughter Ava, who created the gorgeous ode to Dads you see above. A little about Ava: She attends Delaware Academy in Delhi, and draws, dances... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Jun. 18, 2011 - 10:10 pm
You never know who's going to show up at Jay and Molly's house.
Last Sunday, we were lucky to catch the second-ever performance of the Silver Hollers, at the Ashokan Center in Olivebridge, and we took some video at the show.
The Silver Hollers, who only... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Jun. 18, 2011 - 11:26 am
The Daily Mail is reporting that 12 Greene County employees got a nasty surprise yesterday when county officials abruptly announced that they would be laid off to save $1.3 million. The cuts come after unsuccessful attempts to negotiate with county unions... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 17, 2011 - 6:07 pm
At 3:34pm, the National Weather Service in Albany issued a flood advisory for an area that includes parts of Greene and Ulster Counties, including the city of Catskill, until 9:30pm:
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 332 PM EDT SCATTERED SLOW MOVING HEAVY SHOWERS... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 17, 2011 - 12:19 pm
Photo of pianist Rafal Lewandowski performing Chopin at a Friends of Music concert at the Cyr Center in Stamford, May 15, 2011. By Kevin Wilson; reproduced with permission.
This weekend, the spirit of Tanglewood descends on Stamford, with an outdoor... Read more
By Matthew Perry on Friday, Jun. 17, 2011 - 10:37 am
The Daily Freeman reports that the town boards of Esopus and Saugerties each voted unanimously to keep the Golden Hill Health Care Center, a Kingston nursing home under Ulster County ownership and control. These were the latest salvos fired in a debate... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 16, 2011 - 3:29 pm
The boards of the Otsego County towns of Springfield and Middlefield both voted this week to ban gas drilling and heavy industry within town borders. From today's Daily Star:
The Springfield Town Board unanimously adopted a local law Monday night that... Read more
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