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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 - 5:52 pm
Shandaken police report that two Woodstock residents -- 43-year-old Kenneth S. Mohler, and 40-year-old Anna E. Malmude -- were arrested today on charges related to a burglary at a Woodland Valley house. There is an ongoing investigation into the incident... 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 Julia Reischel on Friday, Jun. 17, 2011 - 8:48 am
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office is reporting that its deputies arrested two men in Port Ewen early this morning for making "loud and unreasonable" noise and then breaking and attempting to steal a decorative tugboat.
Robert Wiltshire and Mark Stanzione... 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
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 16, 2011 - 3:14 pm
Pete Seeger singing at Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival in 2008. Photo by Jim Capaldi, via Flickr.
Clear the decks, folk music fans -- this weekend is Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival, the granddaddy of New York folk music festivals. This... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 16, 2011 - 3:11 pm
Photo of the Phoenicia Pharmacy by Flickr user Lori_NY. Published under Creative Commons license.
In today's NY Post: An homage to Phoenicia, celebrating the little Shandaken hamlet's "frontier feel" and "rough edges" while giving a nod to the growing... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 16, 2011 - 12:46 pm
Around 11:15am this morning, firefighters and firetrucks descended on the town of Andes in response to a report of smoke and electrical smells in the basement of 85 Main Street, which houses Apple Tree Realty and Woody's County Kitchen. No fire or smoke... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Jun. 16, 2011 - 11:56 am
The latest from the Watershed Post's mailbag. For more Letters to the Editor, click here.
To The Editor,
A majority of Delaware County Supervisors have stated that they are in favor of Fracking for Natural Gas. In my local area, these include the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 16, 2011 - 9:40 am
Arcadia Aviation, a NYC-based company hired by Sullivan County to operate the Sullivan County International Airport in Bethel, has shut down abruptly, leaving $10,000 in unpaid lease fees and $25 million in broken promises in its wake. The Times Herald-... Read more
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