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By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 4, 2013 - 4:23 pm
For the second time in a year, the Walton Central School District has been besieged with virulent Facebook threats made against children.
On Monday evening, a message was posted on a local Facebook group threatening to shoot elementary school children in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 4, 2013 - 2:53 pm
Voters in Schoharie County's Middleburgh Central School District voted down this year's proposed $20,277,789 budget on May 21 by just 25 votes: 374 for to 399 against.
Now, with a second budget vote looming on June 18, the district has proposed a new... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 3, 2013 - 4:23 pm
Dawn on the Ashokan Reservoir: A perfect time to be alone with just a rowboat, a fishing pole and the sound of the mountains waking up for company. Photographer Tim Cox snapped this photo on the morning of Saturday, June 1; shared in the Watershed Post's... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 3, 2013 - 12:36 pm
The treasurer of the Greene County Volunteer Firemen's Association (GCVMA) is accused of stealing money from the organization and covering up the theft by falsifying records.
On Friday, May 31, New York State Police at Catskill arrested 52-year-old Mitzi... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 3, 2013 - 9:46 am
A 55-year-old Port Ewen man who decided to take his Jeep off-roading in the town of Ulster on Sunday slid off the trail, and had to be rescued by state police and local fire companies.
According to a statement from state troopers, the man, who police did... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 31, 2013 - 5:16 pm
Above: A trailer for Knuckle Jack, an independent film shot in and around Roscoe by local filmmakers Toby Poser and John Adams.
This weekend, film buffs will get a rare chance to see Roscoe on the big screen, as Knuckle Jack -- a film shot in and around... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 31, 2013 - 2:05 pm
Photo from the Friends of the Kaaterskill Rail Trail's Facebook page.
The Greene County mountaintop region will be celebrating National Trails Day in style this year: With the opening of a new rail trail through the heart of the Catskills' grand old hotel... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 31, 2013 - 10:22 am
Thanks to luck and training, a young Greenville pilot walked away from a plane crash in Wawarsing with only minor injuries on Thursday afternoon.
According to a New York State Police news release, 23-year-old Kimberly Striefler, the plane's sole occupant... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 30, 2013 - 4:06 pm
Lightning from a thunderstorm on Wednesday, May 29, taken between Grand Gorge and Stamford. Photo by Michelle Ogborn; shared on the Watershed Post's Facebook page.
A fierce rainstorm that swept through upstate New York on Wednesday night caused flash... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 29, 2013 - 1:01 pm
Ulster County sheriff Paul Van Blarcum is recovering in Kingston Hospital after a bizarre accident on Monday afternoon, in which a car veered off the road, crashed into Van Blarcum's parked truck, and shoved the truck onto the sheriff.
The accident... Read more
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