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By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 3, 2012 - 11:24 am
Above: Photo from the Stamford Auto Show on July 1. Taken by Flickr user mountain_man_ny_2; shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group pool.
On Sunday, the Stamford Rotary Club held its 34th annual Auto Show at 159 West Main Street. David, a local... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 3, 2012 - 9:56 am
Dylan Smith, a 14-year-old from South Fallsburg, drowned in a pond near the Neversink River on Monday afternoon. The Times Herald-Record reports:
Fallsburg Police say Dylan Smith was swimming in a small, man-made pond fed by a spring near Route 42.... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Monday, Jul. 2, 2012 - 1:16 pm
Above: Eagles aren't fans of fireworks and subjecting them to fireworks comes with a heavy fine. Photo by Flickr user Gerry Balding, used under Creative Commons license.
The Sullivan County hamlet of Narrowsburg has canceled its July 4th fireworks, due to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 2, 2012 - 10:54 am
Civil war reenactors from far and wide descended on the Delaware County town of Sidney over the weekend for three days of living history.
Local filmmaker Jess Vecchione was on hand on June 30 at the Greater Maywood Rural Community Services Center, on the... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Friday, Jun. 29, 2012 - 5:53 pm
Above: CONGRATULATIONS, MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS! Photo by Flickr user Catskills Photography in the Watershed Post Flickr pool. Want to see your photo on Around the Blogshed? Join the pool and your photo could be selected.
Got any favorite swimming... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jun. 29, 2012 - 3:25 pm
Bill LoneckeRetired history teacherMaplecrest, Greene County
Bill Lonecke with his wife, Barbara (left), and daughter, Cindy (right), standing where their house used to be. It was washed away by the Batavia Kill, which is 50 yards away to the right.... Read more
By Jason Dole on Friday, Jun. 29, 2012 - 11:38 am
Above: A YouTube video diary documenting the recording of Reliquary, a soon-to-be-released album by Martin Rivas.
Singer/songwriter Martin Rivas is a Brooklyn native, but he’s also got some roots up in the mountains. When Schoharie County, Rivas’s home... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 28, 2012 - 5:48 pm
Background: On Monday, June 25, the Hurley town board voted to withdraw from the Catskill Scenic Byway project. The project, a collaborative effort between the towns of Hurley, Olive, Shandaken, Middletown and Andes, as well as the villages of... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Thursday, Jun. 28, 2012 - 4:52 pm
Two Saugerties residents were convicted by a jury in federal court today on charges stemming from a mortgage fraud scheme, according to a press release from the FBI.
Thomas Komasa, 47 and Heidi Komasa, 39, were both convicted by a jury in United States... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 28, 2012 - 3:04 pm
Above: Video news clip from the Times Herald-Record of Andrew Porter's $5 million lottery win on Wednesday, June 27.
On Wednesday, 50-year-old Andrew Porter, a plumber and father of seven from Loch Sheldrake, got a very large check from the New York... Read more
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