Margaretville
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012 - 10:43 am
Today is August 28, the one-year anniversary of Tropical Storm Irene's arrival in the Catskills. To commemorate the anniversary of the flooding, we are publishing the Faces of the Flood Portrait Project, which tells stories of the flood through cinematic... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 - 12:01 pm
Dear Editor;
My name is James Blake and I am on the ballot for the Thursday, September 13 Republican Primary. I am a strict Constitutional Conservative, what I am not is a champion politician. I am a champion for the children.
It is simple; if our... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 - 10:39 am
"The Catskills: Always In Season."
Get ready to see it on bumper stickers, billboards, ad campaigns, and anything else a bunch of marketers can think of. That's the slogan that got Arkville's Jenn Nolan $1,500 from the Catskill Park Resource Foundation on... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 - 8:42 am
I was onhand at the Central Catskills Great Outdoor Experience Festival in Margaretville yesterday, which organizers estimate attracted about 1,000 people. There were climbing walls, canoeing, balloon animals, and a pet pig in attendance. Some photos to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012 - 2:00 pm
Above: A photo by Diana Misner Watters, submitted to our Catskills Great Outdoor Experience photo contest. To see all the entrants, click here. The winner will be revealed at the festival on Saturday.
It's finally here: the Central Catskills Great... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012 - 12:23 pm
Through this Saturday, August 18, the Delaware County Fair in Walton is going strong with rides, horse and livestock shows, bull riding, country music, and demolition derby.
Reader Ann Roberti visited the fair earlier in the week, and sent us some photos... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012 - 3:16 pm
Above: Vandals broke into Margaretville Cemetery on Monday night and damaged a dozen headstones. Photo courtesy of Diane Galusha.
On Monday night, Margaretville Village Cemetery was struck by vandals who toppled over headstones and permanently damaged... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012 - 12:39 pm
This week's must-read story for upstate New York: An editorial by Times Union columnist Fred LeBrun, titled "End of the anti-frack world is near." In it, LeBrun claims that a gubernatorial plan to greenlight hydraulic fracturing by the time the leaves... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012 - 11:32 am
Above: “The Huckleberry Brook Dancing Bear,” by David Barry, winner of the 2011 Watershed Post’s “Best-Kept Secret in the Catskills” photo contest. Submit your photo to the 2012 "Great Outdoors Experience" photo contest and win a dinner at Peekamoose.
To... Read more
By Amiebh on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 - 1:01 pm
The Open Eye Theater
960 Main Street, PO Box 959, Margaretville, NY 12455
A Collage of Short Plays is The Open Eye August Production
Twelve short plays with titles including The Roxbury Boys; Curse the Darkness; The Guest List; The Last Customer; Lend Me... Read more
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