Sullivan County
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Mar. 12, 2015 - 4:27 pm
Above: A shamrock on the slopes at Plattekill Mountain.
Why do so many turn part Irish in the season of St. Patrick? Perhaps because there is something primal about celebrating the end of winter by slathering swathes of green everywhere. Perhaps because... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2015 - 1:46 pm
Above: New Environmental Police Officers being sworn in to their jobs patrolling New York City’s upstate watershed, which spans a 2,000-square-mile area, much of it in the Catskills. Photo via the New York City Department of Environmental Protection’s... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 9, 2015 - 4:02 pm
Above: A bag of heroin. Photo from a series of photographs shot by WBEZ Chicago Public Radio documenting heroin use.
Heroin addiction is sweeping through the Catskills, taking lives with it. (Here at the Watershed Post, we write more crime stories about... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Mar. 2, 2015 - 5:05 pm
Above: New York State Broadband Program director David Salway, left, talks with Greg Henderson, middle, the owner of the Roxbury Motel, and Angela Liotta, right, the state's Broadband Outreach Director, on Wednesday, Feb. 25. Photo by Julia Reischel.
In... Read more
By Pure Catskills on Monday, Mar. 2, 2015 - 3:33 pm
Join by March 27 to be featured in the 2015- 2016 Pure Catskills Guide. Simply send a $35 payment by mail today: Make checks payable to “WAC” and mail to Watershed Agricultural Council, Attn: Pure Catskills, 44 West Street, Walton, NY 13856 OR pay online... Read more
By Margaretville Health Foundation on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015 - 3:43 pm
By Rusty Plough Farm on Friday, Feb. 20, 2015 - 3:23 pm
We are often asked, "So what do you do in the wintertime?", to which we of course, reply, "What else but eat bonbons all day long?!". All jesting aside, winters on our farm are certainly more physically restful and indoors than the rest of the year. But... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015 - 11:02 am
Above: "Finn Does Not Like Bowling," by Elinor Hills, one of the works being exhibited in the Art.Write.Now.Tour 2014-15. Image used with permission from the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers.
Over 100 teenage artists from around the country will... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015 - 3:26 pm
A neighborly dispute ended with an assault charge in Roscoe yesterday after 23-year-old Roscoe resident Jeremy Davis allegedly attacked his neighbor with a "small piece of lumber," according to the New York State Police.
Left: Jeremy Davis. Image via the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 13, 2015 - 4:09 pm
Above: Wild boars. Via the New York Department of Environmental Conservation.
The owner of a Hancock hunting preserve must destroy his herd of illegal Eurasian boars by March 31 or face a $10,000 fine from the New York State Department of Environmental... Read more
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