Sullivan County
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 14, 2013 - 8:38 am
Frost? What frost?
If the blossoms and buds made it through the last night's cold temperatures, they'll come out looking like these apple blossoms, shot by John of Catskills Photography in Monticello on May 5 and submitted to the Watershed Post Flickr... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 13, 2013 - 1:56 pm
Proof that there really are only two seasons in the Catskills -- winter and the Fourth of July. Photo taken at 1:45pm on Monday, May 13 at the Watershed Post's headquarters in New Kingston.
As if the snow falling out of the sky wasn't warning enough:... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, May. 11, 2013 - 11:49 am
On Thursday, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection announced that it would allow boat rental businesses to store rental vessels directly on the banks of the NYC reservoirs. The policy change will make things easier for rental companies... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Friday, May. 10, 2013 - 11:38 am
Above: WJFF video promoting their 4th annual Foodstock Food and Fine Wine Festival.
Food, wine, and song will fill the Tennis Building at the Villa Roma Resort in Callicoon this Saturday as the fourth annual Foodstock Fine Food and Wine Festival brings... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Friday, May. 10, 2013 - 11:30 am
Above: Who says moms always have to be nice? The Kindred Spirits Steakhouse and Pub in Palenville is serving up a Naughty Mother’s Day Brunch featuring ribald songstress Lex Grey from 11am to 4pm on Sunday, May 12.
Whether it's affection or guilt that... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 6, 2013 - 8:14 am
A body was pulled from the Delaware River on Saturday afternoon, the Times Herald-Record reports.
Around 3pm, the paper reports, state police and local officials responded to a call of a body floating in the water, and recovered the body from the river... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 3, 2013 - 10:34 am
Coming soon to a whiskey near you: Mash from Ommegang's Hennepin ale. Photo from the Ommegang website.
The up-and-coming Catskill Distilling Company in Bethel has struck a deal with Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown to make Catskill whiskey with Ommegang... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 2, 2013 - 11:41 am
Two upstate New York towns that faced lawsuits over their gas drilling bans have won in appeals court, delivering a major victory to proponents of town "home rule."
The towns of Dryden and Middlefield faced separate lawsuits seeking to overturn their... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Wednesday, May. 1, 2013 - 11:41 am
Ramps! Photo by Shira Golding; published under Creative Commons license.
It's that time of year again: Those glorious few weeks of spring when the food world goes mad for ramps. While New York diners must hunt down the savory little onions in gastropubs... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 1, 2013 - 9:42 am
Above: "Fiddleheads", May 8, 2012, at Frost Valley YMCA, by Robin White. Just one of the 60-odd photos submitted to our photo contest.
Wow, you Catskills folks take a lot of photos.
Submissions from across the Catskills poured in last night to our 2013... Read more
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