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By Andrea Girolamo on Friday, May. 18, 2012 - 6:26 pm
Above: Cycling on some Catskills roads. Photo via the Catskill Mountain Cycling Club Facebook page.
Cyclists who ride the Catskills know this is a perfect place to get on the bike for a quick 20-miler. And what better time to do it than this Memorial Day... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, May. 16, 2012 - 2:46 pm
A 41-year-old man was arrested by the New York State Police in Roscoe yesterday after he allegedly crashed his car, broke into a house, and fell off a roof.
According to a State Police press release, David Teipelke was under the influence of drugs when he... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 15, 2012 - 9:57 am
A reminder: New Yorkers go to the polls today to vote for school budgets and board members. To find your local polling place, check your school district's website.
Problems at the polls? Let us know at editor@watershedpost.com.
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 14, 2012 - 10:27 am
The notice from Fraley Auction Company, announcing the Friday, May 11 auction of Callicoon dairy farmer Ken Peters's herd, is short and businesslike. But any farmer knows what a devastating tale lies behind this curt announcement:
100 milking, 35 dry, (65... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 10, 2012 - 11:33 am
Above: A Google map of New York State post offices that will have reduced hours under the new plan. Click on a red dot to get information about a post office's current hours and their planned reduced daily hours. Use the controls on the left to zoom in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, May. 7, 2012 - 4:23 pm
In the Catskills this year, Memorial Day is going to be epic.
For the first time in history, four of the six west-of-Hudson New York City reservoirs will be open to boating and paddling for the masses. A new bike event will bring the spirit of the Tour de... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, May. 4, 2012 - 10:45 am
Above: A comparison of last year's "supermoon," on March 19, 2011, with a more average full moon from December 20, 2010. File from Wikimedia Commons.
Cross your fingers for clear skies this Saturday night, when a phenomenon called a "supermoon" should... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Friday, May. 4, 2012 - 10:42 am
Above: A short, fun look at Foodstock 2010 on Youtube.
Tomorrow is supposed to be a beautiful day in the southern Catskills, so perhaps you'll wake up thinking to treat yourself to some cheese. But, wait! Cheese makes you think of wine, so you'll... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 3, 2012 - 11:11 am
Catskills Photography took this photo of a female (or possibly a juvenile) common merganser on the Neversink River over the weekend.
This sleek-billed creature is a duck, though it does all sorts of un-duck-like things. The merganser eats fish, makes its... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Apr. 30, 2012 - 6:58 pm
The rolling landscape of upstate New York is a little more lush than the dry West Asian desert Camelus dromedarius is native to, but these guys don't seem to mind. Catskills Photography took this shot of camels grazing on emerald-green new spring grass in... Read more
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