Ulster County
By Andrew Wyrich on Monday, Sep. 24, 2012 - 11:03 am
Paul Fero winds up for a throw at the 2012 Rock In River Festival in Franklin, PA on August 24. Photo by Michael Henderson; reproduced by permission.
How many times can you skip a rock?
Chances are, not as many times as Paul Fero.
Fero, an Oliverea... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Sep. 23, 2012 - 11:37 pm
A Hudson Valley-wide measles alert was announced over the weekend after a child at the private Mountain Laurel Waldorf School in New Paltz was confirmed to have a case of the measles, the Times Herald-Record reports.
A press release issued by the New York... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Sep. 21, 2012 - 3:35 pm
Above: Rocco's owner Erik Risher in front of the restaurant in May, shortly after Rocco's opened its doors. Photo by Julia Reischel. For more photos of Rocco's, see our Flickr album.
Rocco's Speakeasy, a steakhouse and bar on Route 28 in Shandaken, has... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Sep. 20, 2012 - 4:01 pm
Feet and creeks: They were meant to be together. Photo taken in Jefferson by Flickr user MccWolf; shared in the Watershed Post Flickr group pool.
Calling all creek geeks: This is your week!
Creeks in the Catskills are a force to be reckoned with: They... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Thursday, Sep. 20, 2012 - 2:26 pm
The Hudson Valley Harvest Festival is new this year but seems destined to become a perennial, with bushels of star quality, uh, cropping up among performers, vendors and sponsors alike. Combining a couple of centuries of expertise, some of Ulster County's... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Sep. 19, 2012 - 10:21 am
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Town of Shandaken officials tell us that Oliverea Road is closed above the intersection with Deer Lane. The Onteora School District announced this morning that they were unable to pick up students from over a dozen families affected by the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Sep. 18, 2012 - 10:30 pm
Franz Edlinger captured this brief clip of water surging under the Main Street Bridge in Phoenicia around 8:45 today. Posted on Facebook.
Earlier: State of emergency declared in Shandaken.
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Sep. 18, 2012 - 8:43 pm
High winds are taking out power lines across upstate New York tonight, leaving tens of thousands of people without power.
As of this post, Central Hudson is reporting that 29,961 of its upstate New York customers have power outages. NYSEG has 22,056... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Sep. 18, 2012 - 8:26 pm
The Ulster County town of Shandaken declared a state of emergency due to flash flooding around 8pm. The following roads are closed:
Oliverea:
Oliverea Road/Ulster Co. Rt. 47
McKinley Hollow Road
Burnham Hollow Road
Eagle Mtn. Road
Deer Lane
Phoenicia... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Sep. 18, 2012 - 6:26 pm
Heavy rainfall across the region today has streams and creeks rising, and a few spots are predicted to flood later this evening.
The Beaverkill near Cooks Falls is predicted to reach minor flood stage later tonight. The river should crest at 11.5 feet... Read more
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