fires
By Timothy Knight on Tuesday, Jul. 12, 2016 - 3:59 pm
Above: A screenshot from an Albany News 10 report about the suspicious fires in Summit.
A multi-agency investigation is underway following a string of suspicious car fires in the Schoharie County town of Summit.
Schoharie County Fire Coordinator Matt... Read more
By Joanne Callahan on Monday, Aug. 31, 2015 - 6:31 pm
Do You Fantasize About Wearing a Raccoon Hat? Well listen up Davy Crocket there's a 6 acre parcel in Delhi NY waiting for you to blaze her trail! Totally wooded & secretly stashed this enchanted forest will mesmerize your senses drawing out the wild... Read more
By Joanne Callahan on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015 - 4:18 pm
If you are looking for complete seclusion then you've come to the right property. Perhaps you are the meditative type, well, not a sound to be heard on this beyond private parcel. A challenge to find? Good things never come easy, so toughen up, put on... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Feb. 20, 2015 - 2:31 pm
A Mount Tremper resident's garage caught fire on Friday morning, in a two-alarm blaze that drew upwards of 50 firefighters from several local volunteer fire departments to the scene.
The garage fire, near a home at 5283 Route 28, was reported at 9:39 a.m... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015 - 3:26 pm
Above: Only a foundation remained after a fire destroyed a Delhi home on Friday, Feb. 6. Photo by Lissa Harris.
A 51-year-old woman was found dead in the charred remains of her home on Maggie Hoag Road in Delhi on Friday, Feb. 6, according to a press... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 19, 2014 - 8:32 pm
@watershedpost a closer shot of the building. Roof still on fire. I was not allowed to get closer. pic.twitter.com/maWb6wF42a
— Lucas Fox (@JPSXeserox) May 19, 2014
Above: A photo of a blaze on Main Street in Catskill, tweeted by a Watershed Post reader... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 - 3:18 pm
For the third time this year, the Daily Mail reports, a suspicious fire has destroyed a house in Prattsville. The house belonged to Jim Rion, and was in the process of being rebuilt after sustaining significant damage in the Irene floods.
Officials... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 16, 2012 - 10:00 am
A little rain over the weekend was welcome, after a summer that's been unusually dry so far. But upstate New York is still pretty parched, raising the risk of wildfires, causing normally gushing streams to run at a trickle, and threatening drinking water... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Thursday, May. 17, 2012 - 12:57 pm
Photo of fire damage to the Matthew 25 Food Pantry in Catskill. Matthew 25 founder Patti Dushane has published several photos of the damage to the food bank's website.
The Daily Mail is reporting today that an electrical fire gutted the Matthew 25 food... Read more
