Julia Reischel
Articles
Nov. 1, 2010
A 24-year-old whose name is being withheld died around noon yesterday on the New York Thruway in the town of Catskill after his motorcycle slammed into a guardrail, State Police report. Here's the full press release:
On October 31, 2010 the New York... Read more
Oct. 30, 2010
Town of Ulster supervisor James Quigley made a tactical error when he decided to call political blogger Jeremy Blaber last weekend. Quigley, who was upset about a post Blaber had written, was furious when he got Blaber's voicemail, and decided to let it... Read more
Oct. 30, 2010
Yesterday, the New York Times ran an analysis of how natural gas is becoming the dominant issue in the election battle between Democratic congressional incumbent Maurice Hinchey and his Republican (and pro-gas-drilling) challenger George Phillips. (The... Read more
Oct. 29, 2010
Image from 2009 campaign contribution report for the Chesapeake Energy Corporation FED-PAC.
New York senator Kirsten Gillibrand has avoided taking a stand on natural gas drilling in upstate New York, a hard line to walk when the issue is playing an... Read more
Oct. 29, 2010
Today, Adam Bosch over at the Times Herald-Record took a look at last-minute contributions to various local candidates running in Tuesday's election. He found that much of the eleventh-hour money is from gas-drilling companies.
The numbers show that... Read more
Oct. 29, 2010
IwanowiczAfter firing Pete Grannis, the former head of the Department of Environmental Conservation, last week, Governor David Paterson has a new man for the job: Peter Iwanowicz. According to a press release issued by the governor's office yesterday,... Read more
Oct. 29, 2010
On Wednesday night on Lucas Turnpike in Accord, Ulster County Sheriff's Office deputies came upon a "suspicious vehicle in an area known for larcenies," according to a press release. When the Sheriff's Office patrol car began to approach the vehicle, it... Read more
Oct. 28, 2010
This week, the Daily Freeman caught up with the still-in-the-works Crossroads Resort development and its backer, Dean Gitter, who told the paper that rumors of the project's demise have been greatly exaggerated:
“It has been a while since we communicated... Read more
Oct. 28, 2010
Looks like strong rural feelings about outdoor wood boilers have got the New York state Department of Environmental Conservation running scared. After issuing new regulations for OWBs last week, the DEC decided to un-issue them.
The regulations were... Read more
Oct. 28, 2010
It was only a matter of time. In fact, our cartoonist Gary Mayer saw it coming.
Oct. 27, 2010
The Golden Notebook in Woodstock. Photo from the bookstore's Facebook page.
After months of fretting that their favorite independent local bookstore would close for good, bibliophiles in Woodstock can rejoice. The Golden Notebook, a venerable local... Read more
Oct. 27, 2010
The state police are reporting an arrest in an unlikely place: a Zen monastery in Sullivan County.
According to the press release, reprinted in full below, a South Korean man named Min Jae Hwang allegedly assaulted a man and a woman on Saturday at the... Read more
Oct. 27, 2010
Round Top Barn on the Shultis family farm in Wittenberg, Ulster County. Below, one man's memories of a childhood in the Catskills, submitted by Watershed Post reader Lawrence J. Caldwell. If you have tales of bygone Catskills to share, send them to us at... Read more
Oct. 26, 2010
Tonight at 7pm in the town hall on Rte. 28, anyone interested in the Delaware County town of Middletown will have a chance to weigh in on its 112-page draft comprehensive plan. The plan attempts to outline how Middletown, which contains the villages of... Read more
Oct. 23, 2010
The Daily Mail has the details:
A 29-year-old Durham man died Wednesday night in an ATV accident on Cunningham Road, state police said Friday.
Earlier: Other recent ATV fatalities in the Catskills.
Oct. 22, 2010
A slew of environmental groups are rallying to side with Pete Grannis, the erstwhile Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, who was fired abruptly last night. The groups expressed their concern by releasing a press... Read more
Oct. 22, 2010
Here in Andes, it snowed -- and stuck, in places -- for hours this morning. That picnic bench above is just outside the Watershed Post HQ, around 9am.
Carol Seitz of the Woodland Valley View reported flurries down in the Phoenicia area this morning, too... Read more
Oct. 21, 2010
GrannisPete Grannis, the head of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, was abruptly shown the door today by Governor David Paterson. Capitol Confidential has the scoop, and it's a doozy, with juicy inter-agency emails and lots of... Read more
Oct. 21, 2010
"My Headlight After a Deer Encounter." Photo by Flickr user joanna8555.
Sometimes, the deer really are out to get you, the Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin reported on Sunday:
Solon "Stevie" Tsangaras was driving back from a music gig near the hamlet... Read more