Julia Reischel
Articles
Aug. 4, 2010
NPR had a great story about Cobleskill's how-to-be-a-butcher "meat lab" yesterday, in which it asked several of the participants why they forked over $3000 to slice flesh for a month. The answers are awesome:
Fred Beckman, who's worked in Manhattan's... Read more
Aug. 4, 2010
When the Delaware County village of Andes voted to dissolve itself in 2002, it was the only village in the state of New York to abolish itself in years.
But nowadays, thanks to high taxes and a new law (dubbed the Empowerment Act by Attorney General... Read more
Aug. 4, 2010
Adam Bosch at the Times Herald-Record had a terrifying story on Saturday about the newfound emerald ash borer infestation in the Catskills. Apparently, things are far, far worse that we originally thought:
"My best guess is that there are thousands of... Read more
Aug. 4, 2010
The New York state Senate had a few surprises up its sleeve last night, and for once, they weren't about Pedro Espada.
Not only did the senators finally pass the long overdue state budget, they then quickly debated and passed Senate Bill 8129B, which... Read more
Aug. 3, 2010
The Albany press corps has just witnessed official proof that the NY Senate's atrocious antics are registering on a cosmic level. Rick Karlin of the Capitol Confidential blog describes how an Act of God interrupted the state legislature's budget... Read more
Aug. 3, 2010
New York state Senate majority leader Pedro Espada might have topped himself. After declaring yesterday that he would boycott today's special Senate session on the long-overdue state budget, he's reportedly heading to Albany right now, and bringing his... Read more
Aug. 3, 2010
Rte. 17 was covered with dead chickens early this morning. Via the Times Herald-Record.
Aug. 3, 2010
On Sunday, a human skeleton was found in the woods in the town of Thompson, near Monticello, the Times Herald-Record reports today. Disturbingly, this is the second human skeleton found in the area this year:
It was the second human skeleton discovered... Read more
Aug. 2, 2010
Supposedly, Sullivan Co. was supposed to launch a new, one-stop-shopping website for all of the minutes of meetings held by county and county-funded organizations yesterday. But I can't find any sign of one. Anyone else know if that site ever went live?
Aug. 2, 2010
A woman stranded in the middle of Morningside Lake yesterday in Fallsburg was in the middle of being rescued by a park staffer when both were struck by lighting. Both are reportedly in critical condition -- according to the Times Herald-Record,... Read more
Aug. 1, 2010
According to a press release issued on July 20, Sullivan County is launching a special website today that will publish the minutes of county meetings. In the statement, County Manager David P. Fanslau says that the move is designed as a service for... Read more
Jul. 30, 2010
A blue-ribbon draft horse at the Schoharie County Sunshine Fair.
Wondering what to do this weekend in the Catskills? Here our are picks:
Schoharie County Sunshine Fair
Schoharie County's annual fair doesn't fool around. It starts today with harness... Read more
Jul. 29, 2010
Daily Freeman reporter Jay Braman Jr. writes that the dream of making Route. 28 through Delaware and Ulster counties into a revenue-generating scenic byway might be dying. The idea, championed by a group called the Central Catskills Collaborative,... Read more
Jul. 28, 2010
It's turning into an awful week for teen drivers in the Catskills.
First, there was the fatal ATV accident on in Palenville on Monday that killed 15-year-old Michael White and 17-year-old Jennifer O'Brien.
Then yesterday, 17-year-old Natalia Gorgen was... Read more
Jul. 25, 2010
Michael Koegel, who launched the new Phoenicia eatery "Mama's Boy" over Memorial Day, got an ecstatic review in the Daily Freeman this week. But one thing he said sparked a retort in the comments section:
I wish Mr. Koegel great success, but to say there... Read more
Jul. 25, 2010
David Knudsen, who chronicles the Sullivan County real estate market on his blog, has a provocative proposal for Sullivan County. Instead of striving to fulfill the second home dreams of the "arugula and goat cheese set," he writes, Sulllivan County... Read more
Jul. 23, 2010
On Tuesday, Linda Borghi's feud with her Shawangunk neighbors over her Walker Valley biodynamic farm intensified when Ulster County legislators declined to grant her an agricultural exemption to the local zoning laws.
Pointing out that two other farms... Read more
Jul. 23, 2010
...and it's quashed pretty fast. But it generated this lovely little haiku of a newspaper story:
Two out-of-state women were cited for disorderly conduct mid-day Thursday after they staged a protest about President Barack Obama on post office property... Read more
Jul. 23, 2010
Yesterday, a five-judge panel of the state's intermediate appeals court handed a victory to the New York City Department of Environmental Protection in a fight with a Windham landowner over watershed development regulations.
According to the decision,... Read more
Jul. 23, 2010
Two press releases were released by the Delaware County Sheriff's Office this morning about underage "sexual misconduct" in Walton.
The details are scant, but it looks like two teenage boys, and 16-year-old and a 17-year-old, have been arrested and... Read more