Julia Reischel
Articles
Feb. 26, 2015
Above: Image via the Delaware Valley Ridge Riders Facebook page.
Snowmobiles are usually found high on snowy ridges, running single file on a huge network of groomed trails around the Catskills.
But this Saturday in Downsville, the motorized sleds get... Read more
Feb. 26, 2015
Two Delaware County men were found dead on Wednesday, Feb. 25 -- one on his property where he had been cutting a tree for firewood, and the other a few blocks from his home after he was reported missing.
Seventy-year-old Ralph Hunt was attempting to cut... Read more
Feb. 25, 2015
Above: Tuna skewers at Commune Saloon. Photo via the Commune Saloon website.
With Woodstock still reeling from the closure of beloved Mexican restaurant Gypsy Wolf Cantina in December, it’s a good time for the Ulster County town to have something of a... Read more
Feb. 24, 2015
A Delaware County man has serious injuries after his girlfriend stabbed him with a kitchen knife in a home in Hancock on Monday, Feb. 23, police say.
Left: Niki M. Patire. Photo via the New York State Police.
Twenty-seven-year-old Niki M. Patire is... Read more
Feb. 23, 2015
A 33-year-old employee of Windham Mountain Ski Resort was arrested on Friday, Feb. 20 for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from the Greene County ski mountain, according to a New York State Police press release.
Jessica L. Greene, who is listed... Read more
Feb. 23, 2015
Top: The sign for the Hi-Way Drive-In. Photo courtesy of “Enjoy Your Intermission.”
Some Catskills families run farms or general stores; for Roger and Sharon Babcock, the family business is the Hi-Way Drive-In Theatre on Route 9W in the Greene County... Read more
Feb. 20, 2015
This story has been updated with information from fire investigators. See bottom for new info. - Ed.
The Key Bank building on Main Street Phoenicia that burned on Monday, Feb. 16 reignited briefly on Thursday, Feb. 19, prompting firefighters to respond... Read more
Feb. 19, 2015
Above: Firefighters respond to a fire near Phoenicia Thursday, Feb. 19. Photo by Sara Loughlin.
A structure in the Ulster County town of Shandaken is on fire on Thursday, Feb. 19, according to eyewitnesses.
A neighbor down the street reports that a... Read more
Feb. 19, 2015
Above: The portion of Route 28 where a head-on collision occurred on Feb. 18, 2015. Image via Google Street View.
Two cars slammed into each other almost head-on in the Delaware County town of Andes on Wednesday, Feb. 18. Both drivers were injured, and... Read more
Feb. 19, 2015
Stacy Post, the supervisor of the Greene County town of Windham, was indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday, Feb. 19 on 30 counts of felony eavesdropping and official misconduct, according to the Windham Journal's Michael Ryan, who was covering the... Read more
Feb. 19, 2015
Above: "Finn Does Not Like Bowling," by Elinor Hills, one of the works being exhibited in the Art.Write.Now.Tour 2014-15. Image used with permission from the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers.
Over 100 teenage artists from around the country will... Read more
Feb. 19, 2015
Above: Brian Olenych, fresh out of the sauna, is warm enough for anything in Arkville on Saturday, Feb. 14. Photos courtesy of Marcia Olenych.
This February is in the top five of the coldest Februarys on record, according to the National Weather Service... Read more
Feb. 18, 2015
A neighborly dispute ended with an assault charge in Roscoe yesterday after 23-year-old Roscoe resident Jeremy Davis allegedly attacked his neighbor with a "small piece of lumber," according to the New York State Police.
Left: Jeremy Davis. Image via... Read more
Feb. 18, 2015
Above: Cold Spring House in 2008. Photo by Erika Karl via Flickr.
The Tannersville village board has decided to demolish the mouldering ruins of the historic Cold Spring House, a once opulent 200-room wooden hotel that catered to Jewish guests during... Read more
Feb. 13, 2015
Above: Wild boars. Via the New York Department of Environmental Conservation.
The owner of a Hancock hunting preserve must destroy his herd of illegal Eurasian boars by March 31 or face a $10,000 fine from the New York State Department of Environmental... Read more
Feb. 13, 2015
Above: A Save Cooper Lake poster, from SaveCooperLake.org.
Niagara Bottling Company has abandoned its proposal to bottle and sell water from Cooper Lake in the Ulster County town of Woodstock.
The Daily Freeman, which along with the Woodstock Times and... Read more
Feb. 12, 2015
"All sounds are sharper in winter." That quote, attributed to famed 19th-century naturalist John Burroughs, is how arts writer Jennifer Kabat begins her hour-and-a-half-long guided audio walk through the winter landscape of the Catskills.
It's part of a... Read more
Feb. 11, 2015
Top: Ramona Sunderwirth, in red, is standing on the far right.
Ramona Sunderwirth, a part-time Bovina resident and doctor who treated Ebola patients in Sierra Leone last year, is part of a group being honored for fighting the disease by President Barack... Read more
Feb. 11, 2015
Above: A map of multi-use trails at the beginning of the Elm Ridge Trail in the Elm Ridge Wild Forest in Windham in 2011. Photo by Andy Arthur, via Flickr.
Mountain biking, hiking, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing are getting so popular in the Greene... Read more