Julia Reischel
Articles
Feb. 5, 2014
Above: Better put on those snow boots. Photo by Julia Reischel. Send your Catskills snow day photos to julia.reischel@watershedpost.com, share them on our Facebook page, or upload them to our Flickr pool. We'll share 'em.
Between 8 and 10 inches of snow... Read more
Feb. 5, 2014
All roads in Delaware County are closed today, according to a an order issued by Delaware County Sheriff Tom Mills via email at 6:25am:
By Order of Delaware County Sheriff Tom Mills - All roads in Delaware County are officially closed due to current and... Read more
Feb. 5, 2014
Update, 2:50 p.m.: I-84 in New York State was reopened shortly after 2 p.m., the Governor's office announced.
Governor Andrew Cuomo has banned vehicles from travelling on I-84 in New York State because of heavy snowfall. Any vehicles on the highway will... Read more
Feb. 4, 2014
The plan to heat the village of Fleischmanns with a communal wood boiler will live or die on community buy-in, according to Jim Waters, the director of the Catskill Forest Association (CFA), which is spearheading the proposed project.
Waters gave a... Read more
Feb. 3, 2014
Several fire companies battled a major structure fire Monday morning at a home on 4 Franklin Street in Delhi, just off the village's Main Street. Photo by Cathy Roloson and used with permission. (Thanks everyone for helping us track down the photographer... Read more
Jan. 30, 2014
Above: Jim Waters, the executive director of the Catskill Forest Association. Photo courtesy of the Catskill Forest Association.
Does it make sense to heat the village of Fleischmanns with wood? Hear what the experts think at a public forum this Saturday... Read more
Jan. 28, 2014
Above: Just-harvested ice at the Hanford Mills Museum. Photo posted on January 21 at the Hanford Mills Museum Facebook page.
The deep freeze of the past few weeks has been good for something: Liz Callahan, the executive director of the Hanford Mills... Read more
Jan. 27, 2014
Left: Julio A. Romano-Baez. Photo courtsey of New York State Police.
Early Sunday morning, 33-year-old Julio A. Romano-Baez was clocked driving 113 miles per hour with his headlights out on the New York State Thruway in Ulster County, according to a... Read more
Jan. 24, 2014
Above: Screenshot of the U.S. News & World Report online education website, featuring SUNY Delhi as tied for First Place.
What do you do when you're the only college for miles in the middle of rural upstate New York? Invest in online-only courses. ... Read more
Jan. 23, 2014
Above: John Burroughs and Henry Ford pose for the cameras behind the wheel in 1913. Photo via the Research Library of the American Museum of Natural History's blog.
File under "opposites attract": The Catskills' most eminent nature writer, John Burroughs... Read more
Jan. 22, 2014
Meteorologist Mitch Gilt of the National Weather Service measures snowfall in Binghamton after a recent storm. Photo from NWS Binghamton's Facebook page.
After three major storms in three years, New Yorkers are investing heavily in high-tech weather... Read more
Jan. 8, 2014
Above: A tour group at the Torah Animal World site in Brooklyn. Via the Torah Animal World website.
Brooklyn-based Torah Animal World, a taxidermy "zoo" featuring animals that appear in the Old Testament, is leaving its home in a Borough Park townhouse... Read more
Jan. 8, 2014
Above: "This is a life expectancy, folks," says John Parete, the new chairman of the Ulster County Legislature, holding up a tailor's tape measure. "Well, on the average, that's what I got left. And I'm not going to spend one minute anymore on partisan... Read more
Dec. 30, 2013
The view from Overlook Mountain in Woodstock on a snowy day. Photo by Victor Troiano, submitted to our 2013 Catskills Outdoor Guide Photo Contest earlier this year. (To see all the entries and winners, click here.) Happy New Year!
Dec. 27, 2013
John (aka Catskills Photography) got eye-to-eye with a Blue Jay snacking at a feeder on Monday, December 22. He shared the photo in our Watershed Post Flickr pool. Happy holidays!
Dec. 20, 2013
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Dec. 18, 2013
The Watershed Post is launching a pilot advertising partnership with MyVeronaNJ.com, an independent news website in the New York City suburb of Verona, New Jersey.
Participating advertisers will have their ads appear in both publications, reaching a... Read more
Dec. 18, 2013
Promote your events with an ad on the Watershed Post. Event display ads start at $75 for 10 days, include free ad design, and get priority placement at the top of our site. Contact Lissa Harris to reserve your slot. 845-481-0155 or lissa.harris@... Read more
Dec. 16, 2013
Bob Ackershoek on the air at WIOX 91.3FM in 2010, when the radio station launched. Photo by Julia Reischel.
Bob Ackershoek, the host of the long-running "This is the Rock" radio show on WIOX 91.3FM and the co-owner of Cassie's Cafe in Roxbury, died on... Read more