Julia Reischel
Articles
Aug. 12, 2013
View Larger MapAbove: A map of Bovina Center. A standoff between police and an armed man is ongoing tonight at a house on County Highway 5.
The subject of a manhunt in the Delaware County town of Bovina is surrounded in a house on County Highway 5, also... Read more
Aug. 2, 2013
To commemorate the two-year anniversary of Tropical Storms Irene and Lee, which devastated communities across the Catskills on August 28, 2011, we are collecting your flood stories. To see all the submitted flood stories, click here. To see last year's "... Read more
Aug. 2, 2013
To commemorate the two-year anniversary of Tropical Storms Irene and Lee, which devastated communities across the Catskills on August 28, 2011, we are collecting your flood stories. To see all the submitted flood stories, click here. To see last year's "... Read more
Jul. 31, 2013
Above: Jane Axamethy of the Bake House in Kauneonga Lake gives fresh bread to Spencer Cutler of the neighboring Fat Lady Cafe. Photo by Jason Dole.
Do you run a Catskills restaurant, cafe, bakery, food truck, BBQ joint, or other place to get great local... Read more
Jul. 29, 2013
Above: Lawyersville & Sharon Reformed Church youth Saymia and Brianna ("Chef Bri"). Photo by Jerrine Corallo.
On Friday, July 19th, SALT hosted its inaugural Surf & Turf Dinner at the Schoharie Presbyterian church. The turnout was great with over... Read more
Jul. 22, 2013
Above: Mike Pietrantoni and daughter Payton Pietrantoni next to the alidade map in the Balsam Lake Mountain Fire Tower. Photo via Laurie Rankin, the volunteer coordinator for the fire tower.
This weekend, the volunteers who staff the system of historic... Read more
Jul. 15, 2013
Above: Piles of earth surrounded by hay bales and covered with tarps dot William Hrazanek's Wittenberg Road property in Shandaken on July 11. They are part of the remediation of a chemical spill on his property. Photo by Julia Reischel.
A large chemical... Read more
Jul. 12, 2013
Above and left: Outlaws fail in their attempt to steal a strongbox from the Delaware & Ulster Railroad. (Reenactment outlaws, that is.) Photos from the DURR website.
Like your railroading with a whiff of danger? Desperados from the 19th century... Read more
Jul. 11, 2013
Above: VW Parts, William Hrazanek's junkyard that has sat on the bank of the Bushkill for over 20 years. Photo by Julia Reischel, taken on July 9, 2013.
In a rare show of force, a phalanx of state Department of Environmental Conservation officers raided... Read more
Jul. 3, 2013
The 2013 Catskills Outdoor Guide just won't stay on the shelves. In the month since we published our print guide to all things Catskills outdoors, over 2,500 print copies of the guide have been distributed in New York and New Jersey, and 4,500 people... Read more
Jun. 28, 2013
Above: The Bibliobarn's Linda Wilson with Bookcourt's Zack Zook, June 2013. Photo courtesy of Zack Zook.
Zack Zook, the 28-year-old son of the founders of the Brooklyn-based BookCourt bookstore, wants to build the "ultimate literary destination" in the... Read more
Jun. 26, 2013
Above: 2011 Fireworks in Poughkeepsie. Photo by Flickr user Atomox, posted in the Watershed Post Flickr Pool.
When folks Google "Fireworks" and "Catskills," we pop up. 2,148 people read our online guide to Catskills fireworks last year. Sponsor our 2013... Read more
Jun. 13, 2013
From our shameless self-promotion department: Delaware County Economic Development is sponsoring a series of videos about startup businesses shot by Hamden filmmaker Jessica Vecchione.
Jessica asked us to be one of three web-based businesses (along with... Read more