Julia Reischel
Articles
Jul. 6, 2012
Captain Brian HandyWest-of-Hudson Patrol DivisionPolice DepartmentBureau of Police and SecurityDepartment of Environmental ProtectionGilboa, Schoharie County
Brian Handy and his DEP vehicle parked upstream of the Gilboa Dam off State Route 990V, where... Read more
Jul. 2, 2012
Photo by mountain_man_ny_2 via the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
It's here -- that big holiday week right in the middle of summer. We've put together a guide to the best Fourth of July festivities the Catskills has to offer: carnivals, parades, frog-... Read more
Jul. 2, 2012
Kerry Henderson, one of the organizers of the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice, emailed us yesterday to let us know that Main Street Phoenicia is now lined with banners designed by Harvey Konigsberg and a bunch of local schoolkids. He sent... Read more
Jun. 29, 2012
Barbara, Bill and Cindy Lonecke on the site where their home in Maplecrest used to stand. Photo by Christopher Auger-Dominguez.
Today the Watershed Post is launching our Faces of the Flood Project, a collaborative effort to tell the untold stories of... Read more
Jun. 29, 2012
Bill LoneckeRetired history teacherMaplecrest, Greene County
Bill Lonecke with his wife, Barbara (left), and daughter, Cindy (right), standing where their house used to be. It was washed away by the Batavia Kill, which is 50 yards away to the right.... Read more
Jun. 28, 2012
Photo of a small tugboat and an oil spill surrounded by yellow booms on the Pepacton Reservoir. Taken on Tuesday, May 15 from Route 30, near the pump station for the East Delaware Tunnel, by Lissa Harris.
The New York City Department of Environmental... Read more
Jun. 25, 2012
Photo by Flickr user bayasa (fireworks).
Just a reminder to advertise in our fast-growing Catskills Fourth of July Guide. Our busy intern and managing editor are stocking it with goodies from around the region as we speak. Email me to reserve your spot:... Read more
Jun. 19, 2012
It's midsummer this Thursday, which means that the Fourth of July is coming up. (Yes -- already.)
We're publishing a Catskills Fourth of July Guide next week. (See its bones by clicking the link.) We'll be stocking it with fireworks, fairs, and a... Read more
Jun. 12, 2012
Above: First responders on the scene of a three-car collision in Shandaken on Sunday, June 10. Photo by Robert Bolten.
On Sunday afternoon, Jesse Cowan was on duty as the driver of the ambulance for the Shandaken Ambulance Service. When a call came in... Read more
Jun. 9, 2012
Artist and Aikido sensei Harvey Konigsberg is in charge of designing the banners for this year's Phoenicia Festival of the Voice, which will bring opera stars and music lovers from around the world to Phoenicia in August.
Konigsberg is working with local... Read more
Jun. 7, 2012
We're launching a new section at the Watershed Post today about Catskills real estate and vacation rentals. Anne Pyburn Craig kicks off the section's coverage with a look at finding green properties in the Catskills (and a photo of a truly amazing... Read more
Jun. 6, 2012
Above: 2012 Delaware County Dairy Princess Miquela Hanselman and Alternate Dairy Princess Cali Lutz. Photo by Chery Petersen.
On May 25, Delaware County crowned its 50th "dairy princess," 17-year-old Miquela Hanselman.
Cheryl Petersen, who writes for... Read more
Jun. 6, 2012
Above: Andes trail-lovers -- Bob Moses and Nick Verni of the Catskill Mountain Club and Bill Feldman of Andes Works! -- get muddy on Saturday while building a section of the Andes Rail Trail. Photo contributed by Ann Roberti.
Last Saturday, June 2, was... Read more
May. 25, 2012
Above: Paul Rush, the Deputy Commissioner of the DEP, helps Jim Eisel, the Chair of the Delaware County Board of Supervisors, into a life preserver at the boat launch on the Pepacton Reservoir on May 24, 2012. Photo by Julia Reischel.
It's finally... Read more
May. 24, 2012
On Saturday, May 19, Onteora High School's young stars and starlets put on a musical theater tribute to Broadway called, fittingly, "Young Broadway." Here's a photo from the curtain call, featuring, from left to right, Roberto Noel-Berman, Katie Martucci... Read more
May. 21, 2012
Above: A small customer visits the Cheese Barrel on its first day in its renovated old location, Saturday May 19. Photo by Julia Reischel.
The Cheese Barrel, a cafe and gourmet grocer on Main Street Margaretville, was inundated by Tropical Storm Irene's... Read more