Julia Reischel
Articles
Mar. 15, 2012
Above: Making syrup. Photo by QUOI Media Group, via Flickr.
Two weeks of maple syrup mania begin this weekend, and maple producers across New York State will be celebrating with open houses, pancake breakfasts, and lots of the sweet stuff.
It would take... Read more
Mar. 15, 2012
With 102,023 votes, Schoharie High School has won the Community Choice Award in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Grant Competition!
School officials announced the good news at an assembly held on Wednesday, March 14. (See photo at left, from the Schoharie... Read more
Mar. 13, 2012
Above: Farmers are mobbed by enthusiastic customers during Stamford's inaugural winter pop-up farmers' market in February. Photo via the Greater Stamford Area Chamber of Commerce Facebook page.
Farmers' markets almost never show up during "mud month," as... Read more
Mar. 12, 2012
Just a reminder: Today is the final day to vote in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Grant Competition. As I type, Schoharie High School is in the lead with 98159 votes. Vote by midnight tonight to help Schoharie students win! Our original Feb. 9 story... Read more
Mar. 8, 2012
After a year in office, Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens told his staff in a memo issued on February 23 that he was "especially proud of the DEC's response to Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee." But he forgot to... Read more
Mar. 7, 2012
Above: A freshly-poured beer from Brewery Ommegang. Photo by Flickr user Bandita.
Governor Andrew Cuomo wants New York State to create a "farm breweries" license that would allow local farms with on-site breweries and wineries to conduct tastings, run... Read more
Mar. 7, 2012
Above: Nancy McShane and Ann Roberti with their 2011 trash haul on Tremperskill Road in Andes. Photo by Sarah Lewis.
Every spring, Ann Roberti, Nancy McShane, and Judy Garrison roll up their sleeves and pick up trash off the byways of the town of Andes... Read more
Mar. 6, 2012
Above: The triumphant girls' Livingston Manor basketball team, which beat Roscoe 53 - 31 last night at Sullivan County Community College to win the Section Nine Class D championship. Photo by Nick Piatek - SportsInsightsNY.com.
It's March Madness for... Read more
Mar. 6, 2012
Video of last night's NYSHTA awards ceremony by Joseph Massa of the Roxbury Motel.
Last night, the New York State Hospitality & Tourism Association gave its highest honor, the 2012 Outstanding Tourism Executive of the Year award, to Gregory... Read more
Mar. 5, 2012
An apocryphal help wanted ad attributed to early twentieth-century polar explorer Ernest Shackleton.
There's a lot happening in Margaretville, Arkville and Fleischmanns. We want to cover it with a go-to freelance reporter who will stock our Middletown... Read more
Mar. 2, 2012
Above: A ski lift at Belleayre. Via the Belleayre Mountain Facebook page.
A ski lift at Belleayre Mountain Ski Center malfunctioned yesterday, causing 40 people to have to be evacuated, according to Department of Environmental Conservation spokeswoman... Read more
Mar. 2, 2012
Above: A house being built in Windham on February 3 following destruction by last fall's floods. Photo by Hans Pennink for FEMA.
The Windham Journal reported this week that the town of Windham has actually received cold hard cash from the Federal... Read more
Feb. 29, 2012
Warning: Gross story, gross picture. Read at your own risk. - Ed.
A serial poop vandal is at large in Delhi. In February, employees of three local businesses found nasty surprises in their bathrooms: cheery messages and random scrawls painted in feces.... Read more
Feb. 28, 2012
Tonight, at 7pm in the Middle School/High School auditorium of Onteora School, the Onteora Board of Education will vote on a plan for reconfiguring the school district. Two of the proposed plans call for the closing of the Phoenicia Elementary School,... Read more
Feb. 27, 2012
A reminder that nature always gets you in the end. Overgrown coal silos photographed in Callicoon on Saturday. Photo by Flickr user John of Catskills Photography, via the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
Got a fantastic Catskills photo? We'd love to publish... Read more
Feb. 24, 2012
John, a fellow who goes by username Catskills Photography on the Flickr photo-sharing website, shared this photo with us via the Watershed Post Flickr Pool. The image is of a part of the Narrowsburg Feed and Grain Company building in Narrowsburg, NY.... Read more
Feb. 24, 2012
Kudos to Jessica Vecchione for her now award-winning documentary about a Franklin stonemason with a passion. (We interviewed Jessica, who is a Watershed Post advertiser, about the documentary on our radio show last fall.) You can watch the trailer for... Read more
Feb. 19, 2012
Above: A Belleayre Mountain ski lift on February 19, the day after five workers caused delays on the slopes by calling in sick. Photo via the Belleayre Mountain Facebook page.
Three lift mechanics and two electricians called in sick from their jobs at... Read more