Julia Reischel
Articles
Oct. 18, 2011
Belleayre Mountain and the German-American Club of the Northern Catskills hosting their annual Oktoberfest celebration at Belleayre Ski Center last Saturday. Photo by Mary McKeon.
Oct. 18, 2011
As you may have noticed, it's a big year for apples. I wrote a whole feature story about that fact here last week, and spilled a lot of virtual ink about the virtues of apple cider. But what if you have cider and apple juice coming out of your ears and... Read more
Oct. 17, 2011
Last Thursday, October 13, the Sidney Town Board voted to grant the Leatherstocking Gas Company a public franchise agreement, which will allow it to build a natural gas pipeline through Sidney, Coventry, and Bainbridge.
According to a video of the... Read more
Oct. 16, 2011
If you experienced flooding after Tropical Storm Lee in Delaware or Ulster county, you have an extra month to apply for the U.S. Department of Labor's Disaster Unemployment Insurance. The New York Office of Emergency Management made the announcement... Read more
Oct. 16, 2011
If you lost your job or gig because of Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee, you have an extra month to apply for the U.S. Department of Labor's Disaster Unemployment Insurance.
Victims of Lee in Delaware and Ulster counties have until Nov. 14 to apply... Read more
Oct. 14, 2011
Six weeks after Irene, Dorothy Maffei, the owner of Home Goods in Margaretville, is still coordinating flood relief volunteers in the town of Middletown. She tells us that volunteers are getting pretty thin on the ground, even though the need is still... Read more
Oct. 14, 2011
Above: A house in Schoharie County after the flooding caused by Tropical Storm Irene. Photo by fixbuffalo, via the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
The Associated Press ran an in-depth feature story about flood victims mired in red tape in Greene and... Read more
Oct. 13, 2011
Above: A lecture on the dangers of fracking organized by Friends of Sustainable Sidney on Tuesday at the Greater Maywood Rural Community Services Community Center.
A group called Friends of Sustainable Sidney is hoping that tonight's Sidney Town Board... Read more
Oct. 12, 2011
Above: John Moffitt of Delaware Operations explains the planned upgrades to the Andes sewage treatment plant at the Andes Town Board Meeting on October 11, 2011.
Engineers described plans for a new $2.5 million Andes sewer upgrade at a tumultuous meeting... Read more
Oct. 12, 2011
Above: Making cider at the Hubbell homestead. Photo by Julia Reischel.
This week on the Watershed Post Half-Hour News Hour, we talk with cider master Bob Hubbell, who oversees a 150-year-old, three-story cider press at Hubbell Companies in Kelly Corners... Read more