Julia Reischel
Articles
Sep. 30, 2011
The Onteora School District could be broke by 2016, according to a financial expert who addressed the school board on Wednesday. According to the Daily Freeman, Richard Timbs, the financial advisor, had dire news:
If the district continues on its present... Read more
Sep. 30, 2011
Above: Locations of upcoming public hearings on the DEC's new draft gas drilling regulations.
On Wednesday, September 28, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation riled environmental and anti-driling groups by issuing drafts of... Read more
Sep. 29, 2011
Above: Screenshot of the Central Hudson Storm Center outage map, 6pm.
The power is out across Woodstock, Olive, and West Hurley this afternoon, according to Central Hudson's outage map. Thousands of households are affected, according to the map.
We are... Read more
Sep. 28, 2011
Above and below: Photos from Neversink Transmissions, an art installation in Sullivan County. Image provided by Ellie Irons and Dan Phiffer.
To find avant-garde art this weekend, you don't have to go any farther than the Neversink Valley. On Sunday, a... Read more
Sep. 28, 2011
This week on the Watershed Post Half-Hour News Hour, we covered yet more flooding in the Catskills with a live interview with West Shokan resident Martha Frankel as she was being evacuated from her home today. We also interviewed Brooklyn artists Ellie... Read more
Sep. 28, 2011
Our friends at the Kingston Digital Corridor and the Ulster County Musicians Network are throwing a fantastic flood-relief bash called "After the Deluge" tonight in Kingston. We're proud to be an official sponsor of the event.
"After the Deluge" features... Read more
Sep. 27, 2011
This weekend marks the start of Lark in the Park, a ten-day outdoor extravaganza of hiking and outdoors events throughout the Catskills region. In honor of the event, we are running this dispatch from Paul Misko, an avid member of the Catskill Mountain... Read more
Sep. 27, 2011
This just in from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection: The DEP is putting $300,000 towards fixing Schoharie County’s emergency siren system for Gilboa Dam.
The sirens were functional during Hurricane Irene on August 38, and were... Read more
Sep. 26, 2011
The Delaware County Sheriff's Office is reporting this morning that 31-year-old Shaun Wynne from Peekskill died on Sunday night in an all-terrain-vehicle accident on Fall Clove Road in the town of Andes.
According to the press release, Wynne hit a tree... Read more
Sep. 26, 2011
The Schoharie Reformed Church after the floods that devastated the village of Schoharie during Hurricane Iriene. Photo by Jay Harsevoort via the Watershed Post's Flickr pool.
David Letterman has his own street in the village of Schoharie in Schoharie... Read more
Sep. 24, 2011
It's been a few weeks since the flooding that drenched and damaged the Catskills community. For the first time since August, Lissa and I have a free weekend to catch our breath. The first thing we want to do is thank you.
We started the Watershed Post in... Read more
Sep. 23, 2011
This just in from Community Reporting Alliance director Barbara Gref: The Millbrook NY-based Dyson Foundation has established two hurricane relief grant programs for nonprofit organizations in several affected counties, including Greene and Ulster. Check... Read more
Sep. 23, 2011
According to a poster we hear has been posted at the Phoenicia firehouse, all volunteers who helped out during and after Hurricane Irene are invited to a party at Belleayre Mountain Ski Center Friday, September 23 at 6pm. The poster promises that there... Read more
Sep. 23, 2011
Want to volunteer in Shandaken? Last call is this weekend. From the Town of Shandaken website:
FINAL VOLUNTEER CALL – We still have a lot of work to accomplish. The CERT Tent will be open on Main St., Phoenicia this coming weekend Sept. 24th & 25th... Read more