Julia Reischel
Articles
Jul. 11, 2011
Above: Giant hogweed. Photo by Flickr user helena.40proof
The nasty giant hogweed, an invasive plant species which grows well above head-height and has sap that can burn your skin, is cropping up disturbingly near the Catskills, according to the Times... Read more
Jul. 9, 2011
Roundup, a common herbicide, was sprayed this week along roads running next to the Pepacton Reservoir, which supplies much of New York City's vast supply of unfiltered drinking water.
Our columnist Ellen Verni sent us a photo of a notice posted on... Read more
Jul. 8, 2011
Astute WP reader Laurie McIntosh alerted us to a fun fact today: In the past week, National Public Radio has been crawling with Catskillians.
Case in point: David Krajicek, front man of Blues Maneuver, a Catskills band that features a horn section to die... Read more
Jul. 8, 2011
A methamphetamine lab has been hiding in plain sight in a house on Main Street in the village of Schoharie, according to the Schoharie County Sheriff's Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Yesterday, police raided the house and arrested five... Read more
Jul. 7, 2011
A large crowd of people demonstrated in Albany today to protest the New York Department of Environmental Conservation's decision, announced last week, to recommend that hydraulic fracturing proceed in New York state.
The Journal News' Albany Watch blog... Read more
Jul. 7, 2011
One of the biggest mountain biking events in the world will be happening in Greene County this weekend: The 2011 Mountain Bike UCI World Cup. The most formidable bikers from around the globe will gather at Windham Mountain Saturday and Sunday to jockey... Read more
Jul. 7, 2011
Yet more proof that speeding on Rte. 17 is a way of life around here. From the TImes Herald-Record:
A 22-year-old man from Bloomingburg crashed a Yamaha racing bike on Route 17 at 130 miles an hour near exit 119 while trying to flee from an Orange... Read more
Jul. 7, 2011
There's something about Shandaken and A-list performing arts talent -- the town is home not only to the Phoenicia Festival of the Voice, but also the Mount Tremper Arts Festival, a magnet for expert dancers from New York City who come up to perform for a... Read more
Jul. 6, 2011
A line of severe thunderstorms is marching across the Catskills this afternoon, as this snapshot of radar taken at 4:41pm shows. The National Weather Service issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch earlier today for Delaware, Greene, Schoharie and Ulster... Read more
Jul. 6, 2011
Above: A Brooklyn family headed to Sullivan County last week. Photo by Eli, posted on the Voz Iz Neias website.
The annual Jewish migration to the Catskills began last weekend, with thousands of families packing up their homes in Brooklyn and heading to... Read more
Jul. 6, 2011
This Friday, Cast Party, a weekly cabaret and variety show that usually spends its Monday nights entertaining crowds at the legendary Manhattan jazz club Birdland, is coming to Belleayre for a little Borscht Belt nostalgia.
Veteran emcee Jim Caruso (... Read more
Jul. 5, 2011
Photo by Flickr user akasped.
That question has divided the community around Cairo-Durham Central School this month.
In early June, the Daily Mail reported that C-D students were flying and displaying the confederate flag in the school parking lot:... Read more
Jul. 5, 2011
There was lots of excitement in the tiny hamlet of Bearsville last Friday, according to the Daily Freeman:
An elderly woman was rescued from her car in a stream Friday morning after the vehicle barrelled backward from the Cub Market parking lot, then... Read more
Jul. 5, 2011
Lois Lubrano, a 41-year-old Napanoch woman, allegedly attempted to kill her 72-year-old mother with a 12-gauge shotgun last Thursday, the State Police out of Ellenville report in a press release.
Lois Lubrano: Photo via New York State PoliceThe unnamed... Read more
Jul. 5, 2011
Above: Slide from DEC Commissioner Joe Martens' presentation on hydraulic fracturing regulations on Friday.
It's officially a draft of a draft. But a 736-page document from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, released to the... Read more
Jul. 1, 2011
As we wrote yesterday, scores of people gathered on the Shavertown Bridge over the Pepacton Reservoir last Saturday to protest hydraulic fracturing of the Marcellus Shale. Today, videographer (and Watershed Post advertiser) Jessica Vecchione, who was at... Read more
Jul. 1, 2011
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office is reporting that it has made an arrest on Wednesday in a case of stolen coins in Saugerties.
According to a press release, 19-year-old James Raymond of Glasco allegedly stole coins from a Saugerties residence on Old... Read more
Jul. 1, 2011
Right on time for its July 1 deadline, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation will be releasing its recommendations for the statewide regulation of hydraulic fracturing today. There will be a big press conference (viewable via webcast) at... Read more
Jun. 30, 2011
Above: A member of RAM, a Haitian rock/vodou band that will play the West Kortright Centre this Saturday. Photo used with permission.
Last year it was bhangra. This year, it's Haitian mizik rasin music -- traditional vodou folk music mixed with rock 'n... Read more
Jun. 30, 2011
Photo provided by CDOG/un-naturalgas.org. Video shot by Jessica Vecchione.
On Saturday, scores of people gathered on the Shavertown Bridge that crosses the Pepacton Reservoir in Delaware County to protest the controversial practice of hydraulic... Read more