Julia Reischel
Articles
Mar. 28, 2011
Continuing a trend of loosening its tight grip on access to boating on its Catskill reservoirs, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection is co-sponsoring a triathlon on the Cannonsville Reservor this June, in what tourism organizers hope... Read more
Mar. 28, 2011
The Daily Star, which was one of the sponsors of Saturday's Regional Spelling Bee, reports that 12-year-old Tatum Kiff from Sidney Central School won a trip to Washington, DC. She'll compete against other kids from across the country in the Scripps... Read more
Mar. 28, 2011
According to a press release issued by the State Police, Dayton Harper of Port Ewen was arrested last week after reportedly hurting a 5-year-old child on two occasions. Harper allegedly struck the child and, in a separate incident, threw a toy at the... Read more
Mar. 27, 2011
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here. For some context on this week's cartoon, click here and here.
Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years.... Read more
Mar. 25, 2011
With the help of two antiques dealers, the Ulster County Sheriff's Office is reporting that it has arrested Joseph Hunter and Quinn Gaffney for allegedly stealing antiques on Partition Street in Saugerties and then selling them 100 yards away on Main... Read more
Mar. 25, 2011
Martha Frankel, a Boiceville-based writer, artist and provocateur, shared some intimate memories of the late Elizabeth Taylor with the Daily Freeman this week. Frankel recalls that she met Taylor while strenuously trying not to offend her by making eye... Read more
Mar. 25, 2011
The Times Union's Capitol Confidential blog reports that scores of protesters chanted "No Fracking Way" in the War Room of the Capitol building in Albany yesterday, in a show of force that probably reached Governor Andrew Cuomo's ears in the next room... Read more
Mar. 25, 2011
Victor Whitman at the Times Herald-Record reports this morning that a onetime casino investor who sold land in Bridgeville to the Seneca Nation for an ill-fated casino project wants both his land back and $15 million in damages. Charles Petri of 3D... Read more
Mar. 24, 2011
Bruce BakerFor the third and final installment in our series of interviews with experts who will speak at this Sunday's Farm to Market Conference in Liberty, we talked with Bruce Baker, a marketing consultant who teaches farm and food business people how... Read more
Mar. 24, 2011
Sheri Rails: NY State Police
The State Police in Liberty are reporting that a 47-year-old Pennsylvania woman gave them an easy arrest on Sunday when she allegedly raced by their barracks on Rte. 17 at 104 miles per hour while high on a controlled... Read more
Mar. 23, 2011
Martin ButtsFor the second installment in our series of interviews with experts who will speak at this Sunday's Farm to Market Conference in Liberty, we talked with Martin Butts, a Syracuse-based local food advocate and consultant for small food... Read more
Mar. 23, 2011
It was inevitable, really: After running a colossal three-part series about hydraulic fracturing, the New York Times expressed its opinion about the practice of gas drilling in an editorial published yesterday. In sum, the Gray Lady wants more studies,... Read more
Mar. 23, 2011
The Shandaken Police are reporting that Shane T. Hyland, a 21-year-old Margaretville man, was the second assailant in the Friday attack on the residents of an apartment above the Railroad Pizza store on Rte. 28.
Hyland was arrested after being released... Read more
Mar. 22, 2011
Deb KavakosThis year's Farm to Market Conference, a get-together sponsored by Pure Catskills and being held this Sunday in Liberty, is an annual conclave of growers, distributors, marketers, and buyers from all points in the food chain. We attended last... Read more
Mar. 22, 2011
Photo submitted to the Ultimate Fishing Town contest by Kurt Huhner.
In a contest that is eerily similar to Budget Travel Magazine's "coolest town in America" contest, only fishier, the World Fishing Network is asking small towns across the country to... Read more
Mar. 21, 2011
According to an article in the Patriot News last Thursday, the creekfront property that belongs to the family of anti-fracking crusader and filmmaker Josh Fox has been cited by Pennsylvania regulators for environmental violations. Fox is the director of... Read more
Mar. 21, 2011
The Daily Mail is reporting that New York State Police were led on a car chase on Rte. 23 in Greene County in the wee hours of Sunday morning by an 18-year-old Cairo man.
According to the Mail's story, Angelo Joseph Agosto, came away with a number of... Read more
Mar. 21, 2011
The New York State Police are reporting that officers found 58 marijuana plants in a Neversink home on Thursday and charged Duane A. Sausville, the resident, with operating the growing operation.
The report states that Sausville, who allegedly first gave... Read more
Mar. 20, 2011
According to the Town of Shandaken Police Department, two men broke into an apartment above Railroad Pizza in Big Indian early Friday morning wielding a rifle and wearing ski masks.
According to a press release, the two would-be robbers, one of whom was... Read more