Julia Reischel
Articles
Mar. 18, 2011
This just in from the Delaware County Sheriff's Office: 53-year-old Louis J. Brigandi of Walton has been charged with setting a barn on fire in Hamden on St. Patrick's Day.
According to the press release, a barn on Rte. 10 in Hamden went up in flames on... Read more
Mar. 18, 2011
As we reported yesterday, 24-year-old Evan P. Spitz of Palenville has been charged with posessing child pornography. But the Daily Mail adds substantive new information to that story today, including the notable facts that Spitz is related to a prominent... Read more
Mar. 18, 2011
It may not look like spring, but a stand of crocuses reaching for the sun in Andes yesterday know otherwise. Photos by Julia Reischel.
Mar. 17, 2011
This just in from Ben Fenton, village trustee in Fleischmanns, about this morning's electoral recount for the position of village mayor. Fenton reports that incumbent mayor Dave Morrell still wins the election, but only by a razor-thin two votes: 37 to... Read more
Mar. 17, 2011
After a winter of designing and judging, the Central Catskills Collaborative has chosen a new logo for the newly-christened Catskill Mountains Scenic Byway, the stretch of Rte. 28 that runs from Hurley to Andes.
You can see the winning logo above.... Read more
Mar. 17, 2011
Clarence Gilmer, of the Ashokan Center, leads teenagers from Onteora High School, South Kortright Central School, and Margaretville Central School on a hike in Olivebridge on Tuesday. The activity was part of the 2011 Watershed Youth Symposium, an event... Read more
Mar. 17, 2011
Ben Fenton, a village trustee in Fleischmanns, emailed yesterday to report that yesterday's mayoral election in Fleischmanns isn't quite over. Apparently Fred Woller, the village trustee who challenged incumbent mayor Dave Morrell and lost, had demanded... Read more
Mar. 16, 2011
A small earthquake was detected this afternoon on the Quebec/Ontario border in Canada, according to NYAlert and the U.S. Geological Survey, which are reporting that the quake had a magnitude of 3.7.
The Toronto Star is reporting that Canadian authorities... Read more
Mar. 16, 2011
Election day in Fleischmanns. Photo contributed by Ben Fenton.
The results are in from most of the region's village elections. Here's a roundup:
In Fleischmanns, the newly-reelected (and unopposed) village trustee Ben Fenton emailed us yesterday about... Read more
Mar. 16, 2011
The Mid-Hudson News reports that the Ulster County Legislature unanimously passed a resolution banning hydraulic fracturing on publicly-owned county lands at its meeting last night:
The only question raised among Ulster County legislators before... Read more
Mar. 16, 2011
WGXC, the Daily Freeman, and the Daily Mail all have reports sparked by a press release issued yesterday: The Holcim cement plant in Catskill is being "mothballed."
The press release reports that 100 jobs will be lost:
"We deeply regret having to... Read more
Mar. 15, 2011
Today's the day for village elections, and while many races across the Catskills have candidates for various village boards and mayors who are running unopposed, there are a few real contests out there. Here's a list of the heated challenges:
Sullivan... Read more
Mar. 15, 2011
The Woodstock Times and WGXC have neat sports news his week: John Thorn, a Catskill resident and baseball history guru, has been appointed to the post of Major League Baseball's historian.
John Thorn's new bookThorn has experience pontificating about the... Read more
Mar. 14, 2011
According to a press release issued by the Schoharie County Sheriff's Office this morning, 19-year-old Timothy M. Clemons, from Fort Plain, was arrested on March 8 for allegedly raping an underage girl. The press release is skimpy on the details, but... Read more
Mar. 14, 2011
For years now, the Greene County town of Lexington has had an uncomfortable offer on the table from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection: Build a wastewater treatment plant with city money, or don't and face the consequences..
The... Read more
Mar. 13, 2011
The SUNY Delhi ice sculpting team, with coach Thomas Recinella on the left. Photo by Julia Reischel.
Margaretville's Main Street was transformed into a festive frozen gallery yesterday, thanks to the talents of the SUNY Delhi ice sculpting team. Ice... Read more
Mar. 12, 2011
Adam Bosch at the Times Herald-Record reports that the pleas of Wawarsing residents about their perennially flooded basements were finally heard by New York City Department of Environmental Protection authorities yesterday when top DEP officials showed... Read more
Mar. 11, 2011
Proof that it really is "two rocks for every dirt." Photo of workers digging up rocks on the Taylor farm in Stamford, circa 1950.
The Delaware County New York Geneaology and History website has just re-published, free of charge, the entire text of "These... Read more
Mar. 11, 2011
Sandbags outside Ricciardella's Restaurant this morning in Phoenicia. Photo by Aaron Bennett.
After the dire warnings of the past two days, the flooding isn't as bad as expected.
Ulster County Emergency Communications Director Arthur Snyder emailed at 12... Read more