Julia Reischel
Articles
Feb. 25, 2011
For the second time in the past year, a brand-new full-power community FM station is launching in the Catskills.
Last summer saw the debut of WIOX 91.3 FM, which serves Delaware and Schoharie counties out of the town of Roxbury. Now tomorrow, it's WGXC... Read more
Feb. 25, 2011
This just in, via a Delaware County Sheriff's Office press release:
February 25, 2011
TRAVEL ADVISORY
The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office is issuing a travel advisory for February 25th, 2011.
Overnight snowfall is expected to continue throughout the day... Read more
Feb. 25, 2011
With over a foot of snow forecast for the "higher elevations" in the Catskills today, according to the Times-Union and National Weather Service, our local ski resorts are delighted. Windham Mountain, Hunter Mountain, Plattekill Mountain, and Belleayre... Read more
Feb. 25, 2011
Last week, the Millbrook-based Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies issued a report about the forests of the northeast United States and whether they could ever replace fossil fuels as our main source of energy.
According to a press release issued along... Read more
Feb. 24, 2011
The Daily Mail and the Daily Freeman are reporting that an unidentified person fatally jumped off the Rip Van Winkle Bridge this afternoon. The Mail reports that the bridge was closed for several hours as authorities inspected a suspicious package:
The... Read more
Feb. 24, 2011
Christina Eliopoulos, the director of Demon on Wheels, a Margaretville-based documentary about outlaw mechanic and daredevil Mike Ondish, is raising the $25,000 she needs to finish her movie via the website Kickstarter. (We've covered the movie, which... Read more
Feb. 24, 2011
Last week, Sullivan County realtor David Knudsen posted a delightful rant on his blog, Sullivan County Real Estate, in which he aired a pet peeve about realtors in the Catskills. Knudsen calls it the "incorrect use of architectural style monikers in... Read more
Feb. 23, 2011
The Daily Mail is reporting that both a Greene County Sheriff's Office squad car and a minivan were totalled in a crash on Rte. 32 in Cairo yesterday. Interestingly, the Sheriff's Office is refusing to comment on the accident at all. Still, the newspaper... Read more
Feb. 23, 2011
Yesterday's two public hearings on the proposed regulation of natural gas drilling by the Delaware River Basin Commmission had a good turnout. According to PoconoNews.net, about 500 people showed up at the meeting in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, while the... Read more
Feb. 23, 2011
Twenty-eight-year-old James Persico of Saugerties was killed yesterday when his Volvo crossed into an oncoming lane on Route 32 and collided head-on with a tractor trailer, New York State Police are reporting today. Here's the full press release:
The New... Read more
Feb. 22, 2011
A truck injection. Photo from the Arborjet website.
The insatiable emerald ash borer, an invasive insect that is death to ash trees, has already been spotted in parts of the Catskills, including Kingston, Saugerties, and locations in Greene County.... Read more
Feb. 22, 2011
If you could build your dream cabin in the Catskills, what would it look like? For architect Peter Gluck, it would be the cube cottage pictured above, which is designed to hold 10,000 books, a desk, a beautiful view, and not much else. From an article on... Read more
Feb. 22, 2011
Today, the Daily Freeman has a revealing interview with James Tierney, the assistant commissioner for water resources at the state's Department of Environmental Convervation.
The topic is New York City's decision to clear out its Ashokan reservoir this... Read more
Feb. 21, 2011
The Delaware River Basin Committee will be taking its draft regulations for gas drilling to the people this week at three sites in Pennsylvania and New York. We wrote about the meeting dates and times in an earlier post:
The public hearings will be held... Read more
Feb. 19, 2011
The New York State Police are reporting today that state troopers and town of Saugerties police officers shot and killed a pit bull after it attacked three people, including an infant, in a Saugerties home yesterday.
The infant was reportedly saved from... Read more
Feb. 19, 2011
If you don't have to be outside right now, don't be -- the National Weather Service has been warning all morning that "dangerous snow squalls" will be whistling across the Catskills today. Driving is especially discouraged, and at least one segment of... Read more
Feb. 19, 2011
It's official: Yesterday, the U.S. Department of the Interior rejected the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans' application for approval to build a resort casino in a hamlet in Sullivan County.
The Times Herald-Record has the story:
The Department of... Read more
Feb. 18, 2011
YNN ran a story this week about new statistics from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that show that New York state is losing large farming operations and gaining small ones. The story quotes a Sullivan County farmer saying that farmers might need to... Read more
Feb. 18, 2011
This week, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation entered the legal fray against New York City over the NYC Department of Environmental Protection's releases of muddy water into the Esopus Creek. The story was big news, and we... Read more
Feb. 18, 2011
We've known this was coming for months, and now here it is: A new water supply permit for New York City from the state's Department of Environmental Conservation.
The new permit allows the New York City Department of Environmental Protection to continue... Read more