Julia Reischel
Articles
Dec. 2, 2010
SUNY Delhi decided to channel Barbie when it entered Oneonta's gingerbread contest this week. Here's a slideshow of the college's entry, as posted on the SUNY Delhi Flickr page:
For more info on the contest, see the Oneonta NY Facebook page.
Dec. 2, 2010
After the soggy events of yesterday, people across the Catskills are waking up and assessing the damage. Here's the latest:
Roads
Rte. 28 in Mt. Tremper has been open since about 6:30pm last night, according to commenters on our Facebook page.
511.org is... Read more
Dec. 1, 2010
Mud on Main Street in Phoenicia. Photo by Aaron Bennett.
What are you seeing out there? Email us reports and photos at editor@watershedpost.com, comment on this post below, weigh in on our Facebook page, tweet us on Twitter, or post a photo to our... Read more
Dec. 1, 2010
And snow. From the Binghamton National Weather Service office:
...ICY CONDITIONS LIKELY ON UNTREATED SURFACES... TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 29 AND 32 DEGREES BETWEEN 6 PM AND 8 PM. THIS WILL CAUSE ICING TO OCCUR ON UNTREATED SURFACES. BE... Read more
Dec. 1, 2010
Water in the Schoharie Creek hit 14.8 feet this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service's hydrograph. Main St. and Rte. 23 flood when the river hits 14 feet, according to NWS records. The National Weather Service issued an alert:
THE FLOOD... Read more
Dec. 1, 2010
Above: Main Street, Phoenicia around 6pm, December 1. Photo by Aaron Bennett.
11:15pm update: Menla Mountain's John Lundin took some great photos this afternoon of flooding at the retreat center. Below: A normally-placid dam spillway rages. (Posted with... Read more
Dec. 1, 2010
A trained weather spotter reporting to the National Weather Service and the good folks at WGXC saw some high water covering Rte. 145 in Cairo this afternoon, at its intersection wtih Rte. 23.
From the weather spotter at 3:06pm, via NWS's Storm Summary... Read more
Dec. 1, 2010
The usual flooding suspects are at it again today as four inches of rain has pummeled the Catskills. Phoenicia is flooded and the town of Shandaken has declared a state of emergency, and the West Branch of the Delaware is expected to flood tonight in... Read more
Dec. 1, 2010
In Denning, Jennifer Grimes reports (with video!) that Sawmill Road has become impassable:
The flood waters coming off the Neversink and crossing Sawmill were already too deep for my Audi. But renters staying at The Lodge, hunters up for the week, came... Read more
Dec. 1, 2010
9:40pm update: The Tremperskill is not flooding. At the point where it passes over Main Street, it's only halfway up its banks.
In Andes, Little Dingle Hill Road is closed due to flooding. Via NY-ALERT.
What are you seeing out there? Email us reports and... Read more
Dec. 1, 2010
A film crew from WTEN Albany and a photographer from the Catskill Moutain News were on hand on Monday in Arkille as over 100 people gathered to protest the Department of Environmental Protection's layoffs at Belleayre Mountain Ski Center.
The Daily Star... Read more
Nov. 30, 2010
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Nov. 30, 2010
So says the National Weather Service, which has issued a flood watch for much of New York State, including Sullivan, Delaware, and Otsego counties. The NWS office in Binghamton had special warnings for the Catskills, and anyone living near the West... Read more
Nov. 30, 2010
Peter Manning, the Regional Planner for the Catskills Center for Conservation and Development, has sent us some more details on those Smart Growth grants that were announced yesterday. (He stresses that the plans for the money, which were first drafted... Read more
Nov. 29, 2010
"A November Brown Catskills," by Dennis Schvejda. Posted to the Watershed Post Flickr group.
The Catskills Center for Conservation and Development has good news for Andes, Olive, Shandaken, Arkville, Margaretville, Middletown, Fleischmanns, and the... Read more
Nov. 28, 2010
Freshly groomed trails on Belleayre Mountain yesterday. Photo from the Belleayre Mountain website.
One Catskills ski resort opened for business this weekend, and two more -- Windham Mountain and Hunter Mountain -- expect to have their opening days this... Read more
Nov. 28, 2010
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here.
Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years. Originally hailing from Detroit, he lived for many years in New... Read more
Nov. 27, 2010
Jon and Tiffany Kalupa in their new Margaretville store, Reprise. Photos by Julia Reischel.
A dingy storefront that has stood empty on Main Street in Margaretville for over a year has been transformed into a men's clothing boutique that wouldn't look out... Read more
Nov. 27, 2010
Brooklyn Bridge in the snow, by Randy Lemoine. Photo via Flickr, some rights reserved.
Michele Forsten, the director of communications for New York City College of Technology/CUNY, bought a condo in Ulster County in order to get away from the big city.... Read more
Nov. 27, 2010
The hosts and broadcasters at Roxbury's WIOX radio station are celebrating today. The full-power FM station, which you can hear throughout much of Delaware County on 91.3 FM, is now also online. To listen to the streaming audio of the station's current... Read more