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Feb. 26, 2010
Sullivan County offices are closed today, the Catskill Chronicle reports.
A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect for Sullivan County. A Winter Storm Warning for heavy snow means severe winter weather conditions are expected. Significant amounts of snow... Read more
Feb. 26, 2010
A New Zealander and her paramour battle six-foot snowdrifts in their mountain paradise. Somewhere under there, she swears, there's a car.
Mr Weiss grew up in a snowy place, and is calmly going about trying to find where the car is, The Catskill Kiwi... Read more
Feb. 26, 2010
The Boston Globe had a story this week featuring several New York State farmers who sell their grass-fed beef and lamb on the Internet.
With so much buzz about the practices of factory farms, many consumers are looking past the supermarket meat case for... Read more
Feb. 25, 2010
Newton's lesser-known fourth law: The length of a driveway increases in direct proportion to the rate of precipitation accumulating on it. Photo by Watershed Post reader Aaron Bennett.
Feb. 25, 2010
The view from above the Bun 'N Cone in Margaretville today. Photo by Watershed Post reader Wallace Patterson.
Got a photo, video or snow tale to share? Email it to editor@watershedpost.com.
Feb. 25, 2010
The Red Cross is staffing four shelters in Greene County: in Hunter, Freehold, Cairo and Athens. Details here.
Shelters are also open in Ulster County: Kerhonkson, New Paltz and Hurley.
If emergency resources are available in your town, please feel free... Read more
Feb. 25, 2010
Online ski magazine First Tracks ran a fantastic interview yesterday with Joe Kelly, founder and chair of the Coalition to Save Belleayre Mountain.
The central Catskills region needs the ski area not only to survive, but to flourish. That’s why I became... Read more
Feb. 25, 2010
News 10 says the village has issued a water advisory because of heavy runoff.
Feb. 25, 2010
Denise O'Donnell, NY's Deputy Secretary for Public Safety, just resigned.
The Times-Union is wondering what to call the latest gubernatorial scandal. We're going with "Battergate."
Feb. 25, 2010
...even the newspaper is shutting down.
From the Daily Star's Facebook wall:
Hi, Jason from the Star here. The Daily Star will be closing early today, due to the snow storm and road conditions. We will be closing at 3PM. You will still be able to contact... Read more
Feb. 25, 2010
Delaware County Board of Supervisors pass resolution opposing a state handgun-regulating bill; threat of Nazis invoked.
Masonville Supervisor Craig DuMond said, “If we give up our Second Amendment rights, it is the beginning of the end.”
Board Chairman... Read more
Feb. 25, 2010
In case anyone is tempted to pull up to Dutchman's Landing in Catskill: Don't.
Photo by Flickr user Tracey Van Dyke.
Feb. 25, 2010
Skiers hit the jackpot this week across the Northeast.
In Roxbury, Plattekill Mountain, ordinarily closed on Thursdays, is open today to take advantage of the two feet of snow that fell yesterday.
All of which raises the following question: What are you... Read more
Feb. 25, 2010
The Hudson River advocacy organization is looking for a new executive director.
Below: A video from BigThink featuring departing Riverkeeper Alex Matthiessen talking about the New York City water supply.
Feb. 25, 2010
The AP reports 60,000 New Yorkers are without power today, mostly in Ulster, Greene and Dutchess counties.
Anyone have photos, video or first-person accounts of the storm you'd like to share? Email them to editor@watershedpost.com.
Feb. 24, 2010
Scammers abound! The Catskill Chronicle warns that Sullivan Countyites are getting taken in by telephone con artists, in schemes involving faux cable guys and overseas operators offering "stimulus funds."
The first scam involves a telephone caller posing... Read more
Feb. 24, 2010
The story questions Paterson's role in a possible coverup of domestic violence accusations against aide David Johnson.
Many details of the governor’s role in this episode are unclear, but the accounts presented in court and police records and interviews... Read more
Feb. 24, 2010
Liza de Guia, the one-woman force of nature behind NYC-based video blog Food Curated, wrapped up a three-part series today on locally raised ducks. In the series, she follows them from John Fazio's farm in Ulster County to Savoy, a New York restaurant... Read more
Feb. 24, 2010
Kingston Happenings profiles Sri Talla of the Kingston Pharmacy, a brand-new venture located in the former home of the Muddy Cup.
Talla, who was born and raised in India and immigrated to the U.S. for his pharmaceutical training, said if a customer... Read more