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Ulster County's most wanted

Over the weekend, the Ulster County Sheriff's Office released an updated list of their top ten most wanted fugitives from justice. 

The ten men on the list are wanted for a wide variety of alleged offenses: assault, larceny, welfare fraud, failing to register as a sex offender, failure to pay child support, and in one case, felony DWI.

Topping the list is 30-year-old Jahson Marryshow, who was indicted by an Ulster County grand jury in 2010 on felony charges of robbery, arson and grand larceny, for allegedly robbing the Bank of America in Woodstock and setting fire to a barn

One man on the list, 26-year-old Frankie Joseph, is currently incarcerated in the Lakeview Correctional Facility, a minimum-security prison in Chautauqua County. An officer at the Ulster County Sheriff's Office told the Watershed Post that Ulster County had only recently learned of Joseph's whereabouts.

The list:

1. Jahson A. Marryshow, 30, wanted for Robbery 1st (Bank of America, Woodstock), last known address of 26 Witchtree Road, Woodstock  Read more

Thunderstorms across Catskills

The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for Sullivan County, along with much of Pennsylvania, for Friday afternoon and evening. (Update, 9:30pm: The area is no longer under tornado watch.)

Sullivan County, along with the rest of the Catskills region, can expect thunderstorms, heavy rain, and gusting winds of up to 40 or 50 miles per hour as a cold front moves through the area from west to east. 

As of around 4pm, Hudson Valley Weather reported, the line of storms was moving through Western Pennsylvania. 

Update, 8:30pm: Delaware and Sullivan Counties are both under severe thunderstorm warnings until 9pm:  Read more

Tougher tests worry local schools -- and parents

Photo by Flickr user Chris Costes; published under Creative Commons license.

Sharpen your No. 2 pencils, kids. This week, public-school students in third through eighth grade across New York State buckled down at their desks for the first round of tough new standardized tests in English Language Arts. Next week, students face another round of testing in math. The new tests are designed for the Common Core curriculum, a new educational initiative that has been adopted by 45 states so far.  Read more

This Weekend: Earth Day around the Catskills

Seeds of change, sprouting at last. Photo taken in a Catskills garden on April 17 by Julia Reischel.

The official Earth Day, April 22, falls on a Monday this year. Celebrations and events around the region are taking place this weekend, next weekend, and in between. (Properly so: Isn't every day supposed to be Earth Day?)

Here's the Watershed Post's guide to the goings-on.

DELAWARE COUNTY

The little town of Andes is celebrating Earth Day in true no-nonsense Catskills style -- by getting to work. On Saturday, April 20, citizens will convene at 9am at Hogan's for the annual Andes litter pickup. Bring gloves, boots and any trash-grabbing "reacher" tools you may have at hand, and feel free to email annroberti@yahoo.com for more information.  Read more

WP Deal: Garden Spring Special: A free consultation and a free perennial plant offered by From Root To Shoot

Above: Melissa Bennett, a gardening expert who is the founder and owner of From Root To Shoot in Hamden.

The following is a WP Deal for Watershed Post readers, from advertiser From Root To Shoot:

It's time to get your garden into shape!

To celebrate the beginning of the new season, Melissa Bennett, a gardening expert who is the founder and owner of From Root To Shoot in Hamden, is offering a free consultation for your garden.

If you call before May 6, 2013 and schedule a consultation, you get a free perennial plant.

To claim this WP Deal, contact Melissa Bennett at 607-746-7246 or email her at root2shoot@delhitel.net

More about From Root to Shoot:

Gardening Experts and Master Weeders, Specializing in Rock, Water and Perennial Gardens and serving the Catskills region of New York   Read more

Catskills runners among those at Boston Marathon

Eighteen runners from the Catskills region -- Delaware, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster Counties -- were among those registered for the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15, where explosions killed at least three people and injured over 140.

The Watershed Post obtained the names of the local runners with a zipcode-based search of the Boston Marathon organizers' runner database. Among them were two runners from Delaware County, two from Schoharie County, one from Sullivan County and thirteen from Ulster County. No runners from Greene County were found in the database.

Embedded below is a spreadsheet of the runners, with their home towns. We have cross-referenced their names with Google's Boston Marathon Person Finder to find out if local runners have been reported as safe. The links in the "Link" column lead to more information about specific runners.  Read more