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This Memorial Day, bike the Catskills

By Andrea Girolamo
5/18/12 - 6:26 pm

Above: Cycling on some Catskills roads. Photo via the Catskill Mountain Cycling Club Facebook page.

Cyclists who ride the Catskills know this is a perfect place to get on the bike for a quick 20-miler. And what better time to do it than this Memorial Day weekend, when two of our local cycling clubs are offering planned rides for cycling enthusiasts?

'Tour de Pepacton'

Billy Allison, of the Catskill Mountain Cycling Club, is the organizing brains behind this year’s Tour de Pepacton, a ride to benefit Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care, on Sunday, May 27.  Read more

School elections today

By Lissa Harris
5/15/12 - 9:57 am

A reminder: New Yorkers go to the polls today to vote for school budgets and board members. To find your local polling place, check your school district's website.

Problems at the polls? Let us know at editor@watershedpost.com.

Thousands of rural post offices to reduce hours under new USPS plan

By Lissa Harris
5/10/12 - 11:33 am

Above: A Google map of New York State post offices that will have reduced hours under the new plan. Click on a red dot to get information about a post office's current hours and their planned reduced daily hours. Use the controls on the left to zoom in or out, or click and drag the map with your mouse. For a larger view, click here. Data from the United States Postal Service.   Read more

From the Publisher: Memorial Day. It's coming.

By Julia Reischel
5/7/12 - 4:23 pm

In the Catskills this year, Memorial Day is going to be epic.

For the first time in history, four of the six west-of-Hudson New York City reservoirs will be open to boating and paddling for the masses. A new bike event will bring the spirit of the Tour de France to the Pepacton. There will be festivals, parades, street fairs, and general partying all over the region.

And we're going to keep track of it all in our soon-to-be-published Catskills Memorial Day Guide.

Advertise in the Memorial Day guide by May 15. To advertise, check out our rate sheet and get in touch with me at sales@watershedpost.com or at 845-481-0155.

To get your event listed in the guide for free, click here to enter your event into our calendar system. (You need to register for an account with us first.)

Our goal is to list every single parade, barbecue, and get-together in the Catskills. Help us make it happen.

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The week in ATV news: Two bad accidents and a theft

By Lissa Harris
5/7/12 - 11:29 am

Last week saw a couple of catastrophic ATV accidents in the Catskills.

On Thursday, May 3, two local residents were fatally injured while riding an ATV in Andes: 32-year-old John W. Morris and 45-year-old Julie M. Manon. The Daily Star reports:

Manon died Friday at Albany Medical Center from injuries sustained in the crash, while Morris died Thursday night at Margaretville Hospital.

The Daily Star has obituaries for both Manon and Morris in today's paper.  Read more

Waitin' for a supermoon

By Lissa Harris
5/4/12 - 10:45 am

Above: A comparison of last year's "supermoon," on March 19, 2011, with a more average full moon from December 20, 2010. File from Wikimedia Commons.

Cross your fingers for clear skies this Saturday night, when a phenomenon called a "supermoon" should make for some stunning skywatching.

This Saturday evening, the moon turns full at 11:35pm. At midnight, the moon will reach its perigee -- the point at which it is closest to the Earth during its regular orbit of the planet, which takes 29.5 days. Full moon at perigee happens about once every 14 months.

Astronomer Joe Rao writes in the Christian Science Monitor that the best time to see Saturday's supermoon will be right around moonrise (which, here in upstate New York, should be just before 7pm):  Read more

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May 2012 Roxbury Library Association Tuesday Forum Program

By D. Seiler
4/11/12 - 3:29 pm

MAY 2012 ROXBURY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION TUESDAY FORUM PROGRAM

On Tuesday, May 8, 2012, at 1:00 p.m., at the Roxbury Library, Ashley
Drum, Environmental Educator for Minekill State Park in North Blenheim,
New York, will offer a presentation on making beeswax salve.

Regular RLA Tuesday Forum attendees will provide refreshments following
Ms. Drum's presentation.

The Roxbury Library Association welcomes the public to all RLA Tuesday
Forum programs, activities, and gatherings, which are free of charge.

Located at 53742 State Highway 30, the Roxbury Library is directly
opposite the town's United Methodist Church on Main Street.

For information about upcoming RLA Tuesday Forum programs, activities, and
gatherings, please contact Roxbury Library Director Dian Seiler or Roxbury
Library Clerk Helen Faraci at (607)-326-7901.

April 2012 Roxbury Library Association Tuesday Forum Program

By D. Seiler
3/26/12 - 4:22 pm

APRIL 2012 ROXBURY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION TUESDAY FORUM PROGRAM

On Tuesday, April 10, 2012, at 1:00 p.m., at the Roxbury Library, Drue
Brenner, NY Connects Coordinator for the Delaware County Office for the
Aging in Delhi, New York, will offer a presentation on eldercare,
specifically on community services available to the elderly and on family
and community caregiving to the elderly population, for the April 2012 RLA
Tuesday Forum program.

Regular RLA Tuesday Forum attendees will provide refreshments following
Ms. Brenner's presentation.

The Roxbury Library Association welcomes the public to all RLA Tuesday
Forum programs, activities, and gatherings, which are free of charge.

Located at 53742 State Highway 30, the Roxbury Library is directly
opposite the town's United Methodist Church on Main Street.

For information about upcoming RLA Tuesday Forum programs, activities, and
gatherings, please contact Roxbury Library Director Dian Seiler or Roxbury
Library Clerk Helen Faraci at (607)-326-7901.
 

January 2012 Roxbury Library Association Tuesday Forum "Just Desserts" Gathering

By D. Seiler
1/4/12 - 5:36 pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact Person: Dian Seiler, Director, Roxbury Library
Telephone and Fax: (607)-326-7901

JANUARY 2012 “JUST DESSERTS” ROXBURY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION TUESDAY FORUM
GATHERING AT THE ROXBURY LIBRARY

On Tuesday, January 10, 2012, at 1:00 p.m., the Roxbury Library
Association will host a “Just Desserts” RLA Tuesday Forum gathering at the
Roxbury Library. RLA Tuesday Forum Coordinator Julia A. Menne cordially
requests that each RLA Tuesday Forum attendee bring a dessert to pass.

The Roxbury Library Association welcomes the public to all RLA Tuesday
Forum programs, activities, and gatherings, which are free of charge.

Located at 53742 State Highway 30, the Roxbury Library is directly
opposite the town’s United Methodist Church on Main Street.

For information about upcoming 2012 RLA Tuesday Forum programs,
activities, and gatherings, please contact Roxbury Library Director Dian
Seiler or Roxbury Library Clerk Helen Faraci at (607)-326-7901.

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