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Tougher tests worry local schools -- and parents

By Lissa Harris
4/19/13 - 1:42 pm

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

By Anne Pyburn Craig
4/18/13 - 5:39 pm

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

By root2shoot
4/18/13 - 10:14 am

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

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Catskills runners among those at Boston Marathon

By Lissa Harris
4/16/13 - 11:54 am

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

Announcing the 2013 Catskills Outdoor Guide Photo Contest

By Julia Reischel
4/16/13 - 11:24 am

Top: A photo by Amanda Lee Popp, which won an honorable mention in last year's Great Outdoor Experience Photo Contest.

The contest is now closed. Winners will be announced on May 28, 2013. Thanks! Read more

Two women arrested after bizarre rampage at Gabrielle's Restaurant

By Lissa Harris
4/10/13 - 12:21 pm

From a glance at the New York State Police blotter, the arrest of two Stamford women on Monday evening on minor charges, after a "disturbance" at a local restaurant, doesn't look too unusual.

But a local man who witnessed the incident described a bizarre and harrowing scene: An unhinged woman throwing plates and mugs at staff, tearing up money and throwing it in the air, and striking out and "hissing like a demon" at staff and patrons who tried to subdue her.

The man -- who asked not to be identified -- told the Watershed Post that he was just about to leave Gabrielle's Restaurant in Stamford, after a quiet Monday evening dinner with his husband, another couple and their baby, when all hell broke loose.

"The waitress came out to give us our receipt and she was shaking,'" he said. "She just started crying, and [the mother of the baby] hugged her. She said, 'There's a woman over there throwing plates and striking at me, it's crazy.'" Read more