Wintry mix will make for hazardous driving
Above: An ice wall in Platte Clove in 2013. Photo by Dave Hebb and shared in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
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Hoping for a casino
The site of the former Concord Hotel, above, was once a thriving resort in Kiamesha Lake, in Sullivan County. Developers want to build a new resort casino here, and are anxiously waiting for permits for up to two Catskills casinos to be issued by New York State's Gaming Facility Location Board.
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Doctor with Catskills ties fights Ebola in Sierra Leone
Above: Ramona Sunderwith watches the first patients arriving at the Lunsar Ebola Treatment Center in Sierra Leone on Monday, Dec. 1. Photo by Sam Ryder, via Twitter, and International Medical Corps.
Ramona Sunderwirth is an emergency pediatric physician who splits her time between New York City and a home in the Delaware County town of Bovina. She is spending her holiday season in Sierra Leone, the heart of the global Ebola virus epidemic. Part one of a series.
For Ramona Sunderwirth, Thanksgiving had to wait.
The Ebola treatment center in the town of Lunsar in Sierra Leone was supposed to open just before the holiday. But then the running water and electricity gave out.
"We don't have water," Sunderwirth said on Wednesday, Nov. 26. "We can't even put chlorine in water. All this is getting worked out, but it's just a big challenge."
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Suspect in Spider-Man mask robs Walton store on Black Friday
An armed suspect wearing a Spider-Man mask robbed a Smoker's Choice convenience store in Walton the day after Thanksgiving, according to the New York State Police.
A police press release states that the store was robbed at 6:44 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 28 by the masked faux superhero, who was wearing a green sweatshirt and possibly fled in a green pickup truck. For the full press release, click here.
Correction: An earlier vesrion of this story stated that an armed man robbed the store. The gender of the suspect isn't indicated in the police press release, so the masked robber could have been a man or a woman.
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Shop Catskills: Post-turkey edition
It's holiday shopping season in earnest, now that Thanksgiving is over. You can spend all your gift-giving dollars this year with Catskills merchants and businesses, and maybe see a few Christmas trees and even Santa himself while you're at it. To help you shop local, here's the second installment of our holiday shopping guide.
Want even more things to do? Check out our ever-updating Catskills events calendar.
Here's what's happening over the weekend of Nov. 28 to 30:
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Margaretville hosts its annual holiday celebration on Saturday, Nov. 29. Shops will be decked to the nines, lots of kids’ activities will distract your little ones, and Santa will show up late in the afternoon on a fire truck. Hot cocoa and doughnuts will keep you fortified, and you can grab a hayride when your feet get tired.
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Thanksgiving feasts around the Catskills
Above: A trio of Catskills turkeys in 2008. Photo by Kristine Paulus, via Flickr.
Ah, gratitude. We all know it’s the right spirit to maintain, there’s a science supporting its benefits, and yet it can be so easy to lose track of in everyday life. How nice it is that we’ve got a holiday devoted to turning our thoughts in that general direction.
And most surely we have plenty to be thankful for around here. Besides the beauty of early winter in the mountains, we have neighbors busy organizing feasts like the ones that follow. If you don’t feel like organizing your own this year, here are the folks who’ve got you covered. Happy Thanksgiving; here at the Watershed Post, we’re grateful for you.
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The snow's finally falling
Above: Photo of snow accumulation in Monticello on Nov. 26, 2014 by John (aka Catskill Photography) and shared in our Flickr pool.
Our expected snowstorm arrived this morning, Nov. 26, with flakes falling in earnest around 9:50 a.m. at the Watershed Post HQ in Margaretville.
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Cuomo: State is "prepared to close I-84" on Wednesday morning
Update, 10:00 p.m.: According to a statement issued by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office late Tuesday evening, commercial traffic will be banned from I-84 in New York State as of 7 a.m. on Wednesday. Long tandem vehicles will also be banned from parts of the New York State Thruway (I-90 and I-87) starting Wednesday at 7 a.m.
New York State may shut down I-84 in the Hudson Valley as early as 7 a.m. on Wednesday morning if an impending snowstorm makes travel dangerous, according to a statement released Tuesday, Nov. 25 by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office.
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The snowstorm looms
Above: Snowfall predictions for the Catskills, via the National Weather Service's Binghamton office.
The forecasts for a whammy of a winter storm are getting more serious: Delaware, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster counties are all under a winter storm warning issued by the National Weather Service.
The NWS predicts eight to 14 inches of snow in the eastern Catskills and five to 12 inches in the western Catskills. The white stuff will pile up in earnest throughout the day beginning at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 26, with accumulation rates of one to two inches per hour.
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This Weekend: Phoenicia Turkey Trot
On Saturday, Nov. 29, hundreds of runners will line up in Phoenicia for the annual post-feast Phoenicia Turkey Trot to walk, run or waddle 2.4 miles through the hamlet to raise funs for building upkeep and improvements at the Shandaken Theatrical Society Playhouse.
Runners of all abilities are invited to participate, ideally in costume. There will be prizes for the best get-ups worn in the race. Kids are invited to race as well: anyone under five years old can enter the Tot Trot, held before the main race that morning.
Phoenicia Turkey Trot. Saturday, Nov. 29, 10 a.m. Tot trot 9:30 a.m. $10 individuals; $20 per family. Registration at 8 a.m. at the Parish Hall on Main Street Phoenicia. Pre-register at runreg.com or phoeniciaturkeytrot.com.
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