Andes

Sometimes a Girl/a Gallery needs to Take it Off!

By Chace-Randall
5/21/12 - 4:29 pm

Our troupe is superb at applying the paint, but sometimes a girl/a gallery just needs to take it off: Chace-Randall Gallery is getting a face lift!

We're keeping it local, keeping it family. Cheers to housepainters extraordinaire Ron Boerner and son, Andes, New York.

Yes, we promise to keep the gallery looking pretty on the inside for your Memorial Day weekend visit! Currently on exhibit: Fracal Landscape: Re-Constructing Tuscany, the Hudson Valley and South America by world renowned artist Rimer Cardillo: www.chacerandallgallery.com/fractallandscape.htm.

Chace-Randall Gallery is located at 49 Main Street, Andes. Summer gallery hours: Friday - Sunday and Holiday Mondays 11 - 5 and by appointment. For more information call 845.676.4901 or visit www.chacerandallgallery.com.

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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.

Daily News: Lack of cell phone service in Andes meant a gruesome death for elderly couple

By Lissa Harris
5/11/12 - 12:05 am

Today's New York Daily News has an in-depth story about a horrific accident that took an elderly couple's lives in the town of Andes last week.

Arthur and Madeleine Morris, a Manhattan couple who owned a vacation home on Woodland Hill Drive in Andes, died near their own property after their car slid off the driveway and over an embankment on the afternoon of Thursday, May 3.

But neither was injured in the crash. New York State Police investigator Alan Ferrara told the Watershed Post this week that Arthur had died of asphyxiation, probably after he tried to get out of the car and slipped. Madeleine walked to a neighbor's house in an effort to get help, but sustained a head wound while walking through the woods, and died of exposure during the night.

The Daily News reports that Madeleine tried to dial 911 on her cell phone nine times:

Nine times, the call would not go through — so the panicked seniors tried to escape themselves, with disastrous results.  Read more

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

Reception this Weekend! Stellar Mother's Day Exhibition and Gallery Re-Opening Party!

By Chace-Randall
5/8/12 - 12:00 pm

Fractal Landscape: Re-constructions from Tuscany, the Hudson Valley and South America, by Rimer Cardillo

Chace-Randall Gallery proudly presentsFractal Landscape: Re-constructions from Tuscany, the Hudson Valley and South America, new works by Rimer Cardillo, May 11 – June 17, 2012. The exhibition is comprised of wood cuts and mixed media unique works on paper. A Reception for the Artist is Saturday, May 12, 5 – 7 p.m.

A world renowned printmaker and installation artist, Rimer Cardillo celebrates the ancient art of the woodcut and fuses it with modern photographic technology, silk-screens and drawing. His mixed media works incorporate imagery of his Hudson Valley pond and estancias of South America—fusing the natural world of his home in the United States with his native Uruguay. His woodcuts visit and revisit the hills of La Loggia, Tuscany, worked in state proofs (a valuable commodity for collectors) until finalized for the edition.  Read more

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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

Opens for the 2012 season Memorial Day Weekend - Presenting New Work

By Karen Levey
5/4/12 - 1:12 pm

Proudly Presents New Work By

   Jim Chatelain    John Egner    Gary Mayer

                        OPENING PARTY

                    SATURDAY,  MAY 26th  5pm - 7pm

                   WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US

                   Light Refreshments Served

 Sixty One Main Gallery opens for the 2012  Season Memorial Day Weekend  Read more

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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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