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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.

Local Carrots Already!

By Jon
5/11/12 - 9:29 pm

Now @ Main Street Farm, local organic carrots from Neversink Farm. These carrots are really, really good - you haven't had a carrot until you've tasted theirs.

Most may think of carrots as just a common vegetable but it is really remarkably how good they can be. Enjoy.

Main Street farm, located in the Western Catskills, is your purveyor of the best locally grown and sourced foods. Including seasonal organic vegetables, milk, eggs, American farmstead cheese, fresh baked goods, meadow raised meats, free-range poultry, general groceries, and flowers.

We bring it all together - the best local foods from the area's farms, farmers' markets, and food artisans at the convenience of your schedule.

Our direct relationships with farmers (Neversink Farm, among 50 others) provides many benefits: food reaches your table faster, fresher, and of higher nutrient quality, and with uncompromised accountability.  Read more

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Main Street Farm Market and Cafe

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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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

Find us at FOODSTOCK this Saturday! A celebration of local wine and food for the benefit of WJFF Catskills Radio 90.5 FM

By Jon
5/1/12 - 10:23 pm

Find us at FOODSTOCK this Saturday, May 5th, 2012! A celebration of local wine and food for the benefit of WJFF Catskills Radio 90.5 FM. Hope to see you there!

Check out this link to WJFF Radio for more details:

http://www.wjffradio.org/wjff/

Farmers, producers and growers of all kinds will be represented at “FOODSTOCK”, as well as local restaurants, wineries and distributors. Each will offer a representative sample of their product for attendees to taste. All products will be available for purchase. Restaurants will offer a taste of their signature dish.


There will be fresh produce of all kinds, amazing baked goods, homemade jams and preserves, meats and smoked meats and fish, maple products, tantalizing desserts, sausages, sauces and pestos, fudge and cheeses, and an array of locally-produced wines.

Here is a list of vendors so far.
Check back - new vendors are being added almost daily.

2012 FOODSTOCK Vendor List

Aaron Burr Cidery  Read more

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Main Street Farm Market and Cafe

Catskills under freeze warning again

By Lissa Harris
4/27/12 - 4:02 pm

Photo of blossoms on a Pennsylvania apple tree, taken April 22 by Steve Guttman. An early, warm spring followed by many unseasonally cold nights has made this a challenging season for apple and other fruit growers across the Northeast. Photo published under Creative Commons license.

If you've still got tender plants that have managed to survive this spring's wild mood swings, you'll want to cover them up tonight. The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning for south-central New York, including Delaware and Sullivan County:

Freeze Warning Remains In Effect From 11 PM This Evening To 9 AM EDT Saturday... * Locations...Northeast Pennsylvania And Central New York * Temperatures...In The Mid 20S. * Impacts...Any Sensitive Vegetation Will Be Vulnerable To Damage With Below Freezing Temperatures.   Read more

Celebrated Fresh Local Eggs?

By Jon
4/26/12 - 9:45 pm

The Cornucopia Institute’s report, Scrambled Eggs: Separating Factory Farm Egg Production from Authentic Organic Agriculture, rated Neversink Farm's eggs a “5-egg” rating: “Exemplary”—Beyond Organic.

Producers in this top tier manage diverse, small- to medium-scale family farms. They raise their hens in mobile housing on well-managed and ample pasture or in fixed housing with intensively managed rotated pasture. They sell eggs locally or regionally under their farm’s brand name, mostly through farmer’s markets, food cooperatives and/or independently owned natural and grocery stores and sometimes through larger chains like Whole Foods.

Main Street Farm is a local market that is proud to offer these eggs.  You can find us in Livingston Manor, NY.  We're located one mile off Rt. 17. Take Exit #96 and follow signs to Main Street.  Read more

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Main Street Farm Market and Cafe

Freeze warning tonight for Delaware, Sullivan counties

By Lissa Harris
4/25/12 - 3:38 pm

Winter finally arrived in April this year -- and even with May just around the corner, it's not letting go.

The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning for tonight across south-central New York and northeastern Pennsylvania, including Delaware and Sullivan County in the Catskills.

From NY-Alert:

Freeze Warning In Effect From Midnight Tonight To 9 AM EDT Thursday... The National Weather Service In Binghamton Has Issued A Freeze Warning...Which Is In Effect From Midnight Tonight To 9 AM EDT Thursday. * Locations...Mohawk Valley And The Catskills. * Temperatures...In The Low 30S. * Impacts...Sensitive Outdoor Plants May Be Killed If Left Uncovered.

A Freeze Warning Means Sub-Freezing Temperatures Are Imminent Or Highly Likely. These Conditions Will Kill Crops And Other Sensitive Vegetation.

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