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By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011 - 11:41 am
This just in from Eric Kight, the project manager at the NYC Department of Environmental Protection: The intersection of Rte. 28A and Monument Road in Olive will be closed for three days in September to make way for construction. The next of the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011 - 9:09 am
As Hurricane Irene chugs offshore of Florida this morning, the state of New York is locking down in preparation for what could be widespread power outages and flooding caused by up to 10 inches of rain when the storm hits our region tomorrow night.
The... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011 - 2:10 pm
Anyone feel the earthquake a few minutes ago? It seems a 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit Virginia just before 2pm, about 83 miles south of Washington, D.C, and people are feeling it up and down the East Coast.
We felt the building shake a little here in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 22, 2011 - 4:28 pm
Troop 163 getting ready for its closeup on Friday at the Ashokan Reservoir fountain. Photo by Diane Galusha.
This Saturday, a crew of 15 boy scouts from West Shokan will arrive triumphantly in Central Park after trekking the 120-mile path that New York... Read more
By Jim Friedlich on Monday, Aug. 22, 2011 - 2:45 pm
This spring I took off from my investment business, and we moved to our second home in Shokan. We’ve been summering here for over a decade, but this year was different. In place of obsessively checking my Blackberry, I set sight on cultivating the perfect... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Aug. 22, 2011 - 1:33 pm
To the editor:
Kayak, canoe, row, or sail the Ashokan Reservoir! This is the second season for AshokanBoaters.org, a boating group dedicated to bringing the DEP's recreational boating program to the Ashokan.
A visit to the Cannonsville Reservoir will... Read more
By wateradmin on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011 - 10:49 am
Last week, Olive government reporter Cindy Johansen attended the contentious August 8 public hearing about the draft comprehensive plan for the Town of Olive. She recorded this video footage of the hearing. To read her story about the meeting, click here... Read more
By wateradmin on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011 - 1:10 pm
Last week's Olive Town Board meeting occurred in the wake of a contentious public meeting about the new Town of Olive comprehensive plan. Our Olive government correspondent, Cindy Johansen, videotaped both meetings. This video, divided into seven... Read more
By wateradmin on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011 - 12:57 pm
Today, the Watershed Post is rolling out our new Olive town page, a news and community website for the town of Olive in Ulster County. Reporter Cindy Johansen will be our Olive town government reporter. She attended two town meetings in Olive this week... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jul. 29, 2011 - 9:00 am
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection announced yesterday that, starting today, the Lower Esopus will get 10 to 15 million gallons of clean water a day from the Ashokan Reservoir.
For creekside residents below the Ashokan, who have... Read more
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