Shandaken
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 15, 2011 - 10:26 am
11:15am: Update from Kathleen Nolan, via Facebook:
When I drove by just before 9 am, the center Triangle formed by the intersection of Country Route 40 (Old Plank Road) and Route 212 was flooded -- I think that's the intersection you mean. A crew of... Read more
By wateradmin on Friday, Aug. 12, 2011 - 3:48 pm
Dispatch from Shandaken #3: This is not a test. This is the real thing. Clementine is missing and probably is very scared, and her people, including two children, are worried sick over her. A $500 reward has been posted for her safe return.
This is also... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 12, 2011 - 12:03 pm
Ever dreamed of being a yoga teacher? Megan Leigh of Chichester Yoga is holding an open house Q&A session for would-be yoga teachers this Saturday. Come for a yoga class beforehand and stay to pepper Leigh with questions.
Yoga Teacher Training Open... Read more
By wateradmin on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011 - 2:11 pm
Photo of elephant herd courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
The kind and usually wise publishers of the Watershed Post foolishly gave me the go ahead to develop this new feature with very few fixed guidelines. So until they realize their rare error in judgement... Read more
By wateradmin on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 - 7:59 pm
Welcome to a work in progress that, like the original intent behind the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose California, will I am sure keep changing. (For those curious and/or uninformed about this particular odd metaphoric reference, here is the url for... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 - 5:43 pm
If you're a newbie hiker, this weekend is the perfect chance to tackle a trail leading to what many say is the best view in the Catskills: Giant Ledge. The Frost Valley YMCA is leading a free public hike on Saturday up to the aptly named 1,000-foot... Read more
By Rich Muellerleile on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 - 12:34 pm
Summer is in full swing here in the Catskills, and the flurry of outdoor activities that these hills and dales offer bring droves from near and far to take advantage of what incredible resources Mother Nature offers us. She’s a tough mother in the summer... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 5, 2011 - 12:43 pm
Sometimes we forget that the Catskills are part of Appalachia, with all its misty hollows and moonshine lore. Folk musician A.J. Roach will cure that little delusion -- his first two albums were all fiddles, banjos and lyrics about life in ghostly eastern... Read more
By Rusty Mae Moore on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011 - 12:24 pm
Photo by J. Ronald Lee, 2011. Via Flickr.
Sixty percent of the water that is pumped through Phoenicia's water system is vanishing before it reaches its destination, Alfred Peavey, the chairman of the committee for the Phoenicia Water District, told the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 26, 2011 - 2:22 pm
Photo of rusty mailbox by Flickr user Mandy Jansen. Published under Creative Commons license.
Today, the United States Postal Service released a list of almost 3,700 post offices across the country -- many of them in small, rural towns -- that the agency... Read more
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