Woodstock
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jul. 5, 2011 - 2:50 pm
There was lots of excitement in the tiny hamlet of Bearsville last Friday, according to the Daily Freeman:
An elderly woman was rescued from her car in a stream Friday morning after the vehicle barrelled backward from the Cub Market parking lot, then... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 17, 2011 - 5:52 pm
Shandaken police report that two Woodstock residents -- 43-year-old Kenneth S. Mohler, and 40-year-old Anna E. Malmude -- were arrested today on charges related to a burglary at a Woodland Valley house. There is an ongoing investigation into the incident... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 15, 2011 - 12:29 pm
Top: Rick Bennett as Goering and Mikhail Horowitz as Spinoza in a rehearsal for Midget in a Catsuit Reciting Spinoza, opening this weekend in Woodstock. Photo provided by the Woodstock Players. Above: Carey Harrison talking about the play in a video... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jun. 10, 2011 - 3:02 pm
Design of the proposed Woodstock Commons housing project. Image from the RUPCO website.
The second of two lawsuits filed against a planned Woodstock housing project has been dismissed, according to the Times Herald-Record and the Daily Freeman.
Once again... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 18, 2011 - 12:28 am
Results are in for the Onteora school district: the budget passed 755-607, all three school board candidates on the ballot were reelected (no big surprise there), and the proposition to create a capital reserve fund passed.
Here are the results, from the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 17, 2011 - 2:47 pm
Calling all seniors at Andes, Margaretville, Onteora and Roxbury schools: You could win $300 bucks by waxing poetical about growing up here in the Catskills. The deadline for the annual Catskill Heritage Alliance essay competition is this Friday, and all... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 16, 2011 - 4:19 pm
Tomorrow, voters across New York State turn out to decide the fate of school budgets and school boards. In the Onteora school district (which spans Shandaken, Olive, Woodstock, Hurley, and a sliver of Lexington), polls will be open at all four elementary... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 5, 2011 - 2:50 pm
The Woodstock Times reports today that the Onteora middle and high schools will soon be installing 50 video surveillance cameras around campus.
That in itself isn't too surprising -- more and more schools have begun using video cameras to beef up security... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 27, 2011 - 10:52 am
Watershed Post reader Alexandra Marvar took this photo of a misty evening over the Sawkill Creek in Woodstock earlier this week. (The Sawkill looks so peaceful: hard to believe just over a month ago it looked like this.)
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Apr. 22, 2011 - 10:52 am
The Daily Freeman shared an annual report about the quality of Kingston's drinking water today, and it's pretty good news:
Water Superintendent Judith Hansen said Kingston residents will be receiving the 2010 report about the quality of the city’s water... Read more
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