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By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Apr. 7, 2011 - 9:51 pm
The little Shandaken hamlet just can't catch a break. The Daily Freeman reports that a log home on Wittenberg Road in Phoenicia was the scene of a three-alarm fire this morning:
Phoenicia Fire Chief Gary Carr Jr. said the 911 call for a fully involved... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Apr. 7, 2011 - 4:24 pm
The Maetreum of Cybele, in Palenville.
The town of Catskill is appealing a judge's decision that it may have discriminated against a group of pagans by refusing to grant them a religious property tax exemption.
According the the Greene County Clerk's... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Apr. 7, 2011 - 12:41 pm
Jeri Lynn RossAccording to a press release from the State Police, a Hurley woman is accused of stealing $279,000 from a series of people who lent her money. Jeri Lynn Ross, a 62-year-old who lives on Cedar St., reportedly obtained multiple fraudulent... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Apr. 7, 2011 - 12:32 pm
With us today to add a little more sizzle to this exciting new development at Watershed Post HQ, via the magic of YouTube, is Dramatic Chipmunk. (Ba ba baaaaaaaaaa!)
We love digital video around here. We use it all the time. And so do some of the folks... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Apr. 7, 2011 - 12:30 pm
An ambulance rushing to a medical emergency on Rte. 9W this morning in the Town of Ulster attempted to turn against a light and collided with two cars, according to the Daily Freeman:
The accident occurred at 10:09 a.m. at the intersection of Ulster... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Apr. 7, 2011 - 11:32 am
Liza de Guia, a New York City food blogger who shoots mini-documentaries on food from farm to table at Food Curated, traveled to the Catskills recently to make a film about small-scale slaughterhouses.
Here, in Part 1, she interviews Chris Harmon, the... Read more
By judygarrison on Thursday, Apr. 7, 2011 - 9:48 am
New shipment of donburi bowls just in from Japan in all those gorgeous blue and white patterns.
Fresh arrival of indigo dyed shibori door curtains, also known as noren.
New shipments arriving every week. We'd love to see you!
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 6, 2011 - 3:20 pm
Image: A graphic from the Open Space Institute's recent report on development in the Catskills, showing towns with the most privately-owned open space in darker brown.
A new report from the Open Space Institute, a land acquisition and conservation group... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Apr. 6, 2011 - 2:44 pm
Design of the proposed Woodstock Commons housing project. Image from the RUPCO website.
A lawsuit against the Town of Woodstock and its planning board over plans to build an affordable housing project has been dismissed on a technicality.
The case, filed... Read more
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