Julia Reischel
Articles
Oct. 1, 2010
Kirkside Park in Roxbury, photographed by Chris O'Shaughnessy. Below, O'Shaughnessy's dog in her flooded backyard:
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Rte. 30, the road leading to Roxbury from Margaretville, was reportedly... Read more
Oct. 1, 2010
Catskill Flies in Roscoe is blogging and tweeting about conditions in Roscoe all day today. Here's their latest report, from 8:40am:
UPDATE at 8:40-Walt & Chris are out checking conditions as I am on the computer-here is the latest-Russell Brook... Read more
Oct. 1, 2010
The town of Hancock in Delaware County has declared a state of emergency, the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin and WBNG Channel 12 report.
Hancock, NY (WBNG Binghamton) Delaware County Emergency Services report a State of Emergency in Hancock. That's... Read more
Oct. 1, 2010
Above: Photo of a bridge in Brown Rd/McKinley Hollow in Big Indian Valley this morning by Pierre Levesque. Below, a photo of flooding reaching the door of a cabin in McKinley Hollow by Levesque.
Below: A CNN iReport by user kkeaveny. Photo taken around... Read more
Oct. 1, 2010
Above: Reader Catherine Sapinsky send us this photo of the Margaretville skate park, taken this morning at 8am.
Carol O'Beirne, the Executive Director of the Central Catskills Chamber of Commerce, emails us with a report of what it looks like on the... Read more
Sep. 30, 2010
Roxbury's only medical clinic will close in November, a spokeswoman for the Health Alliance of the Hudson Valley confirmed today.
“It will be closing, yes, in November,” said Sylvia Murphy, the Health Alliance's director of marketing told the Watershed... Read more
Sep. 30, 2010
Sandy Foster, of New York Times and DIY-gingerbread-cottage fame, took a bunch of lovely photos of asters by her cottage in Delhi this week.
Sep. 30, 2010
What you really need for your cozy little upstate cabin this blizzard season is a generator and a "cottage cam," the New York Post tells us today. I'll take a few cords of wood first, thanks.
Sep. 30, 2010
The Apex Bridge over the Cannonsville Reservoir on September 27. Photo by Jack McShane.
Paddlers and canoe enthusiasts rejoiced last year when the New York City Department of Environmental Projection announced that it would be opening up the Cannonsville... Read more
Sep. 30, 2010
A pretty incredible traffic stop story out of Sullivan County this morning.
According to a State Police press release, an Ellenville driver named Jason E. Jeter was stopped by a state trooper on Rte. 17 yesterday morning for a traffic violation.
Then... Read more
Sep. 29, 2010
So how did the community-radio festival and training-fest in Hudson go last weekend? WGXC and the Prometheus Project have a slew of videos recording the "community radio barnraising" in action, so you can see for yourself what it was like. Here's a "... Read more
Sep. 29, 2010
If you're driving on I-88, you might need to rethink your bathroom break strategies come December 1. New York State is strapped for cash, so the NY Department of Transportation is closing six rest stops on highways around the state this fall to save... Read more
Sep. 29, 2010
The Greene County Council on the Arts, which was preparing to lose its shirt in the economic meltdown two months ago, has been saved by donations, the Daily Freeman reports.
Earlier: New York State: Putting the "starving" back in 'artist"
Sep. 28, 2010
The Woodstock Film Festival, an annual scrum of stars, artists, directors, documentarians, and film-lovers, descends on locations around Ulster County tomorrow to screen more than 150 films, 60 of which will be premieres of one kind (world) or another (... Read more
Sep. 28, 2010
There's a four-family apartment building on fire in Saugerties right now, according to a tweet by the Ulster County Red Cross. The state transportation alert system is reporting that Rte. 9W between Main St. and Russell St. is closed because of the blaze... Read more
Sep. 28, 2010
The National Weather Service just issued a Tornado Watch for most of eastern New York, including the Catskills region:
Tornado Watch issued September 28 at 9:57AM CDT expiring September 28 at 5:00PM CDT by NWS Storm Prediction Center
Activation Time: 09/... Read more
Sep. 28, 2010
Armenian food lover Douglas Kalajian, who blogs at TheArmenianKitchen.com, recently visited Windham, where, he reports, there is now a fantastic Armenian (and Greek!) specialty foods store:
The Armenian flag fluttering over Route 23 is one of several... Read more