Julia Reischel
Articles
May. 22, 2015
Above: Trout are thrown from a bucket into the East Branch of the Delaware River on Thursday, May 21. Photos by Burr Hubbell.
Even the fish are getting ready for the first big weekend of the summer season in the Catskills.
Burr Hubbell sent us these... Read more
May. 22, 2015
A 25-year-old Virginia woman died and her three passengers were injured when she crashed a car on I-88 in the Delaware County town of Sidney on Wednesday, May 20, police say.
Ericka Sa-Keema, of Lorton, Virginia, was driving a 2002 Ford east on the... Read more
May. 22, 2015
Sunrise this morning -- Friday, May 22 -- marked the beginning of the boating season on four of New York City's upstate reservoirs in the Catskills: the Cannonsville, the Neversink, the Schoharie and the Pepacton. Boating on the reservoirs is allowed... Read more
May. 21, 2015
On Tuesday, May 19, the Ulster County Legislature voted 17 to 6 to endorse a deal between the county and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection to build an 11.5-mile hiking, walking and biking trail along the northern shore of the... Read more
May. 20, 2015
Above: Woodstock resident Joe Ali, third from right, was saved by first responders from Woodstock Fire Department Companies 4 and 5 after he went into cardiac arrest in December 2014. Ali was reunited with the people who worked to save him at Ulster... Read more
May. 19, 2015
Posted by Scott Trueblood on Thursday, March 26, 2015
Above: A photo of Scott Trueblood hang gliding, posted on his Facebook account.
A hang glider with a newly minted pilot's license died after crashing into a mountain in the Ulster County town... Read more
May. 18, 2015
Above: Video taken at a press conference held in Binghamton on Monday by the Muslims of America, residents of the Tompkins community of Islamberg. Video shot and edited by Jessica Vecchione of Vecc Videography.
From February to April of this year, Robert... Read more
May. 15, 2015
Above: Cupcakes at the Gardiner Cupcake Festival. Photo via the Gardiner Cupcake Festival website.
Ever since 2009, lovers of cupcakes have gathered in Ulster County for the annual Gardiner Cupcake Festival.
Now in its sixth year, the festival attracts... Read more
May. 15, 2015
On Saturday, the Catskill Mill on Main Street Catskill is hosting a dance performance (and a pre-performance auction and a post-performance dance party) as a benefit for the Greene County Council on the Arts.
The evening is planned with young,... Read more
May. 15, 2015
A man who was badly burned in an explosion behind the American Legion Post in Delhi on Wednesday, May 13 has died, police say.
Joseph Mueller, 19, died in the evening on Thursday, May 14, according to Delhi Police Chief Mike Mills.
On Wednesday, Mueller... Read more
May. 14, 2015
Due to a rash of wildfires across the state, including many in the Catskills, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday, May 13 that a ban on residential brush burning will be extended until May 21.
The ban, which goes into effect every year for the dry... Read more
May. 13, 2015
Above: A video of the fire shot by Laura Gioffe and shared with the Watershed Post.
A 19-year-old Delhi man was gravely injured in an explosion behind the American Legion building in Delhi around 8:15 p.m. on Wednesday, May 13. The minivan he was... Read more
May. 13, 2015
Above: Temperatures will be close to freezing in parts of the Catskills tonight. Photo via the National Weather Service Binghamton's Facebook page.
Fire might break out at any moment in the Catskills today, but you also should cover your seedlings to... Read more
May. 12, 2015
A forest fire that has been burning on Hunter Mountain since Thursday, May 7 is still burning, but has not jumped its containment line, said New York State Forest Ranger Rob Dawson on Tuesday May 12.
In a sign of confidence that the Hunter Mountain fire... Read more
May. 11, 2015
The first thing that catches your eye when you walk into the Roscoe Beer Company’s brand new tasting room in the Sullivan County town of Roscoe is a large aquarium full of trout.
It’s not what you expect to find in a local brewery — usually the malt and... Read more
May. 10, 2015
Above: A helicopter fights the Hunter Mountain fire on Saturday, May 9. Photo by Ariel Woolheater.
Four days after it was sparked in a remote Greene County Valley, the largest forest fire to burn in the Catskills town of Hunter in living memory is fully... Read more
May. 10, 2015
Above: Garden vegetables on picnic table. Photo by Dennis Yerry, and submitted to the 2015 Catskills Food Guide photo contest.
Please add one plant or one row of veggies/fruits for the Community Pantry
We feed more than 400 households in the area, so... Read more
May. 7, 2015
Above: Fire on the mountain. A helicopter pours water on a forest fire, visible as a plume of white smoke rising over the ridge, on Hunter Mountain on May 8, the second day of the blaze. Photo by Douglas Senterman.
Updates at bottom of post. -- Ed... Read more
May. 7, 2015
Above: Flowers at Margaretville's 2012 spring festival. Photo by Julia Reischel.
Celebrate the end of mud month and the beginning of spring in the Delaware County village of Margaretville this Saturday during the village's Spring on Main Festival.... Read more
May. 6, 2015
Above: A view of the Shawangunk brush fire looking south from the Summitville turn on Route 209 outside the Ulster County town of Ellenville at close to midnight on Tuesday, May 5. Photo by Michael Wentland.
A massive forest fire that began on Sunday,... Read more