Julia Reischel
Articles
Nov. 25, 2014
Above: Snowfall predictions for the Catskills, via the National Weather Service's Binghamton office.
The forecasts for a whammy of a winter storm are getting more serious: Delaware, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster counties are all under a winter... Read more
Nov. 25, 2014
On Saturday, Nov. 29, hundreds of runners will line up in Phoenicia for the annual post-feast Phoenicia Turkey Trot to walk, run or waddle 2.4 miles through the hamlet to raise funs for building upkeep and improvements at the Shandaken Theatrical Society... Read more
Nov. 24, 2014
Above: Hudson Valley Weather's analysis of the impact of a nor'easter on Wednesday, Nov. 26. Via the Hudson Valley Weather Facebook page.
The forecast for the next 48 hours is looking decidedly weird.
Today's temperatures are breaking records for... Read more
Nov. 19, 2014
A 21-year-old SUNY Cobleskill student was killed in a car crash in the village of Sharon Springs on the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 19, according to a press release from the Schoharie County Sheriff's Office and the Albany Times-Union.
SUNY Cobleskill has... Read more
Nov. 19, 2014
Photo by Liz West, via Flickr.
The humble cucumber has a celebration all its own this Sunday: the Rosendale Pickle Festival.
This will be the festival's 17th year. Over 6,000 people are expected to come to the Rosendale Community Center seeking a pickle... Read more
Nov. 18, 2014
In a curt decision issued on Tuesday, Nov. 18, the New York State Court of Appeals ruled that the Maetreum of Cybele, a monastic branch of Paganism with a headquarters in the Catskills, is entitled to a religious property tax exemption from the Greene... Read more
Nov. 17, 2014
After 14 months of renovations, the Phoenician, Mike Ricciardella's fourth restaurant in the hamlet of Phoenicia, is open.
The restaurant is perched on the banks of the Esopus Creek, in a building that housed Al's Seafood Restaurant for over 70 years.... Read more
Nov. 17, 2014
Above: A video report about the grand opening of the Numann Technology Center, produced by Vecc Videography.
Roxbury Central School has a new technology center filled with banks of new desktops, laptops, and tablets, and decorated with the whimsical... Read more
Nov. 14, 2014
Above: Snow-covered Hamden in Delaware County, looking toward Franklin, shot from the air at 7:50 a.m. on Nov. 14 by Jessica Vecchione of Vecc Videography.
It snowed throughout the night in the Catskills, according to Hudson Valley Weather's Facebook... Read more
Nov. 13, 2014
Above: A paddler heads down to the shore of the Pepacton Reservoir during the 2014 boating season. Photo via the NYC DEP's Flickr page.
In the three years since the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) opened four of its upstate... Read more
Nov. 13, 2014
Water is an ever-present fact of life in the Catskills--especially in the small towns that have seen frequent flooding in the last few decades.
It's also an ever-renewing source of inspiration for artists and musicians, from 18th-century German composer... Read more
Nov. 12, 2014
Left: Jason Wilsey. Photo via the Delaware County Sheriff's Office.
The Walton Reporter's Lillian Browne has the news today that an employee accused of smugglng oxycodone out of a prescription narcotics manufacturing plant was found innocent of the... Read more
Nov. 11, 2014
Above: Greg Henderson stands next to Stratton Falls in a video shot in June 2014. Still from "The Roxbury at Stratton Falls - Dream Stage" video.
Greg Henderson and Joseph Massa have purchased Roxbury's historic Stratton Falls waterfall and its adjoining... Read more
Nov. 11, 2014
The prize casino developers have been vying for all year is almost at hand. The New York State Gaming Facility Location Board is scheduled to announce plans to build up to four casino resorts across the state--with two possibly slated for development in... Read more
Nov. 10, 2014
A student making a verbal threat to other students prompted Margaretville Central School to issue a recorded voicemail to parents on Monday, Nov. 10.
The recorded message stated:
Margaretville Central School became aware of a threat made to students. We... Read more
Nov. 10, 2014
Four people were injured in an accident at the intersection of Route 28 and DuBois Road in the Ulster County hamlet of Shokan on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 9, according to the Daily Freeman.
A Freeman reporter talked to a state police deputy, who said on... Read more
Nov. 7, 2014
Three people have been arrested in connection with a shooting at the Hess Express gas station on Route 28 in Margaretville that left an Arkville man wounded, according to a press release issued by the New York State Police on Friday evening, Nov. 7.... Read more
Nov. 6, 2014
Former congressional hopeful Sean Eldridge has drawn the ire of the Catskill Watershed Corporation (CWC) with his comments about economic development in the New York City watershed.
Eldridge, a Democrat, lost the race for New York State's 19th... Read more
Nov. 6, 2014
A man wearing a ski mask and a blue hoodie has the residents of Schoharie County nervous this week after he allegedly invaded a home on Route 30 early on Saturday, Nov. 1.
Social media lit up with gossip on Saturday as drivers along Route 30 saw police... Read more
Nov. 6, 2014
Left: Caleb Segura. Photo via the New York State Police.
Nineteen-year-old Caleb Segura intentionally set fire to a house while a family of six was inside, police say.
Segura was charged with arson and attempted murder, and is being held in the Greene... Read more