Julia Reischel
Articles
Mar. 3, 2016
Above: "Catskill Snow Storm in October" by Francine Barbet. Image via barbetart.com.
Seventy-eight-year-old Francine Barbet was killed in the Greene County town of Jewett on Friday, Feb. 26 when she walked with her dog into the path of an oncoming Jeep... Read more
Feb. 26, 2016
Above: Local fire companies stationed at Smokin Boars BBQ on Route 28 in Phoenicia on Thursday evening, Feb. 25. Photo by Lissa Harris.
Smokin Boars BBQ, a new barbecue restaurant that opened three months ago in the Ulster County hamlet of Phoenicia,... Read more
Feb. 25, 2016
There is minimal flooding at the West Branch of the Delaware River at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in Walton this morning. This is a view facing Kraft.
Posted by The Walton Reporter on Thursday, February 25, 2016
Above: The Walton fairgrounds... Read more
Feb. 23, 2016
Lyza Herman took this shot of last night's full moon, also known as the February "Snow Moon," in the Ulster County hamlet of Pine Hill on Monday, Feb. 22.
Feb. 23, 2016
Above: A poster from New York State's campaign to raise awareness about heroin addiction. New York State passed legislation to fund a heroin addiction awareness and treatment campaign in 2014. Photo via combatheroin.ny.gov.
As a heroin epidemic spreads... Read more
Feb. 16, 2016
Rain falling on frozen ground may lead to flooding across the Catskills on Tuesday, Feb. 16, according to the National Weather Service in Albany and Binghamton.
The western Catskills counties of Delaware and Sullivan are under a flood advisory until 6 p... Read more
Feb. 16, 2016
The towns of Bovina and Hancock in Delaware County closed their roads on Tuesday, Feb. 16 due to icy conditions, according to Michelle R. Murray, the communications supervisor for the Delaware County Department of Emergency Services.
Tina Mole, the... Read more
Feb. 10, 2016
The Catskills have a new distillery: Union Grove Distillery, owned by Todd Pascarella and Brian Mulder, celebrated its grand opening on Wednesday, Feb. 10 with a ribbon cutting in the Delaware County hamlet of Arkville.
The distillery's first product... Read more
Feb. 2, 2016
Above: Narcan, an opioid antidote, saved a life in Livingston Manor on Sunday. Image via Flickr user PunchingJudy.
A 32-year-old man who had overdosed on heroin was saved by first responders who administered two doses of Narcan, an antidote to opiates,... Read more
Feb. 2, 2016
The owners of a defunct farmstand in the Ulster County town of Shandaken must pay the town $126,200 in fees for “flagrant and egregious” violations of town law that occurred in 2012 and 2013, an Ulster County Supreme Court judge ruled on Jan. 28.
Al and... Read more
Feb. 1, 2016
Above: The summit of Sherrill Mountain in Greene County is a three-mile bushwhack from the nearest road. Image via Google maps.
Five forest rangers and two volunteer firefighters hiked six miles of rough terrain to a remote Greene County mountaintop to... Read more
Jan. 27, 2016
A pair of bald eagles has set up house in a nest on Route 30 in the Delaware County town of Middletown near the village of Margaretville. Watershed Post correspondent Rebecca Andre took this shot of the pair on Sunday, Jan. 24. To see a larger version of... Read more
Jan. 21, 2016
Above: Kaaterskill Falls in winter 2007. Photo by Jason, via Flickr.
Editor's Note: The DEC's press release about this rescue reported erroneously that the incident occurred on Kaaterskill Falls, which has a notoriously dangerous unofficial trail that... Read more
Jan. 21, 2016
Two men died after a 1996 Dodge Ram pickup truck hit a tree in the Ulster County town of Rosendale on Wednesday, Jan. 20, police say.
The men, 58-year-old driver Ronald Myroniuk and 58-year-old passenger Robert Myroniuk, both of Cottekill, were driving... Read more
Jan. 21, 2016
Above: The intersection in the village of Walton where a man was killed after being hit by a car last Thursday. Image via Google Maps.
A 31-year-old man was killed on Thursday, Jan. 14 after being hit by a car in the Delaware County town of Walton,... Read more
Jan. 20, 2016
Above: A rendering of one of the hotels in the planned Belleayre Resort. Image via the Crossroads Ventures website.
The planning boards of the towns of Middletown and Shandaken approved permits for the long-awaited Belleayre Resort last week, in a move... Read more
Jan. 19, 2016
Above: Bowie on the cover of "Aladdin Sane."
British newspapers are abuzz with speculation that David Bowie's ashes could be scattered in the Catskills in the wake of the pop singer's death from cancer on Sunday, Jan. 10.
Bowie was a fixture in the... Read more
Jan. 14, 2016
Above: A contestant in the 2012 Shandaken Primitive Biathlon. Image via shandakenprimitivebiathlon.net.
This Sunday, Jan. 17, buckskin-swathed competitors wearing snowshoes and carrying muzzleloading rifles will compete in the 19th-annual Shandaken... Read more
Jan. 12, 2016
Above: Radar shows a band of nasty winter weather heading for the Catskills on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 12. Image via NWS Binghamton.
Snow squalls, lake effect snow, high winds and general weather nastiness are forecast for portions of the Catskills this... Read more
Jan. 7, 2016
Above: Edward Callahan, left, with Joanne Callahan, his wife and co-owner of Callahan Catskill Real Esate, in a 2013 publicity photo for their business. Photo by Joe Damone.
Edward “Eddie” P. Callahan, a beloved figure in the Delaware County town of... Read more