Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
Articles
Mar. 2, 2013
Greene County sheriff Greg Seeley addressed a group of pro-gun activists at a videogame store in Catskill last week, along with Congressman Chris Gibson and New York State Assemblyman Pete Lopez.
The Daily Mail's W.T. Eckert reports that Seeley told the... Read more
Mar. 1, 2013
Above: The Empire State Railway Museum in Phoenicia on September 5, 2011, a week after Irene flooding damaged the building and grounds. Photo by Flickr user fixbuffalo; shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group.
Over a year and a half since the Irene... Read more
Mar. 1, 2013
Rural enough for ya? Photo of dirt road in the Delaware County town of Meredith by Flickr user somervillebikes; shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group.
A newly-released report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture recommends a change in the agency... Read more
Mar. 1, 2013
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office is looking for two men who broke into an Esopus home on Wednesday evening, pistol-whipped an occupant of the house, robbed the house, and fled on foot.
The home invasion occurred around 7:30pm at Lampman Avenue in Port... Read more
Feb. 28, 2013
In the city, it's all about location. Here in the mountains, it's all about elevation.
This morning, Watershed Post publisher Julia Reischel snapped this photo of snow clinging to every branch of every tree atop New Kingston Mountain Road, between New... Read more
Feb. 28, 2013
A view of the course at the Windham Country Club. Photo from Windham Country Club's website.
Local ski resort Windham Mountain announced this week that the resort's owners intend to buy the Windham Country Club, an 18-hole mountaintop golf course near... Read more
Feb. 27, 2013
Photo by Flickr user Jeff Adams; published under Creative Commons license.
A new state law intended to combat illegal recreational use of hydrocodone, a highly addictive opiate that is the main ingredient in Vicodin and other prescription painkillers,... Read more
Feb. 27, 2013
Above: Lieutenant Erik Dauber of the New York State Police briefs local news reporters on an unfolding homicide investigation at Troop C's Sidney headquarters on Tuesday. Source: New York State Police's Facebook page.
Number of bodies found so far in a... Read more
Feb. 27, 2013
A few of the 99 cats seized in January from the home of a cat hoarder in Wright settle into their new surroundings at the Animal Shelter of Schoharie Valley. Photos from the Animal Shelter of Schoharie Valley's Facebook page; used with permission.
A... Read more
Feb. 26, 2013
Forecasters are calling for heavy, wet snow to fall across the Catskills late this evening and overnight, moving from south to north.
Accumulations could reach 5 to 10 inches in western Greene and Ulster Counties, according to a winter storm warning... Read more
Feb. 26, 2013
More disturbing details are emerging from the police investigation into an apparent murder-suicide and arson that occurred last week in a Walton home.
On February 19, two people were found dead at a house at 294 John Lockwood Road, which was set on fire... Read more
Feb. 25, 2013
A long-dead body has been found during the investigation of an arson-suicide at 294 John Lockwood Road in Walton, where 48-year-old Debra Sundstrom committed suicide by gunshot on February 19.
On the afternoon of February 19, two local police officers... Read more
Feb. 25, 2013
This week, Delaware County is likely to join a growing contingent of upstate New York counties declaring opposition to the SAFE Act, New York State's new gun control law.
Among a slate of resolutions to be taken up at the Delaware County Board of... Read more
Feb. 25, 2013
A 30-year-old Marlborough woman has died after falling out of the bed of a pick-up truck and striking her head on the pavement.
State police say Kristina Kornberg, a resident of 548 Lattintown Road in the Ulster County town of Marlborough, was injured... Read more
Feb. 25, 2013
Photo courtesy of Woodstock Fire Department; reproduced by permission.
A Bottini fuel truck driving on Glasco Turnpike in Woodstock early Saturday afternoon veered off the road and struck a tree, leaving the driver trapped in the cab.
In an account of... Read more
Feb. 23, 2013
Watch out on the roads tonight, drivers: Winter weather advisories are in effect this evening across the Catskills region, and forecasters are calling for freezing rain changing over to snow overnight.
The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a... Read more
Feb. 22, 2013
A head-on collision between two cars on the New York State Thruway in New Baltimore around 1am Friday morning left two dead and two injured, including a four-month-old baby, police announced today.
According to a news release from the New York State... Read more
Feb. 21, 2013
Photo by Flickr user manyhighways; published under Creative Commons license.
To butcher a quote from Henry Ford: You can have any color school bus you want, as long as it's yellow. But that wasn't always the case: Before a rural education professor led... Read more
Feb. 20, 2013
Up to a third of Central Hudson's customers may have had their personal or financial information accessed by hackers in a cyberattack that struck over President's Day Weekend, the electric utility announced Wednesday.
In a release issued about the attack... Read more
Feb. 20, 2013
Above: Aerial imagery of a property at 294 John Lockwood Road where two bodies were found Tuesday (highlighted in blue on the map). Source: Delaware County Community Online Mapping Tool.
On Tuesday afternoon, police conducting a criminal investigation at... Read more