Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
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Feb. 6, 2013
Photo of NYC mail carrier by Flickr user Wayne Surber. Published under Creative Commons license.
By August, news outlets around the country are reporting, the U.S. Postal Service will put a halt to Saturday mail delivery in an effort to cut costs at the... Read more
Feb. 5, 2013
Above: The scene of a Tuesday morning head-on crash between two vehicles on Route 212 in Woodstock, near Easton Lane. Photo courtesy of the Woodstock Fire Department; reproduced by permission.
A head-on collision between two vehicles around 7:20am shut... Read more
Feb. 5, 2013
Above: Video (part 4 of 5) from a meeting of the Shandaken Town Board on Monday, February 4, showing public comments from several Shandaken residents who spoke out against a resolution opposing New York State's new gun control law. For more Shandaken... Read more
Feb. 5, 2013
An accident around 7:30am has closed Route 212 in both directions between Easton Lane and Baumgarden Road, according to an alert on NY-Alert.
The Woodstock Fire Department said in a Facebook post that the incident was a "serious motor vehicle accident,"... Read more
Feb. 4, 2013
A woman died in a one-car accident on County Route 2 in Andes on Saturday, February 2.
Warwick resident Karen Lane, 58, was traveling north on County Route 2 when her car left the roadway and overturned several times, said Delaware County sheriff's... Read more
Feb. 4, 2013
Tonight, at a regularly scheduled monthly town board meeting, the Shandaken Town Board will vote on a resolution opposing New York State's recently enacted gun control legislation.
If adopted, the resolution will have no legal force. Such resolutions --... Read more
Feb. 4, 2013
This morning, a joint legislative budget hearing was packed to the gills as Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner Joe Martens testified to legislators about hydraulic fracturing.
Martens began speaking at 9:30am. The Democrat and... Read more
Jan. 31, 2013
On Thursday at 6:30pm, Ulster County executive Mike Hein delivered his annual "State of the County" address at SUNY Ulster in Stone Ridge. The event was originally scheduled for Monday, January 28, but was rescheduled due to weather.
Below: The text of... Read more
Jan. 30, 2013
National Weather Service forecasters are warning Catskills residents that high winds are expected to develop tonight and tomorrow, increasing the risk of downed trees and power outages across the region. The area is already under a flood watch, with... Read more
Jan. 29, 2013
Heavy rain and warmer temperatures are pushing into the southern Catskills, melting snow on the ground and bringing an increased risk of flash flooding.
An alert issued Tuesday afternoon by the National Weather Service in Binghamton urges Delaware,... Read more
Jan. 29, 2013
Dr. Barry and the Jazz Cats get into the groove on a recent Sunday at the Dancing Cat Saloon, a Bethel music venue that doubles as an up-and-coming distillery. Photo taken by John of Catskills Photography, and shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group... Read more
Jan. 28, 2013
A snowstorm that threatens to change over to ice and sleet later in the day is prompting school closings and other cancellations across the Catskills region.
Ulster County executive Mike Hein's office announced this morning that the State of the County... Read more
Jan. 24, 2013
Above: A screenshot from state senator John Bonacic's website, urging constituents in the 42nd District to sign a petition to repeal New York State's new gun control law.
With the ink hardly dry on New York State's new gun control law, New York state... Read more
Jan. 24, 2013
Above: Four Deadly Reasons, the film that sparked a Hollywood-worthy furor in the little Sullivan County hamlet of Narrowsburg over a decade ago.
Regular listeners of This American Life, a national radio program from Public Radio International, heard a... Read more
Jan. 24, 2013
A 22-year-old solo pilot flying a single-engine Piper Cherokee Warrior was forced to make an emergency landing in a field in the Sullivan County town of Bethel on Monday, according to a statement released recently by New York State Police.
Brent Kozura,... Read more
Jan. 23, 2013
Several news outlets are reporting that an NBT Bank in Sharon Springs was robbed shortly after noon on Wednesday, and that state and local police are searching for the robber.
WKTV News reports that the robber -- described as a white man wearing a mask... Read more
Jan. 23, 2013
It's true: On any given weekend in the Catskills, you can't swing a cat without hitting a random celebrity. Looking glam as ever here despite the candid snapshot is Tyra Banks, supermodel and host of America's Next Top Model, spotted by a sharp-eyed... Read more
Jan. 22, 2013
If you're going out tonight, the National Weather Service advises you to bundle up. Delaware and Sullivan Counties are under a wind chill advisory from midnight Tuesday through mid-morning Wednesday. Temperatures are expected to drop to between zero and... Read more
Jan. 22, 2013
Why spend all day drilling holes in dead trees in search of hidden larvae, when you can stop in at the friendly neighborhood all-you-can-eat suet buffet? Watershed Post reader Barbara Small got this fantastic closeup of a woodpecker near her house in... Read more
Jan. 22, 2013
Alexander T. Watkins-Blazeski, a 16-year-old from the Shawangunk hamlet of Pine Bush, was killed in a snowmobile accident near Sinsabaugh Road on Saturday. In a news release, state troopers said Watkins-Blazeski was driving a 2005 Arctic Cat in a field... Read more