Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
Articles
Dec. 4, 2014
Hope Peters. Photo: New York State Police.
A Shandaken woman will face felony grand larceny charges for allegedly stealing tens of thousands of dollars from her former employer, according to New York State Police.
Hope Peters was arrested on Wednesday... Read more
Nov. 25, 2014
Update, 10:00 p.m.: According to a statement issued by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office late Tuesday evening, commercial traffic will be banned from I-84 in New York State as of 7 a.m. on Wednesday. Long tandem vehicles will also be banned from parts of the... Read more
Nov. 18, 2014
A 55-year-old West Kill man died Monday, Nov. 17 when the all-terrain vehicle he was riding flipped over on a private trail in the Greene County town of Lexington, according to a statement released by New York State Police.
Local resident Bronislaw... Read more
Oct. 17, 2014
Up here in the Catskills, in the heart of New York City's vast rural watershed, it's impossible to forget that one lives in the middle of the city's water supply. The city's huge reservoirs dominate the landscape. Watershed affairs dominate local... Read more
Oct. 15, 2014
Above: First responders and witnesses on the scene of a one-car crash on Margaretville's Main Street. Photo by Lissa Harris.
An erratic driver in an Elantra coupe jumped the curb, took out a streetlight and hit the Gottfried Municipal Building at 773... Read more
Oct. 9, 2014
Columbus Day Weekend is coming up, and the Catskills are making the most of summer's last hurrah.
If you're a Catskills local, you've been living in a slow-mo fireworks display for a couple of weeks now, as maples, beeches, birches and oaks erupt in a... Read more