Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
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Aug. 24, 2012
The Daily Freeman reports that 80-year-old Dorothea Denman, former owner of the Olivebridge Florist, was struck by a car and killed Friday afternoon on Route 28 in Olive, near her home at 9 Sunkist Lane.
From the Freeman's story:
The accident, which... Read more
Aug. 24, 2012
A Hamden man who was declared missing after his mobile home was set ablaze spent four days hiding in the woods, according to the Delaware County Sheriff's Office.
On Monday morning, police and emergency responders found William D. Lawson's home at 866... Read more
Aug. 23, 2012
Above: Ulster County executive Mike Hein at the county Department of Public Works substation in New Paltz, flanked by county legislators Ken Wishnick and Hector Rodriguez. Photo courtesy of Hein's office.
Today, Ulster County Executive Mike Hein signed... Read more
Aug. 22, 2012
A three-year-old boy who drowned at Taghkanic State Park in Columbia County on Tuesday afternoon was identified by state police today as Connor Bagley of Athens, according to several news accounts.
Fox 23 spoke to police and several witnesses at the... Read more
Aug. 21, 2012
Update, 8/24: Lawson was found in the woods near his home on Thursday night. See our story for more details.
A Hamden man whose mobile home was destroyed by fire on Monday morning is missing, the Delaware County Sheriff's Office reports.
William D.... Read more
Aug. 21, 2012
Above: The house of Dave Rikard, a week after the Irene floods devastated Prattsville's Main Street. Rikard appears in a New York Magazine feature story this month about Prattsville. Photo by Jay Harsevoort; shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group... Read more
Aug. 16, 2012
Through this Saturday, August 18, the Delaware County Fair in Walton is going strong with rides, horse and livestock shows, bull riding, country music, and demolition derby.
Reader Ann Roberti visited the fair earlier in the week, and sent us some photos... Read more
Aug. 13, 2012
Above: A Fox 23 news clip about a fiery accident on Sunday in the town of Richmondville.
A terrifying accident near the I-88 overpass over Route 7 in Richmondville left one dead and two with serious burns on Sunday.
According to a New York State Police... Read more
Aug. 10, 2012
Above: Photo of emerald ash borer taken at the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station Laboratory, East Lansing, Michigan. Source: insectimages.org.
The march of the invasive emerald ash borer across the Catskills continues. Today, the state... Read more
Aug. 8, 2012
The Daily Star reports that on Sunday night, fire tore through a barn on a dairy farm in Franklin, killing over 20 milk cows and calves and putting an end to a century of dairy farming by the Boning family.
Some of the cows were able to be rescued from... Read more
Aug. 7, 2012
This week's must-read story for upstate New York: An editorial by Times Union columnist Fred LeBrun, titled "End of the anti-frack world is near." In it, LeBrun claims that a gubernatorial plan to greenlight hydraulic fracturing by the time the leaves... Read more
Aug. 6, 2012
Above: Bikers roll out for a men's pro event in the Tour of the Catskills race over the weekend. Via YouTube.
This weekend, road bikers from across the country descended on Greene County for the fifth annual Tour of the Catskills. The three-day race pits... Read more
Aug. 2, 2012
Dear WP reader,
We're on posting hiatus through the end of the week. We may post a few news items here and there, but for the most part, we'll be focusing on offline projects.
(Full disclosure: Some of those projects involve replacing the Watershed... Read more
Aug. 1, 2012
Tomorrow, the Phoenicia Festival of the Voice opens with "The Benefit," an operatic comedy starring Maria Todaro and Michelle Jennings.
But even before the show begins, all eyes will be on another VIP: Ted Blazer, president of the Olympic Regional... Read more
Jul. 31, 2012
Above: Some of the trash collected at this year's annual Delaware River cleanup, sponsored by Kittatinny Canoes in Milford, PA. Photo from Kittatinny's Facebook wall.
For over twenty years, a dedicated group of volunteers has been making an annual four-... Read more
Jul. 30, 2012
Above: The Schoharie Creek in Lexington, where the USGS recently found the invasive algae Didymosphenia geminata, also known as "rock snot." Photo by Flickr user Doug Kerr; published under Creative Commons license.
The invasive alga known as "rock snot"... Read more
Jul. 30, 2012
On a clear day, you can see for miles. Christopher Mooney took this shot from atop the fire tower on Mt. Utsayantha in Stamford, looking out over the northwestern edge of the Catskills.
In the early twentieth century, Utsayantha's spectacular view -- and... Read more
Jul. 30, 2012
Kimberly Searor. Photo from Kingston Police Department.
UPDATE, 8/1: Searor was found on Tuesday in Saugerties, the Freeman reports.
On Sunday, the Kingston Police Department reported 14-year-old Kimberly Searor missing from her home in Kingston:
she... Read more
Jul. 28, 2012
A flash flood watch is in effect across Eastern New York this morning, including Greene, Schoharie and Ulster counties:
Through Sunday Morning * Showers And Embedded Thunderstorms Will Become More Numerous Across Much Of Eastern New York And Adjacent... Read more
Jul. 26, 2012
Above: Rainbow over the Gypsy Wolf Cantina in Woodstock around 8pm this evening. Photo by Mara Dean; reproduced with permission.
Fast-moving thunderstorms tore across New York State like a freight train today. In the Catskills, the feared tornadoes never... Read more