Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
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Jul. 26, 2012
This just in via email from the Delaware County Sheriff's Office:
Per Steve Finch, Delaware County 911 Coordinator:
Hancock Telephone Company is experiencing a long distance telephone outage at this time.
Incoming and Outgoing long distance service is... Read more
Jul. 26, 2012
Dutchess and Ulster County under severe thunderstorm warning. Via NY-Alert, 5:36pm:
The National Weather Service In Albany Has Issued A * Severe Thunderstorm Warning For... Ulster County In East Central New York... Western Dutchess County In East Central... Read more
Jul. 26, 2012
Update: As of 5:40pm, there is now a tornado warning in effect for Sullivan County. Via the NWS:
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
540 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN... Read more
Jul. 26, 2012
This just in from the National Weather Service: A tornado warning has been issued for Delaware and Broome counties.
The National Weather Service In Binghamton Has Issued A * Tornado Warning For... Southeastern Broome County In Central New York...... Read more
Jul. 26, 2012
With major storms -- and tornadoes -- rolling into upstate New York this afternoon and evening, a lot of people across the Catskills are anxious to keep tabs on the weather.
(Here in New Kingston, we've still got mostly blue skies for now.)
Here are a... Read more
Jul. 26, 2012
Much of New York State is under special weather warnings for this afternoon and evening, with forecasters predicting severe thunderstorms, high wind, large hail, and possibly even tornadoes.
The National Weather Service warns of the threat of severe... Read more
Jul. 25, 2012
Above: A bear in Roscoe, who would have a better shot at making international news headlines in the next county over. Photo by John Rosetti; shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group pool.
Breaking news: Newspapers everywhere are unable to resist news... Read more
Jul. 25, 2012
Announced by the state Department of Environmental Conservation today: 60 tickets issued to 21 people, in a crackdown on the increasing problem of illegal, unsafe, and unbelievably gross use of Kaaterskill Clove by swimmers and picnickers.
Recently, the... Read more
Jul. 25, 2012
Above: Hunter Mountain, where snow machine operator Brian Mattice fell to his death in January. Photo by Flickr user Paul Everett; published under Creative Commons license.
The Hunter Mountain ski center has been cited for federal health and safety... Read more
Jul. 24, 2012
Above: Detail from a map showing the proposed route of the Constitution Pipeline. If built, the Constitution Pipeline will transport natural gas from northern Pennsylvania to existing pipelines that pass through Schoharie County. Source: Constitution... Read more
Jul. 24, 2012
Yesterday's thunderstorms delivered some much-needed rain to the region -- but they also knocked out a piece of local infrastructure.
The Daily Mail reports that the treatment plant that filters the water for the village of Coxsackie was struck by... Read more
Jul. 24, 2012
Catskills Photography got a couple of jewellike dragonflies to hold still for his camera recently. The shot above was taken in Neversink last weekend; the one below is from Monticello on July 10.
Photos shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group pool... Read more
Jul. 23, 2012
Lately, visitors to a few of New York City's upstate reservoirs have been getting an especially good look at the bottom. On Saturday, Flickr user David got this beautiful shot of the Cannonsville, with plenty of mud on display along with the crystal-blue... Read more
Jul. 23, 2012
Thunderstorms -- and possibly large hail -- are on their way into the Catskills from the west. Via NY-Alert:
At 257 PM EDT...National Weather Service Doppler Radar Indicated A Severe Thunderstorm Capable Of Producing Quarter Size Hail...And Damaging... Read more
Jul. 23, 2012
On Sunday, the USDA announced the recall of 29,339 pounds of ground beef sold to supermarkets by Pennsylvania meat packer Cargill. The meat may have been contaminated with Salmonella, and has been traced to an outbreak of gastroenteritis that sickened 33... Read more
Jul. 23, 2012
Above: The Mill Pond at the Hanford Mills Museum looking pretty dry. Last week, the level of the water in the pond was about three feet lower than it normally is at this time of year.
This morning's thunderstorms must have been welcome at the Hanford... Read more
Jul. 18, 2012
This just in from the National Weather Service: A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for Ulster and Dutchess Counties until 2:15pm.
Watch out for quarter-sized hail, high winds, and cloud-to-ground lightning,, Northern Dutchess and East Central... Read more
Jul. 18, 2012
Above: H.P. and Wellington, a couple of the Watershed Post's resident (legal) backyard chickens. Photo by Lissa Harris.
In today's Walton Reporter: The village of Walton, where no chicken may legally roost, is debating whether to allow backyard poultry.... Read more
Jul. 17, 2012
In the wake of an announcement that the HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley is planning to close Kingston Hospital, the Daily Freeman did some digging around in HAHV's recent tax records. They found a lot of red ink.
The Freeman reports that Woodland... Read more
Jul. 17, 2012
Around 3:40pm, a Jeep Cherokee collided with a ShortLine bus on Route 42 in Monticello, leaving the driver of the Jeep critically injured and injuring many of the bus's passengers.
CatskillScoop reported around 3:45pm that members of the Catskills... Read more