Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
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Jul. 16, 2012
Above: Ulster County executive Mike Hein, with Ulster County Department for the Environment Coordinator Amanda LaValle and Riverkeeper's Kate Hudson, at a press conference on the Draft Consent Order held at the Saugerties Beach last month. Photo courtesy... Read more
Jul. 16, 2012
Above: Photo of prisoners working on a South Carolina chain gang, taken in 1934 by Alan Lomax. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Update, 7/19: Sheriff Tom Mills has written a very thoughtful response to the story below. Click this link to read it.
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Jul. 16, 2012
A little rain over the weekend was welcome, after a summer that's been unusually dry so far. But upstate New York is still pretty parched, raising the risk of wildfires, causing normally gushing streams to run at a trickle, and threatening drinking water... Read more
Jul. 13, 2012
Three days of theater, music, arts and storytelling kick off tonight, when the first annual Byrdcliffe Festival of the Arts comes to Woodstock.
The festival features a jam-packed schedule of performances and interactive workshops at the Byrdcliffe Guild'... Read more
Jul. 12, 2012
Above: A screenshot from the website of the Catskill Park Resource Foundation, which is seeking to mount a $5 million campaign to rebrand the Catskills region. The CPRF is currently running a contest seeking Catskills slogans; the winner will receive $1,... Read more
Jul. 11, 2012
Recently, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has been using their Facebook page to post old black-and-white photos, taken during the construction of the city's massive water system in the last century.
Above: A September, 1941 photo... Read more
Jul. 11, 2012
On Tuesday, at their regular town meeting, the Highland town council voted 5-0 to ban natural gas drilling and exploration within town limits.
Highland is now the fourth Sullivan County town to pass a local bans on gas drilling, joining Bethel, Tusten... Read more
Jul. 10, 2012
Above: A cleanup team at work at the site of a diesel fuel spill in the Pepacton reservoir. Photo by DEP regional manager Mark Danvetz.
No sooner had the New York City Department of Environmental Protection finished cleaning up 2,500 gallons of diesel... Read more
Jul. 10, 2012
Above: Ulster County executive Mike Hein signing five new property tax exemptions into law. Photo courtesy of the Office of the Ulster County Executive.
On Monday, July 9, Ulster County executive Mike Hein signed five new property tax exemptions into law... Read more
Jul. 5, 2012
Above: A 2008 video from the University of Albany about student research at the Pethick Site, an active prehistoric archaeological dig in the Schoharie County town of Esperance.
Today and Friday, July 5 and 6, the New York State Museum and the University... Read more
Jul. 5, 2012
Background: Last week, after the Town of Hurley voted to withdraw from the Catskill Scenic Byway project, the Watershed Post ran a letter to the editor from Melinda McKnight blasting the town board for their decision. McKnight is Hurley's representative... Read more
Jul. 5, 2012
A New York City woman was killed on Tuesday evening when the SUV she was driving blew a tire and spun out of control. Four young passengers were injured, and a 12-year-old is in critical condition at Albany Medical Center.
According to a New York State... Read more
Jul. 3, 2012
The Daily Freeman announced this morning that Jan Dewey, formerly the advertising director for the Poughkeepsie Journal, has been named the publisher of the newspaper. Dewey will also be in charge of overseeing operations at all of the Journal-Register... Read more
Jul. 3, 2012
Above: Photo of cut log by Flickr user EasyPickle. Published under Creative Commons license.
This afternoon, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced that they are loosening the regulations that govern transportation of... Read more
Jul. 3, 2012
Above: Video from the scene of the fire that destroyed the Rainbow Diner on Route 209 in Kerhonkson yesterday, from the Daily Freeman.
A local landmark went up in flames Monday afternoon: The Rainbow Diner, a seedy but beloved greasy spoon on Route 209... Read more
Jul. 3, 2012
Above: Photo from the Stamford Auto Show on July 1. Taken by Flickr user mountain_man_ny_2; shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group pool.
On Sunday, the Stamford Rotary Club held its 34th annual Auto Show at 159 West Main Street. David, a local... Read more
Jul. 3, 2012
Dylan Smith, a 14-year-old from South Fallsburg, drowned in a pond near the Neversink River on Monday afternoon. The Times Herald-Record reports:
Fallsburg Police say Dylan Smith was swimming in a small, man-made pond fed by a spring near Route 42.... Read more
Jul. 2, 2012
People of Ulster County, are you tempted to set off illegal fireworks this week? Be warned: That plan didn't go so well for this watermelon.
This morning, the Ulster County Law Enforcement Center hosted an explosive demonstration, shown in the 7-second... Read more
Jul. 2, 2012
Civil war reenactors from far and wide descended on the Delaware County town of Sidney over the weekend for three days of living history.
Local filmmaker Jess Vecchione was on hand on June 30 at the Greater Maywood Rural Community Services Center, on the... Read more