Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
Articles
Jun. 28, 2012
In the last year, several towns in Sullivan County have passed resolutions banning or imposing a moratorium on gas drilling within town borders. Last week, according to news accounts in the River Reporter and Sullivan County Democrat, the town of... Read more
Jun. 28, 2012
Background: On Monday, June 25, the Hurley town board voted to withdraw from the Catskill Scenic Byway project. The project, a collaborative effort between the towns of Hurley, Olive, Shandaken, Middletown and Andes, as well as the villages of... Read more
Jun. 28, 2012
Above: Video news clip from the Times Herald-Record of Andrew Porter's $5 million lottery win on Wednesday, June 27.
On Wednesday, 50-year-old Andrew Porter, a plumber and father of seven from Loch Sheldrake, got a very large check from the New York... Read more
Jun. 28, 2012
This morning, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 5-4 in favor of letting most provisions of the healthcare reform law stand. (The ruling did strike down a provision that imposed federal penalties on states if they refuse to expand their... Read more
Jun. 27, 2012
Karen Binder, clerk of the Ulster County Legislature, died Tuesday morning at the age of 56. Binder had been sick with cancer.
Binder's death prompted an outpouring of tributes from the Ulster County political world.
“Karen was a valued member of our... Read more
Jun. 26, 2012
With most districts reporting, the Associated Press called the Democratic primary in New York's 19th Congressional District in favor of attorney Julian Schreibman, shortly after 11pm. Schreibman, a first-time candidate, defeated Dutchess County... Read more
Jun. 26, 2012
Joel Tyner (left) and Julian Schreibman, candidates seeking to run on the Democratic ticket for New York State's 19th Congressional District this year.
Voters, don't forget to go to the polls: New York State holds its statewide primaries today.
Here in... Read more
Jun. 25, 2012
Sullivan County sheriff's deputy Joseph Gagliardo was injured on Saturday in White Lake, when his patrol car was rammed by a pick-up truck the deputy was trying to stop for speeding.
The Catskill Scoop has, well, the scoop:
When Deputy Gagliardo... Read more
Jun. 25, 2012
Take cover, Greene and Columbia counties: At 1:15pm, the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning, in effect until 2:15, that warns of hail, lightning, and 60-mile-per-hour winds.
From NY-Alert:
This Storm Was Located Near Athens...... Read more
Jun. 23, 2012
Above: Taylor Allison at Plattekill. Photo by Ehrin Macksey.
When she was just ten years old, Taylor Allison was already donning full-body armor to race mountain bikes down the steep, shale-strewn slopes of Plattekill Mountain. Now, at 16, the Roxbury... Read more
Jun. 22, 2012
Above: A sailboat glides on the surface of the Pepacton Reservoir on May 26, 2012 the opening weekend for boating on the reservoir. Photo by Tina Schvejda; posted in the Watershed Post's Flickr group pool.
On Memorial Day weekend, three new Catskills... Read more
Jun. 22, 2012
The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for northeastern Ulster, southern Columbia and northern Dutchess counties until 3pm.
From NY-Alert:
At 203 PM EDT...National Weather Service Doppler Radar Indicated A Severe... Read more
Jun. 21, 2012
With the Democratic primary less than a week away, Congressional candidate Joel Tyner has suddenly found himself in the middle of an embarrassing dustup with former campaign treasurer Misha Fredericks.
On Tuesday, the day after the single debate between... Read more
Jun. 20, 2012
Image by Flickr user molamoni. Published under Creative Commons license.
A swath of eastern New York, including Greene and Ulster counties, is under an excessive heat warning issued by the National Weather Service until 8pm tonight.
Temperatures in the... Read more
Jun. 19, 2012
Above: Video footage of the debate between Joel Tyner and Julian Schreibman, vying for the chance to run on the Democratic ticket for New York's new 19th Congressional District. Tyner and Schreibman will face each other in a Democratic primary on Tuesday... Read more
Jun. 18, 2012
Above: A chest freezer donated to the Matthew 25 Food Pantry by the Shoprite in Hudson, after the pantry at 298 Main Street was damaged by fire. Photo from the Matthew 25 Food Pantry's website.
The Matthew 25 Food Pantry in Catskill, which was shut down... Read more
Jun. 18, 2012
Above: The Grist Mill Real Estate building at 265 Main Street in Saugerties, where a man fell to his death early Sunday morning. Image via Google Street Map.
On Sunday morning at 6:08am, 27-year-old Saugerties resident Donald E. Briggs was found... Read more
Jun. 15, 2012
Above: A video featuring actor Mark Ruffalo advocating for the New York Solar Jobs Act (S.4718/A.5173).
Actor Mark Ruffalo is known around the world for his recent role as The Hulk in "The Avengers" -- and locally, for his crusade against hydrofracking... Read more
Jun. 14, 2012
Yet another local Walmart is facing the wrath of regulators -- this time, for workplace safety violations.
A Walmart store in Cobleskill is facing over $50,000 in fines from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for repeatedly... Read more
Jun. 13, 2012
A collision between an ATV and a dump truck on Route 30 in Gilboa early this afternoon left two teenagers dead, a 16-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl.
YNN reports that the two teenagers drove the ATV out of a field and into the road:
The Schoharie... Read more