Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
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Mar. 6, 2012
Above: Mike Myers as Dr. Evil in "Austin Powers," demanding one million dollars -- no, scratch that, 100 billion dollars -- from the governments of the world.
$81.3 billion. That's how much Delaware County officials are demanding in reparations for the... Read more
Mar. 6, 2012
A Pine Bush woman is facing felony charges of fourth-degree grand larceny, for allegedly stealing a golden retriever worth $1,200 from an acquaintance.
Ulster County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 27-year-old Colleen Neidermier on a warrant from the Town of... Read more
Mar. 6, 2012
On Saturday, March 3, Prattsville held a Housing Expo and Home Improvement Show for homeowners looking to rebuild after the devastating Irene floods.
The Daily Mail's Michael Ryan was on hand, and spoke to a few of Prattsville's determined residents:
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Mar. 5, 2012
Over the weekend, local photographer Mark Zilberman caught the soulful gaze of his neighbor's horse on film. (Well, on pixels, anyway.)
Photo taken in Andes on March 3. Thanks to Mark for sharing it in our Watershed Post Flickr group pool. We often... Read more
Mar. 5, 2012
The Times Herald-Record reports that a new supermarket is coming to site of the former Liberty Great American, shuttered since last summer:
NSA Supermarkets, a Brooklyn-based company, is in the process of buying Great American's North Main Street... Read more
Mar. 2, 2012
Above: Former Denning Recycling Manager Ed Mues in happier times. Photo courtesy of Denning Concerned Citizens.
To hear his supporters tell it, Ed Mues was more than a trash man. Mues, recently dismissed by the Denning town board from his job as manager... Read more
Mar. 1, 2012
Above: Jake and Karen Fairbairn in Lazy Crazy Acres's mobile kitchen-on-wheels. Photo courtesy of Lazy Crazy Acres.
The Lazy Crazy Acres recipe for ice cream is deceptively simple: Start with a cow.
Meet small-batch gelato makers, dairy farmers, and... Read more
Mar. 1, 2012
With a joint Senate and Assembly redistricting task force hopelessly mired in partisan bickering, the once-a-decade Congressional redistricting process is now in the hands of a federal court.
Earlier this week, any hope that feuding Albany pols could... Read more
Mar. 1, 2012
Photo by Flickr user Andres Rueda. Published under Creative Commons license.
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, D-NY, is seeking to pass a bill that would inject new funds into a program that funds doctor training, with preference given to rural areas.
The bill... Read more
Feb. 29, 2012
Above: Chris Berry, a paleontologist at Cardiff University, examines the fossilized stump of a Gilboa tree in a quarry at the Gilboa Dam. Photo courtesy of Cardiff University.
Scientists around the world have been waiting for nearly a century to walk... Read more
Feb. 28, 2012
The Daily Freeman reports that the vote was 6 to 1, with Dan Spencer as the lone holdout.
The Times Herald-Record has a few more details, including some figures on savings:
Having two lower elementary and one upper elementary building allows for larger... Read more
Feb. 28, 2012
Above: FEMA External Affairs Interns inspect the recovery effort in Prattsville on Feb. 22, 2012. Photo by Hans Pennink.
Wednesday is the deadline for New York State towns and counties to submit lists of properties for a federal buyout program.
Under the... Read more
Feb. 28, 2012
Above: WBNG-TV forecast of a winter storm headed for the Northeast later this week.
Looks like Old Man Winter's finally woken up at last: A big snowstorm is barreling towards us from the Midwest, and will start dumping some sleet and snow on upstate New... Read more
Feb. 27, 2012
Above: A photo taken by a Watershed Post reader in Fleischmanns Park on August 31, 2011, after the Irene floods. Six months later, Fleischmanns still must undertake millions of dollars' worth of rebuilding work, which has been stalled while the village... Read more
Feb. 27, 2012
Photo of hammer and nail by Flickr user Mike Bitzenhofer. Published under Creative Commons license.
On Saturday, March 3, the flood-ravaged town of Prattsville will host a housing expo and home improvement show, featuring contractors, architects,... Read more
Feb. 24, 2012
The legality of town bans on gas drilling in New York State is being tested in court -- and so far, the bans are holding up. Today, a state judge upheld a gas drilling ban in the Otsego County town of Middlefield, which was challenged by a local dairy... Read more
Feb. 24, 2012
Above: Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services Commissioner Jerome Hauer speaking at a New York State Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, Feb. 22. Photo posted to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Flickr account.
There's a new sheriff in town: Jerome Hauer... Read more
Feb. 23, 2012
After years of wrangling, a law easing the zoning regulations on farmstands has finally been passed in the town of Shandaken, at a hearing held tonight on the issue.
Town board member Alfie Higley Jr., who along with his father Al Higley runs a farmstand... Read more
Feb. 23, 2012
Above: A YouTube video made in tribute to the destroyed Old Blenheim Bridge, destroyed on August 28, 2011 by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene.
Poor Blenheim. In order to get federal money to rebuild its bridge, the town needs to be on the National... Read more
Feb. 23, 2012
See that off-white line about halfway up the brick wall? That's how high the Irene flood waters came on Main Street in the Schoharie County village of Middleburgh.
Photographer Christopher Auger-Dominguez took this photo while shooting on location for a... Read more