Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
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Feb. 14, 2012
Spring already? Reader Laurie McIntosh sent us this photo of snowdrops in bloom, taken in Woodstock on Feb. 10.
Snowdrops are usually the first bloomers in the garden, beating out even the early crocuses for the title. But this is a bit early, even for... Read more
Feb. 13, 2012
Today, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office announced the awarding of grants of roughly $50,000 each by the New York Department of State to 13 towns and villages in upstate New York, for rebuilding from the Irene and Lee floods.
The list of awardees includes the... Read more
Feb. 13, 2012
Above: A video of a public hearing held in Sidney on Feb. 9, regarding a proposed moratorium on gas drilling and heavy industry in the town.
The meeting went on nearly four hours, and, according to attendees, drew over 100 people from the town of Sidney... Read more
Feb. 13, 2012
A meeting in the town of Shandaken to discuss applying for scenic byway status for a roughly 50-mile stretch of Route 28, which was postponed several weeks ago, has been rescheduled. The meeting will be held tonight at the Shandaken town hall, at 6pm.... Read more
Feb. 10, 2012
In a radio broadcast aired today, Dave Lucas, WAMC's Hudson Valley bureau chief, checked in with some of the people he spoke to shortly after Irene's floods raged across upstate New York.
Lucas found that life isn't quite back to normal yet for flooded-... Read more
Feb. 10, 2012
In the Washington Post this week: A long love letter to Windham and Hunter from the newspaper's Lifestyle section, just in time for Valentine's Day.
Freelancer Irwin Curtin hit the slopes of the Catskills' two biggest ski centers the weekend after New... Read more
Feb. 10, 2012
The hour of decision approaches for the Onteora School Board, which is facing a choice later this month on which money-saving reconfiguration plan it should put in place for its elementary schools.
Among the three options before the Board is one that... Read more
Feb. 9, 2012
Photo of Cannonsville Reservoir by Flickr user kmitschke. Published under Creative Commons license.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection plans to announce publicly that the recreational boating program that has been running on the... Read more
Feb. 9, 2012
The Delaware County town of Sidney will hold a public hearing on the town's proposed moratorium on gas drilling and heavy industry tonight (February 9) at 7pm, at the Sidney Civic Center on 21 Liberty Street.
Gas drilling has been a contentious issue... Read more
Feb. 8, 2012
Photo of a Shandaken ambulance, from the Shandaken Ambulance Service's Facebook page.
Like much of the rural Catskills, the town of Shandaken is a virtual black hole for cell phone coverage. Despite years of efforts by the town and its citizens to lure... Read more
Feb. 8, 2012
A New York Times headline yesterday: "After Early Gallop, Albany Slows to Crawl in Making Decision on Gas Drilling."
Reporter Mireya Navarro points to an accumulating pile of evidence that New York State's government is a good deal less enamored of... Read more
Feb. 7, 2012
Above: "Ella Underwater," a pixilation animation made at Flick Book Studios by student Ella Goldin.
In this week's Woodstock Times is a feature on local artist Keiko Sono, who teaches stop-motion animation to artists of all ages at Flick Book Studio on... Read more
Feb. 6, 2012
The Times Herald-Record reports that a fire at the Monticello Garden Apartment Complex on Moon Manor Road last night left a 6-year-old child dead:
The fire in Apt. No. 61 was reported at 9:27 p.m. Monticello firefighters and police arrived within 4... Read more
Feb. 6, 2012
Above: The grave of a 15-year-old Civil War soldier in Warren County, NY. Photo by Flickr user Diane Cordell. Published under Creative Commons license.
New York History has a feature story today about Laura Smith, a Wawarsing resident who works with a... Read more
Feb. 6, 2012
The Daily Mail reports that 54-year-old Staten Island resident Matthew Falco died in a skiing accident on Windham Mountain on Saturday morning:
Matthew Falco, 54, was skiing the Upper Warpath trail, listed as an intermediate level trail, according to... Read more
Feb. 6, 2012
Above: A video from the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation about the discovery of an 18th-century fort at the Schoharie Crossing State Historical Site.
The Irene floods swept away a lot of local history, including the... Read more
Feb. 3, 2012
Looks like the Greene County village of Coxsackie is seeking a better claim to fame than "that place that got a nasty virus named after it": The village police force may soon be the subject of a reality show.
Last month, the Daily Mail reports, film... Read more
Feb. 3, 2012
21-year-old Daniel Hughes of Highland was killed yesterday in a one-car accident on Route 9W in Esopus.
Mid-Hudson News reports that Hughes was the son of an Ulster County sheriff's deputy.
A press release from the New York State Police:
State Police... Read more