Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
Articles
Aug. 24, 2011
Politics around here has always been a little more complicated than Republican vs. Democrat. And with gas drilling emerging as a big -- and party-busting -- issue in the upcoming town elections across New York State, the political landscape is getting... Read more
Aug. 23, 2011
Anyone feel the earthquake a few minutes ago? It seems a 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit Virginia just before 2pm, about 83 miles south of Washington, D.C, and people are feeling it up and down the East Coast.
We felt the building shake a little here in... Read more
Aug. 23, 2011
A Catskill man who allegedly fired a few shots through a front door in a dispute with his girlfriend has turned himself in, according to the Greene County Sheriff's Department. The Daily Mail reports:
Jeremy Lee, 35, was arrested Sunday after police... Read more
Aug. 22, 2011
Video clip: Andes resident Laurie McIntosh (a.k.a. Story Laurie) delivers her testimony in song, at a public forum on gas drilling last Friday.
On the evening of Friday, August 19, over 100 people crammed into the Andes Central School auditorium to air... Read more
Aug. 20, 2011
It's been awhile since there was life and good cheer in the old Chestnut Woods restaurant in Grahamsville. But this spring, a marvelous thing happened: the lonely building on Route 55 began bustling with life once more, in the form of the Eureka Market... Read more
Aug. 19, 2011
Photo by Flickr user Tania Cataldo.
Whether you're a pro or a weekend pedaler, this is a shaping up to be a banner weekend for cycling in the Catskills.
On Saturday, riders of all levels can enjoy the Catskills Ride-N-Peak, a leisurely (and charity-... Read more
Aug. 19, 2011
Photo from the Andes Hotel's Facebook page.
The town of Andes, and its eponymous hotel, got a very complimentary shoutout from New York Post real estate writer Tina Traster, who's been making the rounds of little Catskills towns recently.
The Andes... Read more
Aug. 19, 2011
The Daily Freeman announced a new online feature on their website today: A rogue's gallery of people wanted by the Ulster County Sheriff's Office.
Their first post features ten mugshots of individuals wanted for offenses ranging from stalking to forgery... Read more
Aug. 18, 2011
Photo of new Ashland wastewater treatment plant courtesy of NYC DEP.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today that a new sewage treatment plant in the Greene County town of Ashland is complete.
The plant will serve... Read more
Aug. 18, 2011
Photo of Mountain Jam 2011 by Peggy Fusco. From the Mountain Jam Facebook page.
The town of Hunter is riled up about the level of police presence at Hunter Mountain's annual Mountain Jam music festival. Local elected officials paid the Greene County... Read more
Aug. 18, 2011
Candace VanckoIt's a sign of the times: The SUNY system is now officially so strapped for cash that several campuses are sharing presidents.
Yesterday, SUNY chancellor Nancy Zimpher announced that SUNY Delhi president Candace Vancko would take over the... Read more
Aug. 18, 2011
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office reports that a person was killed last night in a motorcycle accident on Route 52, about a mile east of Ellenville.
The accident was reported around 10:24pm on Wednesday, August 17. No other vehicles were involved. The... Read more
Aug. 17, 2011
This just in from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection: NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the appointment of a new DEP commissioner today.
New DEP head Carter Strickland was promoted from within; before today's appointment, he was... Read more
Aug. 17, 2011
A mockup of what a Rondout Valley tourist map might look like, from the Valley of the Giants website.
Pop artist Maria Reidelbach -- the force of nature behind Kerhonkson's "Gnome Chomsky," the world's second-largest garden gnome -- has a vision for... Read more
Aug. 17, 2011
No, that's not a miniature town in a train set. It's Delhi, seen through the lens of local photographer Vala Kjarval, who took this photo a few days ago.
Kjarval has an eye for finding a startling perspective on familiar objects and landscapes. You can... Read more
Aug. 16, 2011
Photo: 2010 Delaware County Fair from above. From delawarecountyfair.org.
The Delaware County Fair in Walton got off to a muddy start yesterday, but a little rain can't spoil the county's biggest, loudest, stickiest, most gloriously carnivalesque event... Read more
Aug. 16, 2011
Last Saturday, the little Delaware County town of Andes came alive with the rat-a-tat of marching drums and the plunk of banjo strings, as the annual Community Day parade wended its way down Route 28. And then the festivities really got underway. (It's... Read more
Aug. 16, 2011
Ulster County will be making some tough budget decisions this fall, the Daily Freeman reports:
In a memo to Legislator Richard Gerentine, chairman of the county Legislature’s Ways and Means Committee, Budget Director Arthur Smith said that earlier... Read more
Aug. 15, 2011
This just in from the Phoenicia Observer:
Shandaken and Phoenicia are experiencing power outages that started at 1900 hours (7pm) due to a transformer fire located on Rdy Frank Rd, in Shandaken. NYSEG is working on the sitation and a time frame for the... Read more
Aug. 15, 2011
The Catskill Scoop reported around 2:15pm that emergency crews were dispatched to Hasbrouck Road in the Sullivan County hamlet of Woodbourne, which had been completely flooded out. Their website has several photos of the flooded road.
According to the... Read more