Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
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Jul. 21, 2011
Photo: Excess water spilling over the Gilboa Dam at the Schoharie Reservoir. Image released into the public domain, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
At a public hearing in Kingston today, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection released... Read more
Jul. 21, 2011
Photo: Dave Jacke, author of the indispensable two-volume textbook Edible Forest Gardens and local hero of the permaculture movement, in action. Courtesy of the Northeast Permaculture Convergence.
This Saturday marks the high point of the year for local... Read more
Jul. 21, 2011
It sounds like a publicity stunt, but it's for real: The Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce is closing its Monticello office and moving all of the Chamber's operations into a 37-foot 2002 Coachmen RV.
Chamber president Terri Ward and vice president... Read more
Jul. 20, 2011
It's official: Next year, hundreds of jobs will leave Ulster County when Bank of America closes its tax-processing operation in Ulster's TechCity complex.
The Daily Freeman reports:
Some of the affected full-time workers will be offered training for... Read more
Jul. 19, 2011
78-year-old Lynn Gustafson of Oneonta was injured yesterday when her car ran off the road on Route 23 in Harpersfield. From the Delaware County Sheriff's Department:
On July 18, 2011 Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to the scene of a one... Read more
Jul. 19, 2011
The Daily Freeman reports that a man and two women were injured in a head-on crash on Route 9W in Ulster this morning:
The accident happened about 10:45 a.m. in front of the former Miron building, between Leggs Mill and Old Stage roads in the hamlet of... Read more
Jul. 19, 2011
Video: They Might Be Giants performs "Canajoharie," a song off their new album Join Us, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, October 2, 2010.
In an interview with Gothamist yesterday about They Might Be Giants' new album release, legendary alt-rocker... Read more
Jul. 19, 2011
Photo from Jolly's Facebook page.
In the Saugerties Times today: A peek inside Jolly's Good Grub, a British grocery and lunch shop on Route 212. It's run by a cast of characters that includes a former world-traveling antique dealer who once drove a bus... Read more
Jul. 18, 2011
Photo of Route 17 in Delaware County by Flickr user dougtone. Published under Creative Commons license.
In the August issue of Travel & Leisure magazine, writer Adam H. Graham takes readers on a three-day ramble across the Catskills, from Barryville... Read more
Jul. 18, 2011
Photo of stack of newspapers, by Daniel R. Blume, from Wikimedia Commons. Published under Creative Commons license.
File under: That's Not How We Do Things Round These Parts.
The Daily Star's Jake Palmateer had some disappointing news recently for an... Read more
Jul. 18, 2011
J.J. Pavese, erstwhile Democratic candidate for District 9's seat in the Sullivan County legislature, announced on Friday that he's dropped out of the race after failing to gather enough signatures to appear on the November ballot. If he had been able to... Read more
Jul. 18, 2011
A report of a child drowning in the Rondout Creek in Napanoch had police, fire, and medical emergency responders scrambling to reach the scene in time -- but turned out to be a false alarm.
The 13-year-old boy who called in the report will be referred to... Read more
Jul. 15, 2011
Photo of bluestone sculpture at Opus 40 in Saugerties by Flickr user Insignifica. Published under Creative Commons license.
In the Daily Freeman today: A letter from the supervisor of Saugerties announced today that the town is pulling out of an effort... Read more
Jul. 14, 2011
The Journal Register Company, which owns the Kingston Daily Freeman along with many other newspapers across the country, announced today that investment firm Alden Global Capital has bought the media company.
CEO John Paton, who blogs about JRC's efforts... Read more
Jul. 14, 2011
In the New York Times today: A paean to East Meredith builder Clark Sanders, who was the first person to build a code-approved straw-bale house, and who has been quietly perfecting the art of building homes out of hay and plaster in Delaware County for... Read more
Jul. 14, 2011
New York State comptroller Thomas DiNapoli paid Kingston a visit yesterday to congratulate Ulster County on saving its taxpayers money, thanks to its new shared-services program between town and county highway departments. From the Daily Freeman:
State... Read more
Jul. 12, 2011
Photo: Catskill Farms's Cottage 18. From Catskill Farms website.
Stop me if you've heard this one: New York City contractor moves to the sticks of Sullivan County, starts a home-building business on a shoestring, and begins buying land to build second... Read more
Jul. 11, 2011
Photo of snowboards at Belleayre by Flickr user Steven Kreuser. Published under Creative Commons license.
Should the Belleayre Mountain ski center, currently run by the New York State Department of Conservation, be turned over to a quasi-private... Read more
Jul. 8, 2011
Video: Session at Furlong's Pub, Irish Arts Week, 2007.
For decades, records and digital downloads have trained us to be passive consumers of music. But for most of human history, music has been a collaborative effort, with plenty of sharing, jamming,... Read more