Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
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Apr. 21, 2011
Image from Sabrina Artel's Facebook wall; illustration by Heather Carson.
As of last Sunday, Sullivan County has its own patron (matron?) saint: Sabrina Artel. She's the one-woman powerhouse behind Trailer Talk, a traveling radio show produced from... Read more
Apr. 19, 2011
Politicians say the weirdest things.
From today's Times Herald-Record: In Sullivan County, Highland's town board recently passed a couple of resolutions calling on New York State to allow more local control over gas drilling. (Such resolutions don't have... Read more
Apr. 18, 2011
A Napanoch man is in critical condition today, after being stabbed by his sister during a domestic dispute. A press release from the Ulster County Sheriff's Department:
Detectives from the Ulster County Sheriff's Office report the arrest of a Napanoch... Read more
Apr. 15, 2011
Hats off to local parents Marc and Jessica Caserto, who had to make some minor adjustments to their birthing plan on Wednesday when their son couldn't wait long enough to be born in the hospital. From the Daily Freeman:
HIGHLAND — “It was quite a day.”... Read more
Apr. 14, 2011
Image: "Screech Owl," egg tempera painting by Gail Bunting, whose paintings will be on display in the Erpf Gallery in Arkville from April 16 through June 17. Opening reception April 16, 2-4pm.
With the weather warming up, fine art galleries are beginning... Read more
Apr. 13, 2011
This just in: The state Department of Environmental Conservation has granted the town of Shandaken a permit to dredge the Stony Clove Creek to alleviate flooding in Phoenicia. The Times Herald-Record reports:
The state Department of Environmental... Read more
Apr. 13, 2011
The State Police in Middletown report that Derek Winnie, proprietor of Winnie's Auto Sales in Saugerties, has been arrested and charged with various crimes related to the furnishing of fraudulent documents in the sale of a vehicle.
Here's the press... Read more
Apr. 13, 2011
The Daily Star has the story:
A 27-year-old East Branch man died Monday evening when he lost control of his motorcycle, state police in Binghamton said.
Tony C. Eggler, 27, was driving west shortly after 8 p.m. on state Route 206, just east of Ackerman... Read more
Apr. 12, 2011
Last week, we featured a video by New York City food blogger Liza de Guia, who recently visited the northern Catskills to make a two-part mini-documentary about slaughterhouses. This week, we return for a peek at Part II. For anyone who grew up on a farm... Read more
Apr. 12, 2011
According to an alert from Delaware County Emergency Management, State Highway 206 in Walton was shut down earlier today after a natural gas line break, and was re-opened around 12:45 pm.
The Walton Reporter writes on their Facebook wall that they've... Read more
Apr. 9, 2011
The Daily Freeman has the story:
LIVINGSTON – A Mount Tremper man has been arrested and charged with four counts of felony second-degree assault and one count of misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child in connection with injuries to his... Read more
Apr. 8, 2011
The Ashokan Reservoir, looking towards West Hurley. Photo by Flickr user Nick Stenning.
File under: Wishful Thinking. According to a couple of stories in the Daily Freeman – one this Wednesday, one a week ago – the town of Hurley is considering banning... Read more
Apr. 7, 2011
Liza de Guia, a New York City food blogger who shoots mini-documentaries on food from farm to table at Food Curated, traveled to the Catskills recently to make a film about small-scale slaughterhouses.
Here, in Part 1, she interviews Chris Harmon, the... Read more
Apr. 6, 2011
Image: A graphic from the Open Space Institute's recent report on development in the Catskills, showing towns with the most privately-owned open space in darker brown.
A new report from the Open Space Institute, a land acquisition and conservation group... Read more
Apr. 5, 2011
Since the March 19 fire that claimed every one of its thousands of books, the Phoenicia Library has staged a remarkable comeback. A week later, a temporary library was opened in the former Maverick Health Center, and offers of help and donations were... Read more
Apr. 4, 2011
Above: A memento left on the remains of a tree on Wall Street, cut down recently as part of Kingston's controversial "Pike Plan" to restore the 1970s-era wooden canopies over the sidewalks of the uptown Stockade district. Photo by local musician (and O+... Read more
Apr. 3, 2011
Detail of an interactive map from the New York Times, showing change of population between the 2000 and 2010 Census. According to the Census Bureau, a census tract including most of Saugerties (the darker brown area at center) lost 13.7 percent of its... Read more
Apr. 3, 2011
We just received this message from the Ulster County Sheriff's Department:
Sheriff Paul J. Van Blarcum reports, with deep sadness and regret, the untimely passing of Ulster County Sheriff's Office member Detective Sergeant Drue Lynch, age 47 of... Read more