Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
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Feb. 23, 2011
Tonight at 6:30, parents, teachers, and community members are gathering at Onteora High School to watch and discuss "Race to Nowhere," a provocative recent documentary about overachievement and the culture of American education. From a new blog called... Read more
Feb. 22, 2011
In the NY Daily News yesterday: An editorial urging the city to buy every last possible scrap of land in the Catskill-Delaware watershed, to forestall the massive cost of another filtration plant like the one recently built to handle water from the... Read more
Feb. 17, 2011
A recent action by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ensures that New York City's efforts to push dirty water out of the Ashokan Reservoir throughout the fall and winter are going to cost the city big time. The DEC is fining the... Read more
Feb. 16, 2011
The Bovina History blog has a tidbit today proving that -- alas -- the fine art of community newspaper writing has suffered since its nineteenth-century glory days. Ray LaFever writes:
In February 1880, the winter was the subject of discussion, as it is... Read more
Feb. 15, 2011
You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em. Photo by Flickr user Jim Lynch; published under Creative Commons license.
Now that the federal Departments of the Interior and Justice have put the kibosh on the proposed Stockbridge-Munsee casino... Read more
Feb. 12, 2011
From the Daily Freeman today:
A fire destroyed a barn at a horse farm Friday night at 1480 state Route 32, and some horses may have perished in the blaze, fire officials said.
The fire, which was called in at about 5:30 p.m., took down a barn... Read more
Feb. 11, 2011
The Freeman reports that a Pennsylvania woman died today after a skiing accident on Windham Mountain:
Troopers at the Catskill barracks said Joan Sabatini, 69, of Yardley, Pa., was skiing with friends on the Wedgie Trail about 11:20 a.m. when she fell... Read more
Feb. 4, 2011
In this week's issue of the Woodstock Times, Violet Snow reports that the DEC has (for the time being) rejected the town of Shandaken's request for an emergency permit to dredge the Stony Clove Creek. With Shandaken still recovering from two catastrophic... Read more
Feb. 4, 2011
The rural Catskills have never been an easy place to do business. When the rest of the country is popping champagne corks and watching the stock market boom, the good times always seem to pass us by. And when recessions hit, the already-hungry local... Read more
Feb. 3, 2011
In case you've forgotten about the holiday, the Hudson Valley Geologist is here to remind you.
Imbolc -- traditionally celebrated on the halfway point between the winter solstice and the vernal equinox, which this year falls on February 3 -- is an... Read more
Feb. 3, 2011
Upstate Oddities, a blog dedicated to photos of the weird and wonderful things its author stumbles across in her forays around the Catskills, has a post this week dedicated to the Shandaken Theatrical Society, housed in the old Shandaken Oddfellows Hall... Read more
Feb. 3, 2011
While the demise (again) of Liberty's Munson Diner is making sad news today in the New York Times, there are plenty of more hopeful things afoot in Sullivan County as well. A couple of upcoming events for those interested in making Sullivan County a... Read more
Feb. 3, 2011
When news broke of the death of 15-year-old Naomi Miklic -- who was fatally shot in a car in Owego on Monday, an incident in which two Cherry Valley men now face charges -- police initially said the teenager was from Cherry Valley. In fact, the Utica... Read more
Feb. 2, 2011
Good news: Goldenheart Unidiversity's 'No Bees No Food' project, which we profiled earlier this year, came in first in an online voting drive to receive $5,000 in funding from the Pepsi Refresh Everything contest.
Project mastermind David Turan,... Read more
Feb. 2, 2011
From the Daily Freeman:
Argentine immigrant and Saugerties restaurant owner Emilio Maya has, for the second time, received a one-year stay of deportation, according to U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey.
Hinchey, D-Hurley, said in an e-mail on Tuesday that the... Read more
Feb. 1, 2011
Fox 40 has the story:
An 18-year-old Cherry Valley man has been charged with manslaughter following the shooting death of an Otsego County teen in Owego Monday night.
Authorities say 15-year-old Naomi Miklic of Cherry Valley was shot in a car on... Read more
Feb. 1, 2011
This week, a widely reported natural gas story has the industry scrambling to defend their actions: A probe by Congressional Democrats has found that between 2005 and 2009, U.S. gas drillers injected at least 32 million gallons of fluid containing large... Read more
Feb. 1, 2011
With the snow piling up nicely out there, the hills of Delaware County are alive lately with the vroom of snowmobile engines. A poster on TrailConditions.com reports that he and his brother had a good outing yesterday, despite a small mishap with a tree... Read more
Jan. 31, 2011
The National Weather Service says we're in for it. Here's the forecast for Schoharie and Greene County:
Locations: The Southern Adirondacks...Western Mohawk Valley...Schoharie Valley...Lake George Saratoga Region...Capital District...Southern Vermont...... Read more
Jan. 31, 2011
A fire yesterday afternoon destroyed the Monticello Winery. Yeshiva World News reports:
Fire Departments from multiple towns were dispatched to the Armon Kosher Winery (Allied Wine Corp. / Monticello Winery) at 2 Fairground Road, near Cold Spring Road... Read more