Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
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Jan. 14, 2011
This just in from the Times Herald-Record: Facing threats of legal action from Ulster County over their releases of turbid water into the Esopus Creek, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has promised to stop the releases in 30 days... Read more
Jan. 14, 2011
Quote of the day: Former GOP Assemblyman Thomas Kirwan, who may or may not be representing New York's 100th Assembly District for the next two years, depending on the outcome of a vote recount that is still (believe it or not) dragging on. From the Daily... Read more
Jan. 14, 2011
An incident on Wednesday which ended with three Lanes arrested on various snowplow- and baseball-bat-related charges has yielded a few more arrests. From the Ulster County Sheriff's Office:
Detectives from the Ulster County Sheriff's Office report the... Read more
Jan. 13, 2011
Arrested, of course.
This truly epic tale of familial feuding just came in over the transom, from the Ulster County Sheriff's Office. We're a little in awe of the huevos required to assault your opponent's vehicle in the parking lot of the police station... Read more
Jan. 13, 2011
In the Daily Star today: Reporter Patricia Breakey pounds the pavement for details on Mike Allen, the 31-year-old Walton man accused of burning down the First Baptist Church on Tuesday morning. Friends and neighbors paint a sad picture of mental illness... Read more
Jan. 12, 2011
Above: Footage from Rally New York 2009.
A couple of Walton town board members are still against it, but it looks like Rally New York will zoom through Walton roads again this year. From the Daily Star:
Walton Supervisor Bruce Dolph and council members... Read more
Jan. 12, 2011
This just in from the CWC: Boiceville's wastewater treatment plant project, a feat of engineering two years in the making, is finished. The plant went online last summer, and on January 7, the last hookup pipe connecting the new plant to a Boiceville... Read more
Jan. 11, 2011
From the Times Herald-Record:
State Sen. John Bonacic has been named chairman of two powerful Senate committees.
Bonacic, R-C-Mount Hope, will head the Senate’s Racing, Wagering and Gaming Committee and also the Judiciary Committee, his office... Read more
Jan. 11, 2011
The National Weather Service has issued a storm warning for Sullivan and Delaware Counties. From NY-Alert:
..Winter Storm Warning In Effect From 7 PM This Evening To 7 PM EST Wednesday... The National Weather Service In Binghamton Has Issued A Winter... Read more
Jan. 11, 2011
Above: WBNG footage of the scene at the First Baptist Church in Walton, destroyed by fire early this morning.
This just in from the Walton Police Department:
At approximately 3:25am, 911 received a call reporting a fire at the Baptist Church on the... Read more
Jan. 11, 2011
In the Daily Mail today: The Greene County Sheriff's Office will have to return $214,000 in federal grant money, awarded in 2001 for the purchase of computer equipment and never spent for its intended purpose. Colin DeVries reports:
According to a letter... Read more
Jan. 10, 2011
There's a fine line between supporting local industry and trade protectionism. Case in point: Congressman Maurice Hinchey's effort to give the U.S. solar energy industry a boost may be causing some consternation in Beijing. From the New York Times... Read more
Jan. 8, 2011
Above: A CBS report on Muggle Quidditch.
Ever wondered if it was actually possible to play Quidditch without, you know, flying broomsticks and magical winged Snitches and all the rest of that Harry Potter flimflam?
Wonder no more: Some dedicated Potter... Read more
Jan. 7, 2011
Two Staten Island residents were killed in a car accident last night when their vehicle went into a pond off Bruce Porn Road in Roxbury. The Daily Star reports:
Police said Paul Campione Jr. and his brother, Christopher Campione, were driving a 2001... Read more
Jan. 7, 2011
As if village Mayor Terry Dungan suffering a stroke on Christmas Day wasn't bad enough: The longtime chief of the New Paltz volunteer fire department, David Weeks, has just resigned in the wake of a leaked email conversation between village elected... Read more
Jan. 6, 2011
Batten down the hatches, folks, it's gonna snow tomorrow. From NY Alert:
..Heavy Snows Possible Friday And Friday Night... .An Upper Level Disturbance Will Move Off The Southeast Coast Overnight Tonight. As It Does So...Surface Low Pressure Is Expected... Read more
Jan. 6, 2011
In the Daily Star today: An item on a new book out about the life of Bisbee's General Store in Meridale, destroyed by fire in 1976.
In case you're tempted to yawn: Pause for a moment and picture this scene, from the Delaware County Genealogy and History... Read more
Jan. 6, 2011
A bitter dispute between former Governor David Paterson and Greene County over whether or not the county had the authority to appoint an interim treasurer -- which had resulted in the withholding of millions of dollars in state funds to the county -- is... Read more
Jan. 5, 2011
The Daily Mail reports that a house on Mountain Avenue has been destroyed by fire -- thankfully, with no injuries, either human or animal.
Residents Joseph and Adele Spinelli could not be located after emergency personnel arrived on the scene, and there... Read more
Jan. 5, 2011
The Freeman reports that the Woodstock Town Board has renewed a policy that empowers the Board to discourage general municipal mayhem, in order to "keep town meetings from becoming debate sessions among members of the audience and extending past... Read more