Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
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Aug. 24, 2010
If so, hie thee immediately to the American Legion parking lot on Union Street, where the National Guard has set up a temporary skate park and will be there til 4pm.
The National Guard? Skateboarding? Well, they've got an ulterior motive: They're hoping... Read more
Aug. 24, 2010
Richard Weishaupt Jr., of Saugerties, was sentenced on Friday to two and one-third to seven years for theft and endangering the welfare of a child. The crime? Weishaupt and his 14-year-old son broke into the pool house of the old IBM Recreation Center in... Read more
Aug. 23, 2010
Fans of the TV show "Life After People" would probably enjoy the Catskills. It seems you can't spit in these mountains without hitting an abandoned movie theatre, a decaying bungalow colony, a depopulated resort, or an entire zoo being swallowed up by... Read more
Aug. 23, 2010
Dear God. Is it that season already? Dressel Farms in New Paltz announces that the first apples of the year are ready now, almost two weeks ahead of schedule thanks to a warm spring. Galas and Honeycrisps are ready for eating -- and Cortlands and Macouns... Read more
Aug. 23, 2010
Incredible news. Not only do women eat barbecue, but now, the Catskill Daily Mail tells us, they shoot guns too. And sometimes they're even good at it. What is this, the future?
Also, it seems the Daily Mail has discovered the fundamental difference... Read more
Aug. 21, 2010
Remember Sandy Foster, the Delhi weekender whose 125-square-foot cottage studio made the New York Times this June? Well, we just stumbled across her blog -- and if you've got a sweet tooth for shabby chic, Victoriana, and architectural elements in... Read more
Aug. 21, 2010
There's a saying: Unions eat their young. Sullivan County's largest union just agreed to substantial reductions in benefits for new workers, the Times Herald-Record reports:
Members of Teamster's Local 445 voted 183-103 Wednesday to OK a two-year, 10... Read more
Aug. 21, 2010
Long has the 13-and-a-half-foot-tall statue at Homegrown Mini Golf and Kelder's Farm on Route 209 reigned supreme as the world's tallest garden gnome. But no longer, says the Times Herald-Record:
Now, according to Guinness World Records, Chomsky has been... Read more
Aug. 20, 2010
The Daily Freeman reports that a 19-year-old hiker, whose name has not yet been released, was killed today in a fall:
Police said the teenager was hiking with fellow students from Bard when he left the group to hike to the top of the falls. He apparently... Read more
Aug. 20, 2010
That's Tommy Ramone, nee Tom Erdelyi -- and he'll be performing with guitarist Claudia Tienan at 2pm Sunday afternoon, on the porch of Homer and Langley's Mystery Spot Antiques.
The duo, known as Uncle Monk, play a mean streak of bluegrass, a fact that... Read more
Aug. 20, 2010
Monticello school board member Jo-Ann Peabody recently moved to North Carolina -- but she wasn't about to let that stop her from serving on the board. Until the Times Herald-Record came calling, that is.
Jo-Ann Peabody released a statement by email late... Read more
Aug. 19, 2010
A "Sundance-developed feature film" alliteratively titled "Martha Marcy May Marlene," is casting extras and minor roles tomorrow afternoon, Friday the 20th, at Tennanah Lake in Roscoe. The Catskill Chronicle has details:
No experience is required for... Read more
Aug. 19, 2010
On WIOX's blog, they've posted previews of some of the regular shows the station has planned. (Among them: our correspondent Simona David's Monday-noon talk show, which will kick off on August 30 with guest interviewee Linda Norris, recently returned... Read more
Aug. 19, 2010
A lonely feminist divorcee, a family man wistful for the bachelor life, a woman worrying that the new man in her life will break her heart. You already know these people – and by the time the curtain drops on Closer Than Ever, you really know them.
First... Read more
Aug. 18, 2010
Come to think of it, that describes the state of New York pretty well, too.
Ulster County Community College prof Steven Schimmrich, a.k.a. The Hudson Valley Geologist, has detected a glaring basic math error in New York State's formula for community... Read more
Aug. 18, 2010
There's been some pain for just about everybody in the New York State budget this year. But the budget cuts have been especially tough on state-funded arts organizations.
The Catskill Daily Mail has one word for the state of arts funding in New York: "... Read more
Aug. 18, 2010
Daily Freeman reporter Paula Ann Mitchell did a little reporting on the annual Hudson Valley RibFest, to be held at the Ulster County Fairgrounds this weekend, and was astounded to learn that Ovarian-Americans would be allowed to participate:
Whoever... Read more
Aug. 17, 2010
It's ugly out there in the trenches of the energy wars. Neighbor pitted against neighbor. Rich towns and counties versus poor ones. Angry New Yorkers fearing pollution, disease and death are squaring off against angry New Yorkers desperate for economic... Read more
Aug. 16, 2010
In today's New York Times: A number of states are thinking about banning felt-soled waders, a piece of gear that's perfect for keeping anglers steady on their feet -- and also for transporting the noxious microscopic algae known as didymo, or "rock snot... Read more