Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
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Jul. 14, 2010
Anybody know more about this? We got an alert from the NY DOT:
building fire has closed Route 97 South and North bound within the Village of Hancock @ 8am 7/14/2010 for about 4 hours, with local detours set-up
Please send eyewitness accounts, photos, or... Read more
Jul. 14, 2010
Adam Bosch of the Times Herald-Record reports that Hurley resident Evan Stauble, who had been missing since July 1, was found dead on Sunday.
Kingston police were the last to see Evan Stauble, walking across the Route 9W bridge that connects Kingston to... Read more
Jul. 12, 2010
The Monticello Wal-Mart has begun seriously beefing up its kosher section. But Sullivan County's independent kosher shops aren't being caught napping by the 800-pound retail gorilla: They're confident they can serve their niche market better. The Times... Read more
Jul. 12, 2010
A new report from the state Department of Environmental Conservation gives New York low marks for recycling, the Times Herald-Record's Adam Bosch reports.
On average, the United States recycles about 33 percent of its municipal solid waste, not including... Read more
Jul. 11, 2010
Roxbury's Stone Tavern Farm, which boasts "the darkest skies within 300 miles of New York City," hosted the Amateur Observers' Society of New York's annual Starfest this weekend. In attendance: The Westport Astronomical Society's 25" Obsession telescope... Read more
Jul. 10, 2010
The 24-year-old Hurley man went missing on July 1, and his family's very worried.
Evan Stauble, 24, vanished shortly after his family moved him to Ulster County from New Jersey, where he had been living in a mental health facility. His family said... Read more
Jul. 10, 2010
We're sure the NYC DEP is very anxious for the public in their upstate watershed to be well-informed about what's going on with important local watershed issues, like their controversial land acquisition program.
That's probably why they put out a press... Read more
Jul. 10, 2010
Politicoblogger Jeremy Blaber repeats a rumor that James Sottile has had enough of being unpopular, and isn't going to run for reelection.
With Mayor Sottile being forced out of the race, the field of Democrats will widen. James Noble, Bill Reynolds,... Read more
Jul. 10, 2010
A tour group gets a close-up look at a manure storage barn, on a Watershed Agricultural Council bus tour of farms in the New York City watershed.
On June 3, a few dozen curious people boarded a chartered bus in Delhi, donned plastic booties, and set out... Read more
Jul. 9, 2010
Careful on the roads, folks. From NOAA:
FLOOD WATCHNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY340 AM EDT FRI JUL 9 2010NYZ032-033-038>040-042-047-082-092200-/O.NEW.KALY.FF.A.0002.100709T0740Z-100711T0000Z//00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.... Read more
Jul. 8, 2010
Looks like the organizers of Liberty's Movies in the Park outdoor film series didn't get the right permits -- and rather than get sued by movie-licensing companies, they're canceling the rest of the series until further notice. From a press release on... Read more
Jul. 8, 2010
It just started pouring buckets in Andes about half an hour ago. Not one minute too soon.
From the look of the webcam over in Delhi, just 11 miles away, they haven't gotten any rain yet.
Hold on, Windham, there's hope.
Nope, no rain yet in Narrowsburg.... Read more
Jul. 8, 2010
The scene at yesterday's Otsego County board meeting in Cooperstown to discuss hydrofracking: Beefed-up security, a crammed-to-the-gills county building, and people being turned away at the door.
Andrew Minnig of Cherry Valley said his first concern was... Read more
Jul. 7, 2010
Remember last week's shooting on Clinton Avenue? There's another victim, and he's apparently a fearsomely stoic individual. Scott Nesbitt, who police say was walking with victim Raymond Smith and another man when the bullets began flying, has been going... Read more
Jul. 5, 2010
Looks like the entire state of New York -- and most of the Eastern seaboard -- is going to be extra-smoggy tomorrow. Check out AIRNow's map of current air-quality alerts in the U.S.
If you have asthma or lung disease, please take it easy out there... Read more
Jul. 5, 2010
With the last Kutsher on the verge of retirement, the resort that inspired "Dirty Dancing" was poised to follow its Borscht Belt brethren into a long twilight of decrepitude. But in a lucky break for the 103-year-old hotel, caterer Mickey Montal and... Read more
Jul. 2, 2010
A bill instituting no-fault divorce in New York State, which cleared the state Senate last month, passed the Assembly yesterday with wide margins. When Gov. Paterson signs it -- which he's promised to do -- New York will join the 49 other states that... Read more
Jul. 2, 2010
Kingston residents are furious today over a shooting around 8pm yesterday evening on Clinton Avenue, whose perpetrator is still unknown and at-large.* From the Daily Freeman:
Neighbors said they heard four shots and then saw a man lying in front of 84... Read more