Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
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Jun. 23, 2010
If you felt the earth shaking this afternoon, that was the 5.5 quake that hit Ottawa around 1:45. As far south as Kingston, NY, they were evacuating buildings:
In Kingston, firefighters ordered the evacuation of buildings on Wall Street, the uptown... Read more
Jun. 23, 2010
Hot off the (digital) press: New maps of New York State's various eco-regions for use with GIS mapping software, thanks to a group effort by the EPA, DEC, USGS, NRCS, and the mercifully acronym-free New York Natural Heritage Program.
They're free to... Read more
Jun. 23, 2010
On Tuesday, a panel of expert tasters convened in Chicago to crown North America's best-tasting tap water. The winner: Stevens Point, Wisconsin, whose 25,000 residents are thrilled that they beat New York City for the top spot.
Stevens Point's water... Read more
Jun. 23, 2010
In today's New York Times: A profile of an emerging vegetable venture that links Schoharie County with the South Bronx, a neighborhood the article described as "the poorest congressional district east of the Mississippi."
The project is Corbin Hill Road... Read more
Jun. 22, 2010
Constance McMillen's hometown in Itawamba County, Mississippi may not have wanted her at their party, but Woodstock thinks she's a rock star. McMillen, who made national headlines earlier this year when her school canceled their prom rather than let her... Read more
Jun. 22, 2010
We're not sure what those Kingston elected officials are smoking, but it must be potent. An article in the Freeman today has the scoop on a kerfuffle over whether or not to put a gazebo in Forsyth T.R. Gallo Park, and it's got some of the most hilarious... Read more
Jun. 22, 2010
Gas drilling opponents are lining up in front of the Sullivan County Government Building at 10am today, for a three-day walk from Monticello to Delhi in support of a state moratorium on drilling in the Marcellus shale. Here's the details on the walk,... Read more
Jun. 22, 2010
In last December's issue of Harper's magazine, reporter David Cargill fired a shot across the bow of the $1-billion-plus effort to clean the Hudson River of cancer-causing PCBs by dredging: The General Electric Superfraud: Why the Hudson River will never... Read more
Jun. 21, 2010
Josh Fox's Gasland makes its HBO debut tonight, bringing the battle over the future of the Marcellus Shale into living rooms across America. The Washington Post's Hank Stuever has an entertainingly zippy review:
"Gasland" could push a certain sort of... Read more
Jun. 18, 2010
In the current issue of the Phoenicia Times: an "unscientific and sort of comprehensive" roundup of local websites, both official and otherwise. Kudos to the PT for giving a few local towns a much-needed poke in the undercarriage for their meager web... Read more
Jun. 18, 2010
Mystery solved: It was a teenager with a scary-looking BB gun.
Earlier: Unspecified incident has Saugerties school in lockdown.
Jun. 18, 2010
Photo of an American Mountain Man from the Adirondack Museum.
This weekend, the Schoharie Creek Dam will ring with musket blasts and the thwunk of tomahawks, as the American Mountain Men pitch their tents at the Blenheim-Gilboa Visitor's Center to give... Read more
Jun. 18, 2010
The Daily Freeman reports the Grant D. Morris elementary school opened again around 10:15 this morning, after being in lockdown in response to, well, something:
[Superintendent Seth] Turner said the lockdown stemmed from an 8:45 a.m. "incident" at the... Read more
Jun. 18, 2010
On the DEP's website, as of June 1: A 400-plus page Draft Environmental Impact Statement outlining proposed plans to extend New York City's program of land acquisition in its upstate watershed for another ten years. (Sorry we missed it. It might help if... Read more
Jun. 18, 2010
The gas company that has been front and center in the Marcellus shale gas play recently had the dubious honor of being named one of the 50 least trustworthy companies in America by financial blog 24/7 Wall Street.
The list, based on a report by research... Read more
Jun. 17, 2010
It's anybody's guess how many gay ex-Manhattanite goat farmers are scattered around the hills and valleys of Schoharie County. But it's certain there's at least two of them -- and they're well on their way to fame, or at least notoriety. Last night was... Read more