Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
Articles
Jun. 17, 2010
Sullivan County planners have been looking into building a small creamery, hoping to help the county's few dozen remaining dairy farms survive.
Not so fast, says local economic consultant Marc Baez. The Sullivan County Democrat reported last week:... Read more
Jun. 16, 2010
In today's Daily Star: A story on the kerfuffle over whospackingny.com, a new website that lists the name and address of every pistol permit owner in New York State. (In case you're wondering: "Is that a matter of public record?" -- why, yes, it is, in... Read more
Jun. 16, 2010
Have cable phone through Margaretville Tel. Co.? Phone not working? You're not alone. My home phone in Andes has been out for at least an hour or so. I just got this email from them:
Sorry for the problem we are having a widespread outage on the cable... Read more
Jun. 16, 2010
Lots of local folks in the news lately for (allegedly) stealing stuff that doesn't belong to them. Here's a smattering:
-Anthony Gallo of Saugerties, charged today with stealing auto parts from his employer, Ulster County.
-Monticello duo Laurence Faust... Read more
Jun. 16, 2010
With a price tag of $4.75 million, that's an average of just over $4,200 an acre. From yesterday's DEP press release:
The group of properties purchased includes parcels in Greene, Ulster, Putnam, Westchester, and Delaware counties. The acquisition of... Read more
Jun. 16, 2010
Ulster County legislator Mike Madsen is steamed about the state legislature's proposed budget cuts to programs that counties and towns are mandated by law to run. Specifically, Safety Net:
Both the Assembly and Senate plan to cut $100 million in this... Read more
Jun. 15, 2010
The DRBC has put a stop to all Marcellus shale gas drilling throughout the Delaware River Basin, the AP reports:
The move temporarily halts all Marcellus drilling in the Delaware basin. The commission last month declared a moratorium on new shale... Read more
Jun. 14, 2010
Stymied by conflicting state laws on drug disposal, hospitals and nursing homes in the New York City watershed are stockpiling a growing stash of narcotics that they have no legal way to get rid of.
In January, an investigation by Attorney General Andrew... Read more
Jun. 14, 2010
The New York legislature has passed the budget extender in time to avoid a government shutdown, with mere hours to spare. Michael Kink, Democratic policy advisor to the state Senate, tweeted a few minutes ago::
the Assembly has now voted for the budget... Read more
Jun. 14, 2010
... and it's getting weird. Kaitlyn Ross, a reporter for Capitol Tonight, tweeted about this strange scene in the Senate chambers a few minutes ago:
Senators just came back into chambers- said Happy Birthday to Senator Bonacic... recessed... WHAT?!
Jun. 12, 2010
Every June, Josephine and Lea Moffett, the mother-daughter proprietors of Catskill Maison, pack up their bags and make the migration from New York City to Jefferson, in Schoharie County. Lea, who's also the voice behind Foodie on the Hudson, says she's... Read more
Jun. 11, 2010
Tomorrow afternoon from noon to 4pm, Roxbury celebrates its native son, the naturalist John Burroughs, with music and storytelling on the porch of his former home, Woodchuck Lodge.
A June shindig at Woodchuck Lodge is an annual tradition, but this year... Read more
Jun. 10, 2010
Protestations by Kingston superintendent Gerard Gretzinger notwithstanding, it looks like Kingston High School has a cockroach problem. Though it could be worse, the Freeman reports.
Cory Kassler, a senior public health sanitarian for the Ulster County... Read more
Jun. 10, 2010
In the New York Post this week: "The Catskills from A to Z." (Lucky for them Hunter's putting in that zipline this year, eh?)
Looks like they strained a little for the X -- but nice job, Post!
Jun. 9, 2010
Peter Applebome, the writer behind the New York Times's "Our Towns" column, reports from the Walton Theatre this week, where documentary filmmaker Josh Fox showed his anti-drilling film "Gasland" this Monday. (Too bad we missed Applebome at the screening... Read more