Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
Articles
Jun. 9, 2010
On Saturday morning, a tipster called in a complaint to the DEC about dead fish in the Plattekill Creek just below the vllage of Saugerties' Blue Mountain Reservoir.
The timing seems to point to the Saugerties water department: On Friday afternoon, the... Read more
Jun. 8, 2010
Wanted by the City of Kingston police as a suspect in a sexual assault on May 27: This man, possibly named Adam.
Hat tip to Kingston Neighborhood Watch.
Jun. 8, 2010
It's that time of year once more: Dressler Farms in New Paltz announces the arrival of u-pick strawberry season.
PickYourOwn.org has a big list of u-pick farms in southeastern New York State, organized by county. Know of any they've missed in the... Read more
Jun. 8, 2010
Over at Goldilocks Finds Manhattan, Ulla Kjarval captures a few bonding moments between cows and calves on her father's farm, Spring Lake Farm in Meredith.
Mothers. They are important to us and on our farm we breed for mothering ability just like we do... Read more
Jun. 8, 2010
Whoops.
Town Police Chief Paul Watzka said police were called to assist at the scene at 9:15 a.m. and said the road was still passable while emergency responders were hosing it off.
Jun. 8, 2010
The recreation center at Pine Knoll Country Club in Monticello was destroyed by fire early this morning, the Times Herald-Record reports.
In other fiery Monticello news, a car caught on fire on Route 17 this morning, but it's out now.
Jun. 7, 2010
Summertime in upstate New York is rich in opportunities for log-pulling, pie-eating, livestock-admiring and tractor-ogling. Case in point: The Agfest in New Baltimore over the weekend. Points to the Daily Mail for their extravagant use of four-cent words... Read more
Jun. 7, 2010
The Ithaca Journal reports that the state's breezy projections of a windfall from the sale of "enhanced" drivers' licenses, which contain radio-transmitting RFID chips, are way, way off.
State officials once estimated revenue from new enhanced driver's... Read more
Jun. 7, 2010
On the list of contractor horror stories, raw sewage bubbling up in your backyard and a mysteriously disappeared septic company has got to be pretty near the top. The Times Union's consumer watchdog columnist, Cathy Woodruff (a.k.a., The Advocate) has a... Read more
Jun. 7, 2010
Looks like Tom Golisano's not the only New Yorker to flee to the bosom of the Sunshine State because of taxes. Kingston business Uptown Cigar Co., facing a possible 90% excise tax on tobacco, is headed south too:
The store, which has stood at the corner... Read more
Jun. 6, 2010
17-year-old Olivia Rose Belfiglio fell to her death Friday afternoon while hiking with friends in the Devil's Kitchen in Hunter. It's the second fatality in just over a month in the area.
From the Times Herald-Record:
Authorities said none of the hikers... Read more
Jun. 4, 2010
While New York State is still mulling the pros and cons of Marcellus shale gas drilling, we have a ringside seat from which to watch the drama already unfolding just over the border in Pennsylvania. Exhibit A: a massive blowout last night at a... Read more