Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
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May. 29, 2013
*Update, 8:45pm: The tornado warning has been cancelled:
BGM cancels Tornado Warning forDelaware [NY] till 9:15 PM EDT nwschat.weather.gov/vtec/#2013-O-C…
— NWSBinghamton (@NWSBinghamton) May 30, 2013
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado... Read more
May. 29, 2013
Ulster County sheriff Paul Van Blarcum is recovering in Kingston Hospital after a bizarre accident on Monday afternoon, in which a car veered off the road, crashed into Van Blarcum's parked truck, and shoved the truck onto the sheriff.
The accident... Read more
May. 28, 2013
It's been a rough year for the Marbletown Elementary School. The closing of the Rosendale school last June is still fresh for many former Rosendale students now attending Marbletown. Throughout the year, Marbletown Elementary has been plagued with a... Read more
May. 28, 2013
A former employee of Covidien, a pharmaceutical company whose Hobart-based plant manufactures controlled prescription narcotics, has been arrested and charged with the theft of hydrocodone tablets from the plant.
On Thursday, May 23, Delaware County... Read more
May. 28, 2013
A few of Sullivan County's crowned princesses wave from a float at the Liberty Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 27, in this photo by John of Catskills Photography on Flickr. From left to right: Jennifer Nolan, Miss Sullivan County 2013; Tisha Curry, Ms... Read more
May. 25, 2013
Snow on Memorial Day Weekend? In the high peaks, anything's possible.
Watershed Post reader Jamie Sabuda took this shot at 8am on Hunter Mountain this morning, on Becker Hollow Trail at roughly 3800 feet in elevation. "Thought y'all might like to see,"... Read more
May. 23, 2013
Photo: An ATV rider at Stone Tavern Farm.
Some people come to the mountains for peace and tranquility. Some come for things that go vroom vroom. Either way, you've come to the right place. For curious beginners, or those who just want to spend a few... Read more
May. 23, 2013
Above: Photo by Eve Bernhard. Submitted to the 2013 Catskills Outdoor Experience Photo Contest.
Clubs and Organizations
NYS Department of Environmental ConservationAlmost half of the land in the “forever wild” Catskill Park is owned by New York State.... Read more
May. 23, 2013
Above: The Admiral's Dress Grey Caddis. Fly and photo by Anthony Ritter of Gone Fishing Guide Service.
Fishing is a Catskills tradition. The cold, bubbling streams are the birthplace of a distinctly American style of "dry fly" fishing. Catskills anglers... Read more
May. 23, 2013
“Two Boys and a Dog in East Meredith” by Cindy Dunne. Second place winner of the 2013 Catskills Great Outdoor Experience Photo Contest.
We could tell you where our favorite secret Catskills swimming holes are, but then we'd have to kill you. Odds are... Read more
May. 23, 2013
The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a flood watch for eastern New York and western New England, in effect through 8am Friday morning. In New York State, the watch covers Albany, Columbia, Greene and Ulster counties.
From a NY-Alert message... Read more
May. 23, 2013
Train travel in the Catskills these days is more about recreation than transportation. Alas, only a few working segments still remain of the old Ulster and Delaware Railroad, which once traversed the Catskills from Kingston to Oneonta, ferrying coal and... Read more
May. 23, 2013
Photo from Bridle Hill Farm.
Want to see the mountains from a higher perch? The stunning vistas of the Catskills are always just a fraction more scenic from horseback. It's science.
Ashokan Riding ClubAll year round, proprietors Elene and Umberto Schoeps... Read more
May. 23, 2013
Above: More than 100 people pack the Discovery Lodge at the Belleayre Ski Center for an informational meeting about proposed upgrades to the ski center, held by the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) on Wednesday, May 22. Photo by Lissa... Read more
May. 23, 2013
"Here they come," writes Watershed Post reader Penny Johnson, who snapped this photo of cicadas emerging in a West Hurley garden at 8am this morning.
This year marks the emergence of Brood II, a group of 17-year cicadas in the Northeast that have spent... Read more
May. 23, 2013
A man was injured by falling hail at a Roscoe campground on Wednesday afternoon, according to a report from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center.
The man was trying to seek shelter in a bath house on the campground at around 1:35pm when... Read more
May. 22, 2013
A Kingston man who was arrested on Monday and charged with the sexual abuse of two girls -- one 5, one 7 -- has a long history with the law.
39-year-old Christopher Saitch, who is charged with two counts of felony sexual abuse and two counts of... Read more
May. 22, 2013
On Tuesday, May 21, New York State voters went to the polls to decide the fate of local school budgets and elect members to school boards.
Most budgets throughout the five-county Catskills region passed. A few were voted down, and will now have 30 days... Read more
May. 22, 2013
The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a tornado warning for south central Delaware County and northwestern Sullivan County, effective from 1:09pm to 1:45pm.
From a message posted on NY-Alert:
At 108 PM EDT...National Weather Service... Read more
May. 21, 2013
The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center has issued a severe thunderstorm watch, effective until 9pm, for 45 counties in New York State as well as northwest Connecticut, western Massachusetts, and southern Vermont.
The NWS warns that... Read more