Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
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May. 21, 2013
Photo from the scene posted on Facebook by the Fleischmanns Fire Department.
An early-morning fire destroyed an antiques and jewelry store on Route 28 in Arkville on Tuesday.
Local fire departments responded around 3:45am to the fire at Goldking Bennett... Read more
May. 20, 2013
Above: A state Department of Environmental Conservation map showing emerald ash borer distribution in New York State. For a larger version, visit the DEC's website.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced Monday that... Read more
May. 20, 2013
A head-on collision between an ambulance and a pickup truck on Route 32 left a paramedic seriously injured early Saturday morning .
The Mobile Life ambulance was traveling northbound on Route 32, driven by 43-year-old William Spadafora of Hurley, around... Read more
May. 20, 2013
Above: A mini-documentary on the wedding of William Warren and Renard Latour, shot by local filmmaker Jessica Vecchione of Vecc Videography.
New York State law barred William Warren and Renard Latour from marrying for almost four decades.
But when the... Read more
May. 20, 2013
Ready for another season on the rails: The Delaware & Ulster Railroad's gleaming art deco Rip Van Winkle Flyer, photographed recently in the railroad's Arkville depot by Christopher Mooney.
This weekend, train season begins again at both Catskills... Read more
May. 17, 2013
The Delaware Academy Central School District in Delhi was placed on lockdown briefly this afternoon after a threat was left on an online message board.
According to a statement from Delhi village police chief Michael Mills, school officials discovered... Read more
May. 17, 2013
A man whose body was found floating in the Delaware River near Tusten on Saturday, May 4 has been identified from dental records.
Police say the man, whose body was found by canoeists, is 56-year-old James Estes of Nicholson, PA. Estes was reported... Read more
May. 17, 2013
Above: A screenshot of the USGS's "Did You Feel It" map for an earthquake that struck northwest of Ottawa on Friday morning.
Update, 10:43am: The USGS has revised their initial 5.0 estimate for the earthquake down to 4.4.
A 4.4 earthquake that struck... Read more
May. 17, 2013
A Margaretville man is facing burglary charges for allegedly breaking into two Woodstock businesses and stealing property.
On Wednesday, May 15, state police arrested 25-year-old Joshua Nava, who is charged with burglary in the third degree. Police did... Read more
May. 16, 2013
Photo from the 2012 New Paltz Bike Swap, from the event's Facebook page.
Old bikes, new bikes, red bikes, blue bikes: On Saturday, May 18, the New Paltz Middle School will play host to a huge sale and swap meet for all manner of two-wheeled devices.... Read more
May. 16, 2013
State senator Cecilia Tkaczyk, an outspoken opponent of hydrofracking, is proposing new legislation that would prohibit out-of-state drillers from disposing of fracking waste in New York State.
On Wednesday, Tkaczyk held a press conference about the... Read more
May. 15, 2013
Longtime Prattsville resident Donald Olson -- a Prattsville town justice, former clerk of the Greene County Legislature, and deeply involved member of the close-knit Prattsville community -- was killed in a head-on collision on Route 23 in Windham on... Read more
May. 13, 2013
Proof that there really are only two seasons in the Catskills -- winter and the Fourth of July. Photo taken at 1:45pm on Monday, May 13 at the Watershed Post's headquarters in New Kingston.
As if the snow falling out of the sky wasn't warning enough:... Read more
May. 13, 2013
Above: The Jay Ungar and Molly Mason Family Band performs "Ashokan Farewell" at the Folk Alley studio in 2011.
You know the tune. The first two notes give it away. By the third note, it has you already transfixed in some haunting memory, whether you've... Read more
May. 13, 2013
A burglary at the American Legion Post 950 in Shandaken and a car chase down Route 28 on Saturday ended with the arrest of a Dutchess County man, police say.
On Saturday, Shandaken police and New York State troopers responded to a burglar alarm at the... Read more
May. 8, 2013
In a five-way race for two open seats on the New Paltz Village Board on Tuesday, voters elected Tom Rocco and Rebecca Rotzler.
Rocco got 335 votes and Rotzler 252, giving them a comfortable margin over Don Kerr (180), Jonathan Cohen (124) and Radi Serdah... Read more
May. 7, 2013
Opening day at the New York Safety Track: A track day for the members of the Driving Force Club. Photo from NYST's Facebook page.
When is a racetrack not a racetrack? When it's a "motorcycle training facility" -- a phrase used to describe a new 2.1-mile... Read more
May. 6, 2013
David Krajicek holds up living proof of a fine day on the river. Photo by Dan Plummer; used with permission.
Looks like local crime-writing bluesman David Krajicek and river advocate Dan Plummer had a lucky day on the East Branch near Hancock over the... Read more
May. 6, 2013
Two 20-year-old Schoharie men have been arrested in an investigation into two burglaries in the town, one of which targeted a house owned by New York State Assemblyman Pete Lopez.
State police arrested Connor Casabonne and Bryan Lemoine, both residents... Read more
May. 6, 2013
A body was pulled from the Delaware River on Saturday afternoon, the Times Herald-Record reports.
Around 3pm, the paper reports, state police and local officials responded to a call of a body floating in the water, and recovered the body from the river... Read more