Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
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May. 5, 2013
A hiker was seriously injured in a fall on the Tanbark Trail in Phoenicia on Sunday afternoon.
Around 3pm Sunday, Shandaken police and first responders received a call that a hiker had fallen down a cliff roughly 40 feet high, according to Shandaken... Read more
May. 3, 2013
Photo by Julia Reischel.
The banner says it all: The CVS on Bridge Street in Margaretville is once again open for business. The pharmacy reopened on Friday, with a gloriously sunny May day to mark the occasion.
It's been almost two years after the Irene... Read more
May. 2, 2013
A spill that shut down a stretch of Route 28 and Ohayo Mountain Road for hours on Tuesday afternoon was messy, but not dangerous, officials say.
The spill occurred sometime before on Tuesday, when a tractor-trailer traveling in West Hurley began leaking... Read more
May. 2, 2013
Update, Friday, 5/3/2013: The body of the pilot, 72-year-old Copake resident Michael B. Braunstein, was recovered by divers on Friday, about 24 hours after the plane crashed.
A small plane crashed into the Hudson River between Greene and Columbia... Read more
May. 2, 2013
Two upstate New York towns that faced lawsuits over their gas drilling bans have won in appeals court, delivering a major victory to proponents of town "home rule."
The towns of Dryden and Middlefield faced separate lawsuits seeking to overturn their... Read more
May. 2, 2013
It's not exactly Watergate, but this hot scoop by the Daily Freeman is a must-read.
It seems Jeremy Blaber, former Kingston parking enforcement officer (and erstwhile Ulster County politics blogger) brought a tape recorder to a meeting with Kingston... Read more
Apr. 29, 2013
A City of Kingston dump truck blocks the Catskill Mountain Railroad tracks near the Washington Avenue intersection in Kingston. Photo taken Saturday, April 27; courtesy of the Catskill Mountain Railroad.
A City of Kingston dump truck recently appeared on... Read more
Apr. 29, 2013
Photo from Hudson Valley Foie Gras website.
The campaign against foie gras just got a lot more personal.
In the U.S., just two farms produce the fatty delicacy, both in Sullivan County. Last week, a group of anonymous animal-rights activists affiliated... Read more
Apr. 26, 2013
A masked man forced his way into a house on Stone Fort Road in Kortright in the pre-dawn hours of Thursday morning, assaulted its elderly residents, and stole cash before fleeing on foot, police say.
According to a release from the New York State Police... Read more
Apr. 26, 2013
Update, 4/29/2013: Richard Calkin has been found unharmed in West Virginia, according to a report by News 12 Westchester.
The City of Middletown Police Department has issued an alert for a 20-year-old autistic man who is missing and believed to be... Read more
Apr. 26, 2013
Photo by Dan Century of cicadamania.com. Published under Creative Commons license.
Brood II: It sounds like a low-budget horror movie. But it's real, and it's poised to engulf the East Coast from Georgia to Connecticut, an onslaught of giant bugs that... Read more
Apr. 23, 2013
Two Catskill men who allegedly forced their way into a private home in Durham on Sunday have been arrested and charged with burglary.
After an investigation, New York State Police arrested 27-year-old Victor Iamunno and 26-year-old Angel Agosto and... Read more
Apr. 22, 2013
Above: Video of Richie Havens performing "Freedom" at Woodstock in 1969.
Folk legend Richie Havens, who was the opening act at the 1969 Woodstock festival, died on Monday of a heart attack in his home in Jersey City. He was 72.
The Roots Agency, who... Read more
Apr. 22, 2013
Above: A slideshow of photos from the Lexington Bicentennial Parade on April 20, 2013. All photos by Donna Cavanaugh.
Happy birthday, Lexington: The Greene County town celebrated its 200th on Patriot's Day with a parade, a celebration of the town's... Read more
Apr. 22, 2013
Over the weekend, the Ulster County Sheriff's Office released an updated list of their top ten most wanted fugitives from justice.
The ten men on the list are wanted for a wide variety of alleged offenses: assault, larceny, welfare fraud, failing to... Read more
Apr. 22, 2013
A tip on a burglary investigation has led Sullivan County police to a "treasure trove" of stolen items from multiple burglaries, the Times Herald-Record reports.
On Thursday, sheriff's deputies arrested 59-year-old Abdool Persaud of Monticello, after a... Read more
Apr. 20, 2013
Above: Tree limbs driven into the ground by the force of the tornado. Photo from National Weather Service in Binghamton; for more photos of damage in the tornado's path, see their Facebook album.
A tornado touched down near Bainbridge on Friday evening... Read more
Apr. 20, 2013
A Climax man has been arrested after an investigation into a string of home burglaries that spanned three counties.
State police say that the suspect, 24-year-old Robert J. Giordano, was found on Friday driving a stolen vehicle on County Route 22 in the... Read more
Apr. 19, 2013
The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for Sullivan County, along with much of Pennsylvania, for Friday afternoon and evening. (Update, 9:30pm: The area is no longer under tornado watch.)
Sullivan County, along with the rest of the Catskills... Read more