Lissa Harris
About us:
Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
Articles
Sep. 15, 2010
USA Shaolin Temple master Shi Yan Ming shaves a disciple's head during a ceremony to dedicate the new temple in Fleischmanns. For more photos of the ceremony, see the USA Shaolin Temple's Facebook photo album.
Fleischmanns just keeps getting more... Read more
Sep. 13, 2010
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently put a halt to work on a federal conservation project at the Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is covering the old runways of the... Read more
Sep. 11, 2010
Police found about 75 huge pot plants in Kingston yesterday. From a press release by the Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics Team (URGENT):
The plants were located near a quarry pond on 1st Avenue near Kingston Street. Most of the plants were over... Read more
Sep. 10, 2010
The county board of supervisors may not have shown up, but there were plenty of reporters and video cameras at Wednesday's protest of gas drilling in Delhi, in Delaware County. (Read our coverage of the rally here.)
One of the attendees behind a lens was... Read more
Sep. 10, 2010
Above: A Flickr slideshow of photographs of Clarence Schmidt and his art, taken in 1970 and 1971 by David E. Johnson. All rights reserved.
This week's Woodstock Times has an incredible story about local outsider artist Clarence Schmidt, written by... Read more
Sep. 9, 2010
Catskill Chill Festival
Stoners from across the Northeast are praying for clear skies over Hancock this weekend. The first annual Catskill Chill Festival, a thick slice of crunchy merriment with a big fat dollop of jam, is taking over the bunkhouses and... Read more
Sep. 8, 2010
A garage on Berme Road in Ellenville was destroyed in an accidental fire yesterday, taking owner Joe Smith's six uninsured vintage cars with it. From the Times Herald-Record:
Harrison Cherry was changing his buddy's fuel pump in the 4,800-square-foot... Read more
Sep. 7, 2010
Recently, New York State timber industry professionals met at Belleayre, at an emergency summit convened in response to the discovery of the dreaded Emerald Ash Borer in Ulster and Greene counties. Buried at the bottom of today's Daily Mail report on the... Read more
Sep. 6, 2010
As if we hadn't had enough mysterious propane leaks around here lately: In the wee hours of Saturday, in the middle of a sold-out Labor Day weekend at Mohonk Mountain House, the hotel's gatehouse blew up. It's a miracle nobody was hurt, the Freeman... Read more
Sep. 2, 2010
If you're one of the 2,000-odd partygoers headed for Kutsher's this weekend, we salute you. And if not, you had surely better have a good excuse. Indie music festival All Tomorrow's Parties, now in its third year, will be taking over the Monticello... Read more