Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
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Jun. 18, 2013
On Tuesday, June 18, voters in two Catskills school districts will have another chance to vote on school budgets that failed to pass in the regular election on May 22.
The Middleburgh Central School District, whose budget failed by just 25 votes in May... Read more
Jun. 17, 2013
A six-mile stretch of Route 28 was closed to traffic late Monday night due to downed power lines on the road, according to an alert posted on 511-NY by the New York State Department of Transportation.
The alert stated that as of 10:58pm Monday, Route 28... Read more
Jun. 17, 2013
A five-month investigation into local drug activity in Delaware County has netted eight arrests, county police announced today. Five women and three men were arrested recently and charged with a variety of heroin- and prescription-drug-related offenses.... Read more
Jun. 17, 2013
As if torrential rains and a flooded-out downtown on Friday weren't bad enough: Huntersland Road in Middleburgh is shut down until further notice, after a mudslide in the wee hours of Sunday morning forced the closure of the road.
YNN reports that the... Read more
Jun. 17, 2013
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Route 213 in Rosendale near the intersection with Binnewater Road is closed due to downed electrical wires, the NY Department of Transportation announced at 1:34pm Monday.
The road is expected to reopen by around 5:30pm.
Update: Route... Read more
Jun. 17, 2013
State police are looking for a New Jersey man after a Sunday evening hit-and-run accident in Marlborough that left a woman injured.
At 9:17pm Sunday, a 2002 Chevrolet Suburban was driving the wrong way on one-way Western Avenue, police say. The Chevrolet... Read more
Jun. 14, 2013
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Above: A video report from News 10 of flooding in Middleburgh's Main Street on Friday afternoon.
Just when it was clearing up: Rainstorms moving south through the Hudson Valley prompted a fresh round of... Read more
Jun. 14, 2013
A Brood II cicada in Malden-On-Hudson in Ulster County. Photo taken June 3, 2013 by Jen Williams Dragon.
Where, indeed? After 17 years underground, Brood II has emerged across the Northeast in the last month or so -- but not everywhere. While some areas... Read more
Jun. 14, 2013
Above: Karen Butler, Ingrid Husam, Richard Friedberg and Wenda Habenicht protest the New York Safety Track at a town meeting on Tuesday, June 11. Photo courtesy of the Friends of Rural Life, a local group that wants the track shut down.
In Harpersfield,... Read more
Jun. 13, 2013
On Wednesday, a simmering dispute over the future of the Ulster and Delaware rail corridor in Ulster County erupted in legal action: County executive Mike Hein has served the privately-operated Catskill Mountain Railroad with a legal "demand to cure"... Read more
Jun. 13, 2013
A rainfall prediction issued by the National Weather Service in Binghamton early Thursday morning, calling for 2 to 3 inches of rain in the southwestern Catskills region.
The latest forecasts for a rainstorm sweeping through the area Thursday and into... Read more
Jun. 13, 2013
An Elmont man stabbed himself to death while driving on the New York State Thruway in the Ulster County town of Plattekill on Tuesday, according to a statement by New York State Police.
Around 7:25pm on Tuesday, police say, two witnesses saw a 2002... Read more
Jun. 12, 2013
Above: The Catskill Mountain Railroad's Kingston City Shuttle. Photo from the Catskill Mountain Railroad website.
An ongoing battle between rail and trail supporters intensified this week, when the chair of Ulster County's Railroad Advisory Committee (... Read more
Jun. 12, 2013
Not a good place to sleep off a few. Photo of tractor by Flickr user Leo Reynolds; published under Creative Commons license.
Hot off the press at the Daily Star: Dennis Valente, town supervisor of Davenport, has been arrested on DWI charges after falling... Read more
Jun. 12, 2013
Above: 24-hour precipitation forecast for Thursday, June 13, issued Wednesday, June 12. Source: National Weather Service.
Heavy rain is expected to fall across southeastern New York, northeastern Pennsylvania and New England on Thursday, prompting flood... Read more
Jun. 11, 2013
Above: Fledgling bald eagles at a nest near the Gilboa Dam on June 4, 2013. Photo courtesy of the NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
Weighing in at over 230 million pounds of concrete, with a $400 million price tag and a crew of over 100... Read more
Jun. 11, 2013
Two Herkimer County men were arrested recently after they were caught red-handed stealing railroad spikes and spike plates from the Canadian Pacific Rail line in Richmondville, according to a statement from the New York State Police.
On Friday, May 31,... Read more
Jun. 10, 2013
A military contractor from Hunter was among three Americans who were shot and killed on Saturday on an Afghan army base in the Pakikta province of Afghanistan, several news outlets are reporting.
The Times Union reports that 54-year-old defense... Read more
Jun. 10, 2013
Photo of a giant fiberglass head floating in the Hudson River from the Marist College crew team's Facebook page.
Since the Marist crew team discovered a 7-foot-tall fiberglass head floating in the Hudson River one fine April day, making headlines around... Read more
Jun. 10, 2013
A two-car accident in the town of Liberty on Friday claimed the life of a 46-year-old Rock Hill woman.
According to a New York State Police press release, Kim Gessner was driving west on Ferndale-Loomis Road in a 2008 Nissan Versa around 9am on Friday.... Read more