Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
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Sep. 18, 2012
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Via NY-Alert: All lanes of Route 9W in Esopus, near the intersection with Black Creek Road, are closed for utility work. According to the alert, the road will be closed for up to 6 hours.
An employee at Ulster County Emergency... Read more
Sep. 18, 2012
Update, 5pm: Ulster and Greene County are under a flash flood warning:
Locations In The Warning Include But Are Not Limited To Windham And Prattsville Radar Estimates And Actual Gage Readings Indicating 2 To 4 Inches Of Rain Has Fallen Across Portions Of... Read more
Sep. 18, 2012
Above: Cannabis sativa, ready for its closeup. Photo by Flickr user Sandra Nahdi, published under Creative Commons license.
With the local marijuana crop getting ready for harvest, it's also the season for big pot busts.
For three days last week, the... Read more
Sep. 18, 2012
The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a wind advisory for the western Catskills region, from 11am until 8pm. Forecasts are calling for sustained winds of 20 to 30 miles per hour, with gusts up to 40 or 50 miles per hour, possibly greater... Read more
Sep. 17, 2012
It's just one lane, but it makes a world of difference to Greene County mountaintop residents: The Route 23 bridge across the Schoharie Creek in Prattsville is back in service once more.
The bridge was abruptly closed to traffic on Monday, September 10... Read more
Sep. 17, 2012
Above: The Schoharie Creek as dawn is just breaking, still wreathed in early-morning mist. A local photographer -- known only to Flickr as A Man Called ACME -- took this shot in the Schoharie County town of Esperance on Sunday. For a bigger view, check... Read more
Sep. 13, 2012
With speculation flying about what the state's next move on hydraulic fracturing will be, the spotlight is on New York's Southern Tier, where the richest Marcellus Shale gas deposits lie.
WSKG's Matt Richmond has a terrific radio documentary out today... Read more
Sep. 13, 2012
The Daily Freeman reports today that the Rural Ulster Preservation Company -- an affordable-housing agency known to most locals as RUPCO -- has been expanding its territory recently, and thus needs a new name:
O’Connor said the agency may wind up... Read more
Sep. 13, 2012
Above: Photo by Flickr user Ann Douglas. Published under Creative Commons license.
If you're registered to a political party in New York State, you may be eligible to vote in a primary election on Thursday, September 13. Most towns in the Catskills... Read more
Sep. 12, 2012
Above: Shaolin kung fu practitioners at the opening ceremony for the new USA Shaolin Temple in Fleischmanns, held in May on the grounds of the temple. Photo courtesy of USA Shaolin Temple.
If you're curious about the ways of Buddhist warrior monks, you... Read more
Sep. 12, 2012
Above: Before (well, during) and after photos of Jeanne Sager's cancer-fighting 'do. Photos courtesy of Jeanne Sager; reproduced with permission.
How far would you go to fight cancer?
Jeanne Sager, the Sullivan County writer and mom behind the blog... Read more
Sep. 11, 2012
Photo by First Sergeant Perry Soule of the Ulster County Sheriff's Office.
As if anyone in America could forget: Today is the eleventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
In Ulster County, police and first responders held... Read more
Sep. 11, 2012
The state Department of Transportation shut down the bridge over the Schoharie Creek on Route 23 in Prattsville on Monday evening, and it is unclear when it will be open again. An alert from the DOT states only that the bridge is closed "until further... Read more
Sep. 10, 2012
Above: Detail from a map showing over a dozen alternate routes proposed by the Constitution Pipeline Company. Full map embedded below. Source: Constitution Pipeline website.
The company behind the Constitution Pipeline, which has held several public... Read more
Sep. 10, 2012
Watershed Post reader David snapped this shot of a fawn trying to blend in with his lawn ornaments from his front door in Delhi. Thanks David! (Send us two more, and you're on your way to earning our "Where The Wild Things Are" badge.)
Photo taken on... Read more
Sep. 7, 2012
There's only two things money can't buy: True love and home-grown tomatoes. Above, photographer Mark Zilberman proves that you can grow gorgeous tomatoes in the high-altitude Catskills town of Andes. Shared in the Watershed Post Flickr group.
It's... Read more
Sep. 6, 2012
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Above: Itty-bitty Trout Creek. Source: Google Maps.
The tiny Delaware County hamlet of Trout Creek, in the town of Tompkins, will soon begin work on a community sewer system funded by the New York City Department of Environmental... Read more
Sep. 6, 2012
Update, 9/7: Newburgh police have called off the investigation, telling ABC News yesterday that the incident was a prank fabricated by children who claimed to witness the abduction. The Times Herald-Record reports that police studied videos from public... Read more
Sep. 4, 2012
Two Liberty residents face burglary charges after a stolen rifle was found during a traffic stop, according to New York State Police.
On Thursday, August 30, Village of Liberty police stopped Liberty resident Lakiay Arevalo for a traffic violation.... Read more