Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
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Mar. 23, 2012
Photos by Jack McShane.
March is the time for putting up bluebird nest boxes, and cleaning out old ones. Watershed Post reader Jack McShane caught these little field mice red-handed -- er, red-pawed -- taking over a bluebird box on his property in Andes... Read more
Mar. 23, 2012
A Long Island man was arrested this week on charges that he assaulted a woman at his Wawarsing hunting camp and threatened her with a shotgun. State police announced the arrest of 52-year-old Oceanside resident Tracy Vierra on Thursday, March 22:
The New... Read more
Mar. 22, 2012
Above: The Watershed Post's resident rooster, Wellington. He's good company out here in rural Delaware County, but we're guessing he wouldn't fit in too well in your average tiny Kingston backyard. Photo by Lissa Harris.
Looks like the urban-farming... Read more
Mar. 22, 2012
Photo from the Halls Mills Covered Bridge blog. Reproduced by permission.
The Halls Mills Bridge in Neversink was luckier than the Old Blenheim Bridge over the Schoharie Creek -- it survived Irene's ravages mostly intact.
But the stone pier that supports... Read more
Mar. 21, 2012
Two suspects have been arrested in the investigation of a burglary of a West Shokan home on March 17, in which the victim was strangled and sustained minor injuries.
The Ulster County Sheriff's Office announced that a 29-year-old homeless woman, Kristen... Read more
Mar. 21, 2012
A last-minute write-in campaign for the Fleischmanns village board by planning board chair Larry Reilly and local businessman Martin Morales failed to get either candidate enough votes for a seat on the board. Incumbent trustees Fred Woller and Harriet... Read more
Mar. 20, 2012
Above: New York State's new 19th Congressional district. Detail from a document posted on Scribd by Politicker reporter Colin Campbell; embedded below.
It took a federal court to get it done, but New York State finally has its Congressional districts... Read more
Mar. 20, 2012
"Vote" poster by Flickr user Eric Perry. Published under Creative Commons license.
Today, March 20, is Election Day in most of New York State's incorporated villages.
Many of the village trustees and other officials running in today's local elections are... Read more
Mar. 19, 2012
Photographer Christopher Mooney got this beautiful close-up of a golden eagle (or immature bald eagle?) near the shore of the Pepacton Reservoir yesterday.
Posted to the Watershed Post Flickr group. (Local photographers, if you'd like to see your photos... Read more
Mar. 19, 2012
A January 9 meeting of town, county and village officials held to discuss flood recovery in Fleischmanns has become a political punching bag, as the village gets close to its improbably heated board of trustees election.
The problem? Too many... Read more
Mar. 19, 2012
A small plane went down near Jennings Road in New Baltimore on Sunday, March 18, leaving its solo pilot with minor injuries, several news outlets are reporting.
The Daily Mail has an account of the crash, and a photo of the crashed plane -- a 2/3-scale... Read more
Mar. 16, 2012
Above: Flickr user Ben Helmer captures a moody shot of bystanders watching the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Kingston, March 11, 2012. Posted to the Watershed Post Flickr group pool.
Looks like Middletown supervisor Marge Miller has pulled the plug on her... Read more
Mar. 16, 2012
From the Hudson Valley Film Commission: A film company shooting in Sullivan County later this month is looking for cast members on short notice to play several roles in their short film, "My Pain Is Worse Than Your Pain."
One very specific role they're... Read more
Mar. 16, 2012
Above: Raw video from a fire at a yeshiva in Kiamesha Lake from the Times Herald-Record.
On the evening of Thursday, March 15, a massive fire broke out in the dormitory of a boys' yeshiva (a Jewish religious school) in Kiamesha Lake near Monticello. The... Read more
Dairy dossier: Tax breaks for working girls, the low price of NY milk, and Chobani's dangerous plant
Mar. 15, 2012
Born to depreciate. Photo by Flickr user Benjamin Golub; published under Creative Commons license.
Q: How is a milk cow like a fax machine?
A: She can be written off as a business expense. And under a new federal law proposed by U.S. Senator Chuck... Read more
Mar. 15, 2012
Photo of card catalog by Flickr user Aaron Schmidt. Published under Creative Commons license.
In a small town, everybody's entangled with their neighbors, even those whose job it is to stay out of the fray: News reporters. Every community newspaper... Read more
Mar. 14, 2012
Photo by Flickr user K's GLIMPSES. Published under Creative Commons license.
Selling secondhand items in Greene County? Not so fast, lawmakers say.
Some Greene County legislators want to pass a law requiring secondhand shops, auction houses, and scrap... Read more
Mar. 14, 2012
Screenshot of the Walton Reporter's new website at waltonreporter.com.
Congratulations to the Walton Reporter on rolling out their new website this week.
The paper, which covers a wide swath of Delaware County along with their Walton home base, has been... Read more
Mar. 14, 2012
Photo by Flickr user Dennis Wilkinson, who baked all these pies himself yesterday, and is entering two of them in this year's Serious Eats Pi Day baking competition. Published under Creative Commons license.
Feel like celebrating? It might be the... Read more
Mar. 14, 2012
Photo: The Wanatuska Moguls at Belleayre on Tuesday, March 13. From Belleayre Mountain's Facebook page.
The New York State Senate has staked out a position on the Belleayre Ski Center in their budget proposal: They're willing to let ORDA have Belleayre,... Read more