Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
Articles
Mar. 1, 2012
With a joint Senate and Assembly redistricting task force hopelessly mired in partisan bickering, the once-a-decade Congressional redistricting process is now in the hands of a federal court.
Earlier this week, any hope that feuding Albany pols could... Read more
Mar. 1, 2012
Photo by Flickr user Andres Rueda. Published under Creative Commons license.
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, D-NY, is seeking to pass a bill that would inject new funds into a program that funds doctor training, with preference given to rural areas.
The bill... Read more
Feb. 29, 2012
An Ulster County undercover narcotics investigation has resulted in a raid on Brennie's Pizzeria in Highland, and the arrest of 25-year-old Milton resident Brandon Storms on various drug trafficking charges.
The Ulster Regional Gang Enforcement Narcotics... Read more
Feb. 29, 2012
Above: Chris Berry, a paleontologist at Cardiff University, examines the fossilized stump of a Gilboa tree in a quarry at the Gilboa Dam. Photo courtesy of Cardiff University.
Scientists around the world have been waiting for nearly a century to walk... Read more
Feb. 29, 2012
This just in from the Shandaken Police Department: On Tuesday, Feb. 28, two Poughkeepsie men, 18-year-old Thomas W. Hyson and 50-year-old Francis M. Sherow III, were arrested and charged with the theft of two cars from the Car Craft Auto Body Shop in... Read more
Feb. 28, 2012
The Daily Freeman reports that the vote was 6 to 1, with Dan Spencer as the lone holdout.
The Times Herald-Record has a few more details, including some figures on savings:
Having two lower elementary and one upper elementary building allows for larger... Read more
Feb. 28, 2012
Above: FEMA External Affairs Interns inspect the recovery effort in Prattsville on Feb. 22, 2012. Photo by Hans Pennink.
Wednesday is the deadline for New York State towns and counties to submit lists of properties for a federal buyout program.
Under the... Read more
Feb. 28, 2012
Above: WBNG-TV forecast of a winter storm headed for the Northeast later this week.
Looks like Old Man Winter's finally woken up at last: A big snowstorm is barreling towards us from the Midwest, and will start dumping some sleet and snow on upstate New... Read more
Feb. 27, 2012
Above: A photo taken by a Watershed Post reader in Fleischmanns Park on August 31, 2011, after the Irene floods. Six months later, Fleischmanns still must undertake millions of dollars' worth of rebuilding work, which has been stalled while the village... Read more
Feb. 27, 2012
Photo of hammer and nail by Flickr user Mike Bitzenhofer. Published under Creative Commons license.
On Saturday, March 3, the flood-ravaged town of Prattsville will host a housing expo and home improvement show, featuring contractors, architects,... Read more
Feb. 24, 2012
The legality of town bans on gas drilling in New York State is being tested in court -- and so far, the bans are holding up. Today, a state judge upheld a gas drilling ban in the Otsego County town of Middlefield, which was challenged by a local dairy... Read more
Feb. 24, 2012
Above: Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services Commissioner Jerome Hauer speaking at a New York State Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, Feb. 22. Photo posted to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Flickr account.
There's a new sheriff in town: Jerome Hauer... Read more
Feb. 23, 2012
After years of wrangling, a law easing the zoning regulations on farmstands has finally been passed in the town of Shandaken, at a hearing held tonight on the issue.
Town board member Alfie Higley Jr., who along with his father Al Higley runs a farmstand... Read more
Feb. 23, 2012
A New York City man faces charges of possession and cultivation of marijuana, after a fire in a Hamden garage led to the discovery of 42 pot plants on the premises.
The Delaware County Sheriff's Office reports today that 30-year-old Aleksandr Melamedov... Read more
Feb. 23, 2012
Above: A YouTube video made in tribute to the destroyed Old Blenheim Bridge, destroyed on August 28, 2011 by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene.
Poor Blenheim. In order to get federal money to rebuild its bridge, the town needs to be on the National... Read more
Feb. 23, 2012
See that off-white line about halfway up the brick wall? That's how high the Irene flood waters came on Main Street in the Schoharie County village of Middleburgh.
Photographer Christopher Auger-Dominguez took this photo while shooting on location for a... Read more
Feb. 22, 2012
In recent weeks, two different companies have publicly discussed plans for natural gas pipelines that would cross through the Leatherstocking region and northern Catskills in upstate New York. The prospect of a major new natural gas pipeline in the... Read more
Feb. 22, 2012
A fire early this morning destroyed the Slice of Athens pizza parlor and pub, at 29 South Washington Street in the Greene County village of Athens.
The fire also destroyed some phone lines, as well as a fiberoptic cable that supplies cable television and... Read more
Feb. 22, 2012
Yesterday, advocates of town "home rule" won a key legal battle in the ongoing statewide debate about hydraulic fracturing. A Tompkins County state Supreme Court judge ruled that a gas drilling ban passed by the town of Dryden could stand.
Jon Campbell,... Read more
Feb. 21, 2012
Map of area showing a proposed ban on gas drilling in or near NYC watershed land and infrastructure.
Above: A map of areas that the New York City Department of Environmental Protection is seeking to place off-limits to gas drilling, in upcoming... Read more