Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
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Feb. 2, 2012
Above: WEWS-TV video from the Groundhog Day ceremonies at Gobbler's Knob, Punxsutawney, PA, Feb. 2, 2012.
Punxsutawney Phil, the nation's foremost prognosticating groundhog, saw his shadow at Gobbler's Knob this morning. By ancient tradition, this means... Read more
Feb. 1, 2012
The good folks at the Kingston Library are on Twitter -- and today, they tweeted about a cryptic little article found in the vaults of the Kingston Daily Freeman, circa 1912.
The headline: "An Odd Accident." The rest you can read above.
Shavertown, as... Read more
Feb. 1, 2012
Photo: Jacob Heymann Butcher Shop, 345 Sixth Avenue, New York City. Taken in 1938 by WPA photographer Berenice Abbott. Source: Flickr.
Local farmer Shannon Hayes, who raises grass-fed pigs, cows, sheep and chickens at Sap Bush Hollow Farm in West Fulton... Read more
Jan. 31, 2012
A photo of a Catskills streambank post-Irene, from the Catskill Watershed Corporation website.
Five months after the Irene and Lee floods, streams all across the Catskills region are still clogged with downed trees, trash, pieces of trailers, and other... Read more
Jan. 30, 2012
54-year-old Emma Maxwell was arrested last week, on charges of stealing over $100,000 from the Breakabeen/North Blenheim Presbyterian Church, where she was the treasurer. Several news outlets report that Maxwell turned herself in.
The Times-Union reports... Read more
Jan. 30, 2012
Photo of bobcat by Flickr user ucumari. Published under Creative Commons license.
New York's bobcat population is growing, says the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The elusive cats, found mostly in the Catskill, Taconic and... Read more
Jan. 26, 2012
On Tuesday, the Onteora Central School district held yet another meeting to discuss the planned reconfiguration of its three elementary schools, which could result in the closing of the Phoenicia School or the re-shuffling of grade levels among the... Read more
Jan. 24, 2012
A hearing on the Route 28 Scenic Byway project, scheduled for tonight at 6pm in the Shandaken Town Hall, has been postponed. The byway meeting conflicted with an important Onteora School Board meeting on the reconfiguration of the district's elementary... Read more
Jan. 23, 2012
Ulster County meeting with DEP at SUNY UlsterAbove, join our live blog at 6pm covering tonight's DEP forum in Ulster County.
Tonight, a long-anticipated public meeting will be held at 6pm at SUNY Ulster in Stone Ridge, for Ulster County officials and... Read more
Jan. 20, 2012
The National Weather Service has announced snow and winter weather advisories across much of the region for tonight and tomorrow.
Ulster County: Winter Weather Advisory from 1am through 3pm tomorrow, 3-6 inches of snow.
Delaware County: Winter Weather... Read more
Jan. 20, 2012
On Saturday, January 21, Congressman Paul Tonko (D, NY-21) will host a town hall meeting in the village of Schoharie to discuss flood recovery in the region.
The meeting will be held from noon to 1:30pm in the Schoharie High School Auditorium, 136... Read more
Jan. 19, 2012
Below: Live blog coverage of the NYPA's public meeting in Schoharie to discuss the power authority's response to flooding during the Irene floods, August 28, 2011. Feel free to join in the conversation, or if you're on Twitter, we're using the hashtag #... Read more
Jan. 19, 2012
Today, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), a division of the US Department of Agriculture, announced that it is setting aside $31.5 million in disaster aid for projects sponsored by local town, city, county or tribal governments in New... Read more
Jan. 19, 2012
At 1pm, the Daily Freeman will be livestreaming video of Congressman Maurice Hinchey's announcement that he will not seek reelection in 2012. Click here to watch in real time.
This morning, the Times-Union broke the news that the Congressman's wife,... Read more
Jan. 19, 2012
A tragic accident claimed the life of a Hunter Mountain employee on the mountain yesterday morning: 41-year-old Brian Mattice of Gilboa.
Police say Mattice slipped on ice and fell down a steep slope while working with snow-making equipment, and died on... Read more
Jan. 18, 2012
A breaking-news tweet from DC news blog Politico a few minutes ago:
Wonder what @MikeHeinForExec thinks of this. Though he did have a few words on the topic for Hudson Valley Magazine, in this month's issue:
And although [Mike Hein] has been approached... Read more
Jan. 18, 2012
CBS Channel 6 reports that a construction rig tipped over at the Gilboa Dam this morning, injuring a worker.
A statement via email from Michael Saucier, spokesman for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, which owns and operates the... Read more
Jan. 18, 2012
Today, a wide swath of the Internet and web tech community is joining a digital protest of a pair of bills currently under consideration by Congress: the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate.
The bills... Read more
Jan. 18, 2012
Snow currently falling on the Mohawk Valley and northern Catskills is expected to impact driving visibility on the roads until around 11am, says NY-Alert:
A Band Of Lake Effect Snow Impacting Parts Of The Mohawk Valley And The Northern Catskills Until 11... Read more
Jan. 17, 2012
Earlier today, several accidents on an icy stretch of Route 17 in Roscoe shut down the road in both directions. NY-Alert is now reporting that the road has been cleared.
WBNG reported about an hour ago that about 40 vehicles were involved in crashes on... Read more