Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
Articles
Nov. 6, 2011
Sample ballot for Andes, election district 1:
Sample Ballot - Andes, D1 (Delaware County)
Sample ballot for election district 2.
Links to election coverage:
Video of Andes Meet-The Candidates forum (sponsored by the Watershed Post).
Catskill Mountain... Read more
Nov. 5, 2011
Photo of old clocks by Flickr user servus. Published under Creative Commons license.
Don't forget to set your clocks back an hour tonight: Daylight Saving Time ends at 2am on Sunday, November 6.
Merrimack Patch editor Carol Robidoux writes today that... Read more
Nov. 3, 2011
Painting by local artist Alix Travis. One of several dozen items donated by local artists and craftspeople via the Catskill Mountain Artisans' Guild for a raffle to raise funds for flood relief.
It all started with a quilt. On September 4, with... Read more
Oct. 30, 2011
Filmmaker Jessica Vecchione visited the Occupy Delhi protest at Courthouse Square in Delhi on Saturday, October 29. She took the film above, which features many among the small group of protesters speaking about why they're allying themselves with the... Read more
Oct. 28, 2011
The first snow of the season is already melting on lawns and plopping off tree branches in the upper elevations of the Catskills. But it looks like that was just a taste of what's in store for us: Tomorrow, the area could get six inches or more.
From the... Read more
Oct. 27, 2011
Photo from the Red Goats of Kingston Facebook page.
Dozens of spray-painted red goats have mysteriously appeared on white wooden planters in Kingston's Uptown district -- and, just as mysteriously, someone has been painting numbers on them. The Daily... Read more
Oct. 27, 2011
Looks like winter is here for real: The higher elevations in upstate New York, including the tops of the Catskills peaks, are looking at a few inches of wet snow tonight.
The National Weather Service has also issued a hard freeze alert that covers Greene... Read more
Oct. 27, 2011
Above: Video by the Daily Freeman.
The Freeman reports today that Saugerties couple Debbie Bundschuh and Rick Gailor narrowly escaped an early-morning fire that destroyed their house on West Saugerties Road.
The hero of the story is Max, a two-year-old... Read more
Oct. 26, 2011
Photo of wolf in Wolf Park, Battle Ground, Indiana by Flickr user sometimesong. Published under Creative Commons license.
It's official: Wolves are the new cougars.
A study published recently in Northeastern Naturalist, by Roland Kays and Robert Feranec... Read more
Oct. 25, 2011
Above: Video footage of the entire hour-and-a-half-long forum, which was also broadcast on WIOX 91.3 FM in Roxbury. Video by Fred Margulies.
With incumbent Len Utter stepping down after over a decade in the position, and three independent candidates on... Read more
Oct. 25, 2011
Today, Governor Andrew Cuomo's office announced more stops on his administration's ongoing tour of flood-damaged communities in upstate New York.
This afternoon, Environmental Facilities Corporation CEO Matthew Driscoll will visit Sidney and... Read more
Oct. 24, 2011
Governor Andrew Cuomo's office announced this morning that several members of his administration will be touring flood-damaged communities in upstate New York this week, beginning this afternoon.
Today, Lieutenant Governor Bob Duffy and Environmental... Read more
Oct. 24, 2011
Photo taken October 15, 2011 by Flickr user scottnj. Published under Creative Commons license.
The fall foliage may be on its way out, but there's vivid color in the Catskills landscape if you know where to look for it. For instance: This proud, Pepto-... Read more
Oct. 22, 2011
Footage from the First Annual Saugerties Zombie Crawl in 2010, by Zachary Coons.
The undead walk again in Saugerties, as the town plays host to a crew of shambling, rotting, groaning zombies. Tonght, October 22, is the second annual Zombie Crawl -- and... Read more
Oct. 21, 2011
The Daily Star reports today that Joseph Ermeti, municipal attorney for the Delaware County town of Sidney, was arrested over a month ago on third-degree assault charges.
The Daily Star's report has few details on the arrest, but notes that Ermeti is... Read more
Oct. 21, 2011
1839 poster supporting the Anti-Rent movement in Nassau, New York. From Wikimedia Commons.
Much about the world has changed in the century and a half since the Anti-Rent War took upstate New York by storm, and the protest movement of the hour is a rather... Read more