Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
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Oct. 21, 2011
This just in from the Town of Shandaken Police: 68-year-old Algernon Reese, of Old Plank Road in Mount Tremper, has been arrested on charges that he used an excavator to dig a trench through a neighbor's property without permission, and disturbed a... Read more
Oct. 20, 2011
Cover of the soundtrack to the Martin Scorsese film No Direction Home; image from a 1966 photo taken by Barry Feinstein of Bob Dylan at the Aust Ferry in England.
The AP reports that Barry Feinstein, a longtime Woodstock resident who took many iconic... Read more
Oct. 20, 2011
FEMA will be running a mobile disaster recovery center in Cobleskill from Friday, October 21 through Monday, October 24, from 8am to 8pm each day.
A press release from the agency:
A Mobile Disaster Recovery Center (MDRC) will open for four days in... Read more
Oct. 19, 2011
Pink Pearl apple at Montgomery Place Orchards, an orchard and cidery in Red Hook, NY on the Cider Route. Photo from Montgomery Place's website.
The Apple Project, a scion of local farm advocacy group Glynwood, is sparking a revival of old-school... Read more
Oct. 18, 2011
Early this morning, a Trailways bus from Kingston bound for New York City rear-ended a tractor-trailer, leaving the driver hospitalized and nearly half of the bus's 16 passengers with minor injuries. LoHud.com reports:
The trucker told troopers that he... Read more
Oct. 18, 2011
Several TV news crews reported yesterday from the demo site in Prattsville that used to be Pam Young's family home. Built in 1947, the house was home to four generations of Young's family until August 28, when Tropical Storm Irene flooded the house and... Read more
Oct. 18, 2011
A video by food.curated showing damage to Maple Downs Farm, a dairy farm in the Schoharie County town of Middleburgh that was devastated by the recent floods.
On Monday, October 17, the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) and the New York... Read more
Oct. 17, 2011
On Saturday, October 15, the Occupy Wall Street movement spread to the Chase Bank plaza in New Paltz, where protestors marched, chanted and carried homemade signs decrying corporate control of American politics.
YouTube user kiew0101 took the video above... Read more
Oct. 17, 2011
Ah, New York State. It's a magical place, where the hills are alive with the sound of chizzles chizzling, skiers defy gravity, and the Higway runs through it all.
Watershed Post reader Nancy Fallon, who spotted the road sign above and took the photo,... Read more
Oct. 17, 2011
Clarkson professor Hung Tao Shen (left) and Lauren Davis examine the Delaware River on Davis’ property on August 27, 2011, one day prior to the flooding caused by Hurricane Irene. Photo courtesy of Clarkson University.
Clarkson University announced... Read more
Oct. 15, 2011
Thanks to the New York State DOT for ensuring that our local tourist attractions are well-marked. For instance, this sign on Route 28 in Shandaken, which appears to depict a hardy mountaineer skiing directly uphill on a 60-degree slope.
(Or perhaps our... Read more
Oct. 14, 2011
The National Weather Service in Binghamton announced around 12:10 pm that a flash flood watch is in effect for south central New York and northeastern Pennsylvania, through the evening. In the Catskills region, the alert includes Delaware and Sullivan... Read more
Oct. 14, 2011
Emil Donaberger55-year-old New Jersey resident Emil Donaberger has been arrested on kidnapping and larceny charges, after state police found him camping in a wooded area in Claryville with a ten-year-old boy who had been reported missing. Donaberger... Read more
Oct. 13, 2011
Above: Flickr slideshow of photos from the reopening of the Boiceville Supermarket IGA, Thursday, October 13, 2011. Photos by Julia Reischel.
Shopping for groceries isn't generally one of life's more festive activities. But in Boiceville today, it felt... Read more
Oct. 12, 2011
Oct. 12, 2011
Video of flooding in Boiceville along Route 28, September 2011. By Youtube user foghat1987.
The floods of Irene and Lee have claimed another casualty: The Trail Motel, a longtime fixture on Route 28 in Boiceville. The Daily Freeman has a feature today... Read more
Oct. 11, 2011
Daniel R. FullingtonOn Sunday, October 9, 29-year-old Meredith resident Daniel R. Fullington was arrested and charged with rape in the first degree, in connection with a 911 call that was made reporting a sexual assault in the Town of Kortright on... Read more
Oct. 11, 2011
Winter is icumen in. Photo of frost on leaves by Flickr user s.alt. Published under Creative Commons license.
This year, a federal program that one in five New York State households rely on to help pay their winter heating bills is likely to face drastic... Read more