Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
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Jun. 16, 2011
Photo of the Phoenicia Pharmacy by Flickr user Lori_NY. Published under Creative Commons license.
In today's NY Post: An homage to Phoenicia, celebrating the little Shandaken hamlet's "frontier feel" and "rough edges" while giving a nod to the growing... Read more
Jun. 16, 2011
Arcadia Aviation, a NYC-based company hired by Sullivan County to operate the Sullivan County International Airport in Bethel, has shut down abruptly, leaving $10,000 in unpaid lease fees and $25 million in broken promises in its wake. The Times Herald-... Read more
Jun. 16, 2011
Gunshots were exchanged during a fight last night on Broadway in Monticello, scattering nearby pedestrians, says the Times Herald-Record:
The fight broke out around 7 p.m. near the intersection of west Broadway and Forestburgh Road. One of the men... Read more
Jun. 15, 2011
If you're invested in the future of farming and local food in upstate New York, you'll want to seize the chance to catch a local screening of "The Greenhorns," a documentary about young farmers out to reclaim American agriculture from the roots up. The... Read more
Jun. 15, 2011
9:30pm update, by Julia Reischel:
The early-morning fire that destroyed part of the former Fleischmanns School today was probably sparked by an electrical problem in the basement of the building, Fleischmanns fire chief Todd Wickham said this evening.... Read more
Jun. 14, 2011
Harpo, a White Crested Polish chicken, is just two weeks old, but already practicing the patented Inscrutable Chicken Face. Thanks to Bovina resident Lynne Resch (also the proprietor of Two Stones Realty) for the photo.
Jun. 13, 2011
This just in from the state political blogs: The New York state legislature is expected to vote on a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage sometime in the next few days.
From the New York Times:
On a day of fast moving developments, the Cuomo aide,... Read more
Jun. 13, 2011
It's a big news day for larcenous shenanigans in Kingston: Details have just emerged about a scheme to part developmentally disabled residents of a group home from their paychecks, and an Ulster County grand jury has just indicted a former Kingston cop... Read more
Jun. 12, 2011
Two men -- 46-year-old Clifford Banks of East Branch, and 19-year-old Dalton Hills of Fishs Eddy -- were killed on Friday evening on River Road in Colchester, when the pickup truck Banks was driving ran off the road and struck an earth embankment. A load... Read more
Jun. 10, 2011
Teeny-tiny Hardenburgh (population: 208) is used to being ignored. With less than three people per square mile, the smallest town in Ulster County is so remote and underpopulated, it doesn't even have its own ZIP code.
With less than a tenth of the... Read more
Jun. 9, 2011
Quinn Kelley, founder of Chicken Hill Farm Handmade Soaps, with Skye the Auracana. Photo by Joe Damone.
Summer in the Catskills means it's the height of craft fair season once again, and Quinn Kelley, the 15-year-old proprietor of Chicken Hill Farm... Read more
Jun. 8, 2011
The Oneonta Common Council voted yesterday to ban gas drilling within city limits, with little opposition. From today's Daily Star:
The vote was not unanimous. With Third Ward Alderman Erik Miller absent, Seventh Ward Alderman Liz Shannon abstained.... Read more
Jun. 8, 2011
A woman was attacked by a fox in the Schoharie County town of Esperance yesterday while cleaning out a camper.
According to a press release from the Schoharie County Sheriff's Department, the attack occurred around 4:30pm on Saddlemire Hill Road, and... Read more
Jun. 8, 2011
They're here at last: sweet, tender sugar snap peas, the star of the early-summer vegetable garden. The owners of Catskill Native Nursery in Kerhonkson posted this photo of the first of their Sugar Anne peas on their Facebook wall today.
Pea season means... Read more
Jun. 7, 2011
Photo of Elton John at the 2011 premiere of The Union at the Tribeca Film Festival by David Shankbone. Published under Creative Commons license.
Seems you can't have a big act at Bethel Woods (Phish, anyone?) without some outsize drama to go along with... Read more
Jun. 7, 2011
Photo of crowd outside last week's DRBC hearing in Deposit by Lillian Browne.
On Wednesday, June 1, the Delaware River Basin Commission held a public hearing in Deposit to discuss whether or not the agency should grant XTO Energy a permit to withdraw... Read more
Jun. 6, 2011
Adam Bosch of the Times Herald-Record reports that the disintegrating Nevele Grande, once the pride and joy of the Borscht Belt, has just had its tax assessment cut by two-thirds:
The 433-room hotel had been valued at $15 million, but town assessor Mike... Read more
Jun. 6, 2011
Gov't Mule performing "Thorazine Shuffle" at Hunter Mountain's Mountain Jam Festival on Saturday.
The seventh annual Mountain Jam Festival at Hunter Mountain went off splendidly over the weekend, and featured a showstopping act from a diva-esque... Read more
Jun. 4, 2011
Photo of the Mamakating rail trail from the Open Space Institute.
It's National Trails Day today, and the New York City-based Open Space Institute has something to celebrate: the recent acquisition of three miles of the old O&W rail bed in the town... Read more