Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
Articles
Jun. 3, 2011
A delivery truck headed east on Route 28 in Phoenicia yesterday afternoon caused a collision with a pickup truck driven by a local teenager, totaling the pickup and injuring its occupants. A press release from the Shandaken Police Department:
The Town of... Read more
Jun. 2, 2011
Deadpan quote of the week goes to Callicoon dairy farmer Adam Diehl, the subject of a story in Tuesday's Sullivan County Democrat. Here's Diehl on the apocalyptic storm that blew through his farm last week, uprooting trees, tearing shingles off roofs and... Read more
Jun. 2, 2011
Video clip about the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers by filmmaker Carole Hart, maker of the documentary film For The Next Seven Generations.
In October of 2004, thirteen elders from indigenous cultures scattered around the world... Read more
Jun. 2, 2011
Photo of the Upper Delaware River at Hawk's Nest, near the spot where a rafter drowned on Saturday. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
Three people drowned in local waterways over the Memorial Day weekend.
On Monday, two fishermen lost their footing... Read more
Jun. 1, 2011
This weekend brings musical fairytales to the Shandaken Theatrical Society -- but don't expect a sweet little bedtime story. Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's dark, witty remix of familiar fables, directed by STS's own Amy Wallace, opens this Friday,... Read more
Jun. 1, 2011
The Viviana Hansen Gallery, a cozy little trove of works from local artists and lovingly curated antiques that has been a fixture of Delhi's Main Street for the last five years, has packed up and moved -- but not too far. The gallery recently announced... Read more
May. 31, 2011
45-year-old Kerry Castello, who was facing charges related to a string of armed robberies in Massachusetts, apparently hanged himself in the Sullivan County jail on Sunday, the Mid-Hudson News reports.
When Castello was arrested on May 19, he had been a... Read more
May. 27, 2011
Radio listeners, rejoice: Roxbury's community radio station, WIOX 91.3, is back online again after being off the air since Monday due to a "fried" circuit board.
Station manager Joe Piasek emailed to say that as of 4:40pm yesterday afternoon, the new... Read more
May. 27, 2011
Thunderstorms last night have knocked out power to thousands of people in Ulster and Sullivan Counties, according to news accounts. The Daily Freeman says central Ulster County was hit hard:
In all, there are 87,705 Central Hudson customers in Ulster... Read more
May. 25, 2011
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Above: The approximate location of the area XTO Energy is seeking to take water from, in the town of Sanford, Broome County. From Google Maps.
As we reported earlier this month, the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) is weighing... Read more
May. 23, 2011
Photo taken at the former Winding Brook farm; from the Vishwa Dharma Foundation's website.
Devotees of a Manhattan-based Hindu group, Vishwa Dharma Mandalam, are transforming a run-down farmstead on Round Top in Cairo into an ashram for retreats and... Read more
May. 23, 2011
Photo: Aerial view of Hanover Farms, taken from the Ulster County GIS web map. Town zoning code says farmstands in residentially-zoned areas can take up no more than 100 square feet.
A special meeting of the Shandaken Town Board to discuss re-zoning a... Read more
May. 23, 2011
Above: Video of flooding in Sidney Center on Friday, by YouTube user kiki71669.
The Delaware County Department of Emergency Services announced recently that people affected by this weekend's flooding in Sidney Center might be eligible for help from the... Read more
May. 21, 2011
As of around 2:30pm today, Delaware County Emergency Services says "most" 911 service has been restored:
Verizon continues to restore 911 services to the area. Delaware County has had area fire departments conduct tests of the 911 system from their... Read more
May. 21, 2011
This just in from Delaware County Emergency Services, around 11:30am: Sporadic phone outages and problems routing calls to 911 are being reported from around the county.
Currently Verizon and some local carriers are experiencing phone and 911 service... Read more
May. 21, 2011
Around 8pm last night, Delaware County Emergency Services announced that flash flooding had led to road closings and evacuations in Sidney Center:
Delaware County has experienced heavy rainfall that has resulted in flash flooding throughout the county. A... Read more
May. 20, 2011
Keeping up with the new peregrine falcon chicks on the Mid-Hudson Bridge has become an annual rite of spring in the Hudson Valley. And with the rise of social media, it's getting easier to watch along in real time as the chicks -- called "eyasses" --... Read more
May. 20, 2011
The Ulster County Sheriff's Department reports that Kingston resident Ruben J. Lindo was arrested yesterday on multiple charges stemming from his allegedly writing several bad checks.
Lindo is a former pro football player. According to a profile of him... Read more
May. 20, 2011
Who needs May flowers? The glories of mid-spring in the Catskills: Technicolor-green grass, mud, and piglets.
Ulla Kjarval snapped this recent photo on her father's farm, Spring Lake Farm, just outside of Delhi. She tells us the mother is a large black... Read more
May. 19, 2011
The National Weather Service is warning of heavy thunderstorms across the region, this afternoon and tonight:
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 307 Is In Effect Until 800 PM EDT For The Following Locations Ny . New York Counties Included Are Albany... Read more