Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
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Jan. 12, 2011
Above: Footage from Rally New York 2009.
A couple of Walton town board members are still against it, but it looks like Rally New York will zoom through Walton roads again this year. From the Daily Star:
Walton Supervisor Bruce Dolph and council members... Read more
Jan. 12, 2011
This just in from the CWC: Boiceville's wastewater treatment plant project, a feat of engineering two years in the making, is finished. The plant went online last summer, and on January 7, the last hookup pipe connecting the new plant to a Boiceville... Read more
Jan. 11, 2011
From the Times Herald-Record:
State Sen. John Bonacic has been named chairman of two powerful Senate committees.
Bonacic, R-C-Mount Hope, will head the Senate’s Racing, Wagering and Gaming Committee and also the Judiciary Committee, his office... Read more
Jan. 11, 2011
The National Weather Service has issued a storm warning for Sullivan and Delaware Counties. From NY-Alert:
..Winter Storm Warning In Effect From 7 PM This Evening To 7 PM EST Wednesday... The National Weather Service In Binghamton Has Issued A Winter... Read more
Jan. 11, 2011
Above: WBNG footage of the scene at the First Baptist Church in Walton, destroyed by fire early this morning.
This just in from the Walton Police Department:
At approximately 3:25am, 911 received a call reporting a fire at the Baptist Church on the... Read more
Jan. 11, 2011
In the Daily Mail today: The Greene County Sheriff's Office will have to return $214,000 in federal grant money, awarded in 2001 for the purchase of computer equipment and never spent for its intended purpose. Colin DeVries reports:
According to a letter... Read more
Jan. 10, 2011
There's a fine line between supporting local industry and trade protectionism. Case in point: Congressman Maurice Hinchey's effort to give the U.S. solar energy industry a boost may be causing some consternation in Beijing. From the New York Times... Read more
Jan. 8, 2011
Above: A CBS report on Muggle Quidditch.
Ever wondered if it was actually possible to play Quidditch without, you know, flying broomsticks and magical winged Snitches and all the rest of that Harry Potter flimflam?
Wonder no more: Some dedicated Potter... Read more
Jan. 7, 2011
Two Staten Island residents were killed in a car accident last night when their vehicle went into a pond off Bruce Porn Road in Roxbury. The Daily Star reports:
Police said Paul Campione Jr. and his brother, Christopher Campione, were driving a 2001... Read more
Jan. 7, 2011
As if village Mayor Terry Dungan suffering a stroke on Christmas Day wasn't bad enough: The longtime chief of the New Paltz volunteer fire department, David Weeks, has just resigned in the wake of a leaked email conversation between village elected... Read more
Jan. 6, 2011
Batten down the hatches, folks, it's gonna snow tomorrow. From NY Alert:
..Heavy Snows Possible Friday And Friday Night... .An Upper Level Disturbance Will Move Off The Southeast Coast Overnight Tonight. As It Does So...Surface Low Pressure Is Expected... Read more
Jan. 6, 2011
In the Daily Star today: An item on a new book out about the life of Bisbee's General Store in Meridale, destroyed by fire in 1976.
In case you're tempted to yawn: Pause for a moment and picture this scene, from the Delaware County Genealogy and History... Read more
Jan. 6, 2011
A bitter dispute between former Governor David Paterson and Greene County over whether or not the county had the authority to appoint an interim treasurer -- which had resulted in the withholding of millions of dollars in state funds to the county -- is... Read more
Jan. 5, 2011
The Daily Mail reports that a house on Mountain Avenue has been destroyed by fire -- thankfully, with no injuries, either human or animal.
Residents Joseph and Adele Spinelli could not be located after emergency personnel arrived on the scene, and there... Read more
Jan. 5, 2011
The Freeman reports that the Woodstock Town Board has renewed a policy that empowers the Board to discourage general municipal mayhem, in order to "keep town meetings from becoming debate sessions among members of the audience and extending past... Read more
Jan. 4, 2011
Not a minute too soon: Soggy, soggy Delhi is joining nine other communities across the country in a pilot project to map flooding data.
Locally, the study is being sponsored by the USGS and the Delaware County Soil and Water Conservation District. The... Read more
Dec. 31, 2010
In light of the deep staffing cuts planned for Belleayre Mountain, the idea of an authority to manage the ski center -- much like the one that governs Whiteface and Gore Mountain, New York's other state-run ski centers -- is once again getting some... Read more
Dec. 30, 2010
Sidney Center has water contamination problems. And Dawn Rivers Baker, former candidate for supervisor of Sidney, is angry about it.
Did you know that a sizable chunk of the population of the Town of Sidney does not have access to clean drinking water?... Read more
Dec. 29, 2010
Paul Smart at WGXC has written a tribute to Willow poet Janine Pommy Vega, who died last Thursday.
I met Vega just once, almost thirty years ago, when I was a third grader in Mrs. Wells' class at Phoenicia Elementary School. She visited our class to do... Read more
Dec. 28, 2010
If you're sitting on a glorious snowscape up in the hills, and are willing to rent it out in February, you might want to talk to Vicart Entertainment. From the Hudson Valley Film Commission:
The film which features 4 actors getting ready for a mountain... Read more