Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
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Dec. 8, 2010
This just in from the Schoharie County Sheriff's Department: 38-year-old Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School bus driver Heather M. Steidle was arrested yesterday on charges of child endangerment. The press release reads:
Subject arrested on 3 counts... Read more
Dec. 8, 2010
Hunter is mourning the loss of local poet and humorist Dennis Lucas Jr., son of the town's current supervisor, who died last Monday at the age of 42. WGXC's Paul Smart has a tribute, which hints at a battle with substance abuse:
“He was a talented guy... Read more
Dec. 8, 2010
In the Times-Union today is a juicy story just in time for ski season: Local ski centers Windham Mountain and Hunter Mountain are on the offensive against state-run Belleayre Mountain, arguing that the Highmount ski center is undercutting their business... Read more
Dec. 7, 2010
Yesterday was a day for the history books: the last day that the Daily Freeman, published since 1871, rolled off its Kingston presses:
As of today, the paper has shut down its local press and moved its printing to Troy, New York, a change that... Read more
Dec. 7, 2010
Since its passage by the New York State Assembly last week, a bill that would impose a moratorium on hydrofracking for natural gas until May has been sitting on Gov. David Paterson's desk, awaiting his signature. Paterson has til Saturday to decide... Read more
Dec. 6, 2010
It's been a rough year for the arts in upstate New York. Between the most brutal state budget in recent memory and the tough economy, 2010 was more about surviving than thriving for many local arts and cultural organizations. But there was a surprising... Read more
Dec. 4, 2010
In Roscoe tomorrow: Flyfishers, filmmakers, and other folks are meeting at Roscoe Central School to watch Gasland and talk about fracking. The event starts at noon, and is open to the public. From an announcement posted on our local-business news channel... Read more
Dec. 3, 2010
Last time the Esopus jumped its banks, on October 1, local photographer and videographer Franz Edlinger created an epic video of the flooding set to Beethoven's Fifth.
For the floods this week, Edlinger's picked something a little more Catskillian -- the... Read more
Dec. 3, 2010
Photo of 12/2 meeting to discuss gas drilling risks held at the Davenport Firehouse, courtesy of Mike Wilkie.
This week, residents of Otsego and Delaware counties got an earful on the risks associated with a rush on horizontal gas drilling in the region... Read more
Dec. 3, 2010
Looks like Windham's opening a day early, and they're practically giving away lift tickets to celebrate. This just in from Windham Mountain's Facebook wall:
Here’s some BREAKING NEWS! Windham Mountain is open TODAY at 2:00 p.m. for the 2010 – 2011 ski... Read more
Dec. 3, 2010
Image: A bill of sale for a slave named Peet, dated October 17, 1785, to Samuel Smith of Walkill, NY. From Wikimedia Commons.
Today and tomorrow, historians, scholars, teachers, and activists are converging on Lake Placid, NY for a two-day conference on... Read more
Dec. 2, 2010
Schoharie County Emergency Services is reporting (via their Facebook wall) that some of the county's 911 lines are experiencing technical difficulty.
If you have an emergency and dial 911 and do not reach a person, please hang up and dial the non-... Read more
Dec. 2, 2010
The Mountain Eagle has a story today on an unnamed 11-year-old Jefferson boy who was lost in the woods for six hours on Monday -- and ended up home safe and sound, thanks to a team of rescuers and two good dogs named Casey and Crier.
“We were just... Read more
Dec. 1, 2010
*Update, 11pm: We hear from Jeremy Blaber, of all people, that as of 8pm, 28 was opened to one lane of traffic in alternating directions.
We noted this fact in the big flood post we've been updating all day, but we thought it might be getting buried... Read more
Dec. 1, 2010
*Update: Route 30 in Roxbury is now open again. A tweet from WIOX around 11:45 am:
Route 30 Reopens between Roxbury and Grand Gorge, use caution while traveling, with High winds and rain thru out the region.
From 511NY a few minutes ago:
NYSDOT: closed... Read more
Dec. 1, 2010
*Note: This post's been updated (and the headline changed as well). Read the whole thing to hear the DEP's response to accusations that they're a Kafkaesque bureaucracy of driftwood-hoarders. Maybe there's a happy ending to this sad little story after... Read more
Nov. 30, 2010
You've really got to watch your step in the mountains during hunting season. Just ask Greene County man Robert Warrings -- who, it is alleged, was shot at several times by a local sheriff's officer while tracking a bear. The Daily Mail reports:
The state... Read more
Nov. 30, 2010
During a special session last night, the New York State Assembly passed a moratorium on issuing new permits for natural gas drilling by hydraulic fracturing (A11443B). Since the Senate has already passed its companion bill, S8129B, the measure now heads... Read more
Nov. 29, 2010
Accord resident Kevin Chronister, 46, has been arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child for allegedly trying to burn a 9-year-old with a lit cigarette. A press release from the Ulster County Sheriff's Department:
Deputies from the... Read more