Lissa Harris
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Lissa Harris is the founder and publisher of the Watershed Post.
Articles
Nov. 29, 2010
This Thursday evening, December 2, the Davenport Firehouse will host a panel on the risks of natural gas drilling, open to residents of Delaware County and surrounding areas. Speaking at the event will be:
-Lou Allstadt, former executive VP of Mobil Oil... Read more
Nov. 27, 2010
While most of the nation's political middle seems to be going the way of the dodo, centrists hang on in NY's 24th Congressional district. Photo of hollowed-out tree by Flickr user joelogon; published under Creative Commons license.
Last week, former... Read more
Nov. 24, 2010
Photo: Excess water spilling over the Gilboa Dam, the NYC-owned dam with the greatest untapped potential for developing clean hydroelectric power. Image released into the public domain, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
After being courted for years by an... Read more
Nov. 23, 2010
According to "I LOVE DELHI, NY," the Facebook page devoted to the little town on the West Branch of the Delaware River, somebody's bogarted the town's welcome sign. Posted yesterday evening:
WHO STOLE OUR WELCOME TO DELHI SIGN?? COST IS $1200. AS... Read more
Nov. 23, 2010
Local purveyor of scrumptiosity Shandaken Bake had Village Voice writer Rebecca Marx swooning yesterday over a tasty tidbit she picked up at the New Amsterdam Market. The baked good in question? An ordinary-looking slice of maple parsnip bread.
If you've... Read more
Nov. 22, 2010
A fight between two residents at an assisted-living home in Esopus got so violent that one man was airlifted to Albany by helicopter, and another is facing felony assault charges, police say. A press release issued last night by the Ulster County Sheriff... Read more
Nov. 21, 2010
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. For some context for this week's cartoon, click here. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here.
Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years. Originally... Read more
Nov. 20, 2010
Today marks the first day of regular deer season -- and the hills are alive with gunshots, blaze orange, and fleeing whitetails. From now until the end of the season on December 12, Catskills residents should take extra care in the woods, and expect to... Read more
Nov. 19, 2010
Blues/funk band Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, a nine-piece Brooklyn band with deep roots in Delaware County, is playing the newly-renovated Oneonta Theatre tonight at 8pm. (Frontwoman Arleigh Kincheloe and her brother Jackson Kincheloe, who plays a... Read more
Nov. 18, 2010
Jay Todd of Arkville was killed last night when he was struck by a car, while walking on Route 28 in Arkville Middletown.* A press release issued today by the Delaware County Sheriff's Department:
On Wednesday evening Delaware County Sheriff's Deputies... Read more
Nov. 18, 2010
The Daily Freeman has been publishing some incredible stories about an ongoing effort to bust participants in a really simple scam: According to police, a Midtown gas station accepted food stamp cards in exchange for half their value in cash, which... Read more
Nov. 18, 2010
Big win for little Kingston publisher McPherson & Co. last night: Their latest novel, a tale of horse-racing in backwoods Virginia by author Jaimy Gordon, just won the National Book Award for fiction. It's the literary equivalent of the Academy... Read more
Nov. 18, 2010
A nine-hour standoff between police and reportedly armed people in an apartment over Windham Hardware ended without any injuries around 11pm, according to multiple news reports. The Daily Mail has an extended story today, though details are still... Read more
Nov. 17, 2010
The Daily Mail has a breaking-news story:
At least one armed man is allegedly holding one or more hostages in the Town of Windham, according to reports.
From NY-ALERT at 6:21 pm:
RTE 23 EB/WB CLOSED from South St. to RTE 296 (Town of Windham) at 6:10PM... Read more
Nov. 17, 2010
A homeowner in Hamden is missing a collection of antique powder horns, flasks, and other historical paraphernalia, some of them dating back to the 1700s, according to a press release issued today by the Delaware County Sheriff's Office. The release:
The... Read more
Nov. 17, 2010
In the Daily Freeman today: The state Department of Environmental Conservation is mulling whether to fine the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, for using stimulus funds to tear up a big chunk of the Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge in the... Read more
Nov. 16, 2010
The Times Herald-Record has the scoop on the first wave of DEC layoffs: 140 workers at the agency got their pink slips today.
Local residents and environment groups are watching closely to see how many layoffs hit the division of mining, which is the... Read more
Nov. 16, 2010
Answer: When they're drilling straight down, not sideways.
I admit, I was puzzled last week, when we got word of a company called Gastem getting approval from the New York State DEC to frack a couple of wells in Otsego County. (The announcement sparked a... Read more
Nov. 15, 2010
In the Saugerties Times this week: A local environmental group has sponsored a study of the Blue Mountain Reservoir, which provides water to the town of Saugerties. The study's author, hydrologist Paul Rubin of HydroQuest in Stone Ridge, says the town... Read more