Saturday, July 27th, at noon, the D&H Canal Interpretive Center in Summitville is hosting an event titled “Bagels & Locks.” This event features a free lecture by Bill Merchant on the historic…
Author: Patricio Robayo
NY FOCUS: New York to Close One of Its Most Notorious Prisons
This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. CRIMINAL JUSTICE · July 18, 2024 New York to…
Local Politicians React to Biden’s Decision Not to Run for Re-Election
President Joe Biden announced that he will not be seeking the Democratic nomination. This decision follows increasing pressure from lawmakers, donors, activists, and voters within his party, who expressed concerns about his…
Sullivan Correctional Facility to Close in November
UPDATE: Sullivan County Legislature Chair Nadia Rajsz and Town of Fallsburg Supervisor Michael Bensimon jointly issued the following statement July 19: “We are not at all happy about New York State’s decision…
NY Attorney General Investigates Fatal Police Shooting in Sullivan County
The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) has opened an investigation into the death of Albert Melendez, Jr., who died on July 16, 2024 following an encounter with members…
NY FOCUS: How Upstate Retirees Fought Privatized Health Care And Won
This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. NEW YORK STATE · July 9, 2024 How Upstate…
Bethel, Home of Woodstock, Embraces Green Initiatives
The Town of Bethel, home of The Woodstock Music and Art Fair in 1969, has been recertified as a “Bronze-standard Climate-Smart Community” by the Department of Environmental Conservation as part of New York…
Young Child Dies in Vehicle at Monticello’s Sleepy Hollow Apartment Complex
A 2-year-old child was found in cardiac arrest inside a vehicle outside Building #14 of the Sleepy Hollow Apartment Complex on Terri Lane on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Monticello Police, Monticello Firefighters,…
Joe Johnson Talks Science: Mammoths, Cave Paintings, and “Hot Jupiter”
Joe Johnson is a retired Port Jervis science teacher and Radio Catskill volunteer and he regularly brings us science stories that have caught his eye. This week Johnson discussed a woolly mammoth…