Local News

New York Re-Opened Its Shelter Housing Funding. Sullivan County Still Isn’t Ready to Apply.

For decades, housing and public health advocates have tried to build a homeless shelter in Sullivan County – but where it’ll go has been a heated...

Reservoir Slog: Residents Complain About the Extended Drawdown of the Toronto Reservoir

 A drawdown of the water level caused by an issue with the reservoir’s dam has left the reservoir unusable for recreation for several years. Residents...

What To Do If You’re Impacted By Changes to New York’s Essential Healthcare Plan

New York Focus compiled information for the 450,000 New Yorkers who will lose health care coverage on July 1. This story originally appeared in New...

PennDOT to Hold Public Meeting on Skinners Falls Bridge Mitigation Plan

PennDOT will hold its third Section 106 consulting party meeting for the Skinners Falls Bridge project on Wednesday, June 17, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at...

Local Culture

For Francine Prose, History Is Never Really History

NARROWSBURG, N.Y. — For novelist Francine Prose, history isn’t just about the past. It’s a way of understanding what remains constant...

Peter Finn’s Long Bet on the Catskills

For nearly 30 years, Peter Finn has been working toward a vision that once seemed improbable: helping transform struggling mountain communities into...

Meet Brave Biltong, the Duo Behind a Northeast PA Cured Beef Company

Alexander Hankoff says he never expected he’d be the co-owner of a biltong company.  Hankoff and Iwan Zwarts are the founders of Brave Biltong, a...