Sullivan County officials hold virtual town hall Q&A sessions twice a week and WJFF airs them live. The dominant questions are concerns over camps and bungalow colonies opening. At the May 14…
Month: May 2020
Listen: SUNY Sullivan professor Lopez-Barkl on theater and speech student finals
What do you do if you’re a theater student and school closes before you can do your final project? Well, the show must go on…Zoom. Associate Professor of Theater and Speech Jessica…
Listen: Dr. Amy Nitza from SUNY New Paltz on de-stressing
SELF CARE The Institute for Disaster Mental Health at SUNY New Paltz is very busy advising people on their mental health during the pandemic. Dr. Amy Nitza tells listeners that any self-care…
Listen: WJFF’s Bodhi Talk host Doug Bill talks on short meditation
Doug Bill, therapist with The Honesdale Wellness Center and host of WJFF’s Bodhi Talk, invites listeners to relax and let go of tension in this short meditation. May 14 https://wjff.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/COVID-19+News+Stories+and+Headlines/BODHI+MOMENTS+MAY+14.mp3 …
Listen: Sullivan County Manager Joshua Potosek on reopening and local camps
Sullivan County Manager Joshua Potosek checks in with WJFF just days before some parts of New York State are slated to start opening. We talk to him about the prospect of reopening…
Listen: Emergency room nurse Karrie Jara from Roscoe Rockland Food Aid
ROSCOE ROCKLAND FOOD AID Karrie Jara works long, stressful hours as an emergency room nurse and still finds time to keep local families fed in The Town of Rockland, which includes Roscoe,…
Listen: WJFF’s Doug Sandberg interviews elementary student Ella who makes bracelets for charity
WJFF’s Doug Sandberg interviews Ella, an elementary student in Port Jervis who is making bracelets to sell to benefit her favorite charities in this time of crisis: her local animal shelter and…
Listen: Dr. Mike Weddle & Amy Kolokowski with Catholic Charities of Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster on helping the homeless
Dr. Mike Weddle, Medical Director, and Amy Kolokowski, Director of behavioral Health Services with Catholic Charities of Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster talk about helping the homeless, the hungry, immigrants, and other at-risk…
Listen: Bee Moser, Nutritionist for SNAP-Ed on overcoming the stigma of seeking assistance
Bee Moser, Nutritionist for SNAP-Ed New York Hudson Valley at the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Sullivan County, talks about the importance of people overcoming the stigma of seeking assistance to get the…