Daily Archives: June 16, 2020

Last week, all of the Top Ten books on the New York Times combined print and e-book non-fiction bestseller list were about racism. Tim Bruno spoke with Jennifer Baker, Writer/Editor and creator of the Minorities in Publishing podcast, who says it’s important to write about the fullness of black lives, […]

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Many musicians have been live-streaming performances during the pandemic. Dan Brinkerhoff of local band Poison Love suggests holographic projection could be next but for now he’s settling for drive-in concerts at a local farm. Dan and his wife, band mate, and Poison Love’s songwriter Joanne Brinkerhoff tell us how they’re […]

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Last week, The National Bureau of Economic Research Economists announced that the nation is officially in a recession in the shortest amount of time it’s ever taken to make that kind of announcement. Art Riegel, Professor of Economics at SUNY Sullivan, tells us how that was determined and what that […]

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How has phase 2 been going? What is “Catskills Confidence” and how can people get it? Roberta Byron-Lockwood, President of the Sullivan County Visitors Association, tells us what local businesses are doing to make sure customers are safe and comfortable as the region reopens. JUNE 12. https://wjff.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/COVID-19+News+Stories+and+Headlines/SCVA+SULLIVAN+UPDATE+-+LOCKWOOD.mp3

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The last time we spoke to Kathy Kreiter, Program Administrator for Sullivan County Federation for the Homeless was barely a week into the COVID-19 pandemic hitting the county. Since then, one of her employees nearly died from the disease and the Federation doubled the amount of food pantries it would […]

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Earlier this month, Village of Monticello DPW Supervisor Ray Jones resigned after being caught on video referring to African-American employee Stephon McGinnis by the n-word and residents are still demanding answers, an apology, and action. In fact, the Sullivan County Young Democrats Committee has a list of 12 requests that […]

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Well, we didn’t get a doctor-prescribed playlist of comforting cat videos, but we came close… On this week’s installment of “Mental Health Monday,” Dr. Amy Nitza of the Institute for Disaster Mental Health at SUNY New Paltz continues to walk us through stress inoculation, this time focusing on “Accepting the […]

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