After four decades behind the microphone, longtime broadcaster Eddie Wilson is still driven by the same passion that first brought him into radio. In a recent conversation at Radio Catskill, Wilson sat…
Day: March 19, 2026
Nonprofit Libraries No Longer Able to Process Passport Applications
For decades, nonprofit public libraries have been able to process passport applications for residents, but since February 13, these services have come to a complete halt despite heightened demand. The State Department…
Ulster County Organization Works to Build Region’s First Nonprofit Immigration Legal Practice
KINGSTON — As immigration enforcement intensifies across the country, a local nonprofit is working to establish what organizers hope will be Ulster County’s first nonprofit immigration legal practice. The Ulster Immigrant Defense…
Got Two Minutes? Enter the Too Short to Suck Film Festival by May 4
If you’re a filmmaker with a story to tell, you have just a few weeks left to submit to the third annual Too Short to Suck Film Festival in Parksville. The festival…
NY Lawmakers Push Bill to Restore Bail for Aggravated Animal Cruelty Cases
ALBANY, N.Y. – Assembly Member Paula Elaine Kay and State Senator Jessica Scarcella‑Spanton (D‑23) will hold a joint press conference Tuesday, March 24, at 10 a.m. on the Million Dollar Staircase in…
Joshua Stratton-Rayner Appointed Director of Ulster County Economic Development Department
KINGSTON, N.Y. — The Ulster County Legislature on Tuesday confirmed County Executive Jen Metzger’s appointment of Joshua Stratton‑Rayner as director of the county’s Economic Development Department. Stratton‑Rayner, who had served as deputy…
Courts Side With NYC in Foie Gras Ban as Legal Fight Heads to State’s Top Court
FERNDALE — Sergio Saravia, president of La Belle Farms, says his Sullivan County duck farm will continue its legal fight against New York City’s foie gras ban after a recent appellate…
Man Found Dead After House Fire in Town of Mamakating
A 64-year-old Bloomingburg man was found dead inside his home Tuesday night after a fire destroyed the structure on Linda Lane in the Town of Mamakating, state police said. Troopers from the…
Judy Gold on the Borscht Belt, Jewish Comedy, and Why You Can’t Skip the Work
For comedian Judy Gold, the Catskills aren’t nostalgia. They’re a classroom she keeps returning to, even decades after she first drove up here in the 1980s to do late-night sets for Borscht…