Nina Burleigh is a journalist, best-selling author, documentary producer, and publisher of a substack on politics called American Freakshow. Her debut novel, Zero Visibility Possible, is based on the true story of…
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Woodstock: Three Days of Peace, Love, Music and Mud
It’s the 55th Anniversary of The Woodstock Music and Art Fair this weekend. To see the epic performances at Woodstock, attendees endured crowds, rain, minimal food and water—and lots of mud. Jason…
First Carbon Neutral Community in The Catskills Underway
Situated in Livingston Manor, NY, The Catskills Project is a 90-acre carbon-neutral community in the Catskills region made up of 25 homes designed to be sustainable and environmentally friendly. The project was…
SPOTLIGHT PA: What Pennsylvania’s $47.6B Budget Does For The State’s Rural Communities
This story was produced by the State College regional bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to investigative and public-service journalism for Pennsylvania. Sign up for our north-central Pa. newsletter,…
NY FOCUS: Hochul Punts on How to Reduce Traffic and Pollution in NYC
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 · August 9, 2024 Hochul Punts…
Sullivan County Nears Foreclosure Repurchase Deadline
We spoke to Sullivan County Treasurer Nancy Buck, who shared a reminder about the fast-approaching repurchase deadline for tax-foreclosed properties, and shared her thoughts on the fiscal state of the county. If…
School Bus Crash Closes Anawana Lake Road in Monticello, NY
According to Sullivan County 911, Anawana Lake Road (County Route 103) near Robert Road in Monticello is closed following a school bus accident just south of Fraser Road. The bus was the…
How to Read a River
Local rivers are swelling with heavy rains from Tropical Storm Debby this week, putting low-lying towns in the Catskills and Northeast Pennsylvania on alert about potential flooding. With increasingly extreme weather brought…
Elections 101: How PA’s Department of State Tries to Clarify the Rules for Counties
When legislative Republicans urged Congress to reject Pennsylvania’s electoral votes for Joe Biden in 2020, they didn’t cite voter fraud or illegal activity. Instead, they pointed to something seemingly innocuous: guidance from…