In Pennsylvania, Governor Tom Wolf released new venue-size percentage-based guidelines for large public gatherings. There’s a house-buying boom even as homelessness concerns rise in NEPA. Owen Walsh of The River Reporter has…
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Listen: Krystal Grow, Narrowsburg Union’s Photography Exhibit Opens October 10
The pandemic has changed the world and what it hasn’t changed sure looks different. Krystal Grow, Curator of Galleries at The Narrowsburg Union, figured the best way to show that was to…
Listen: Work Shift with James B. Huntington – No Stimulus Until After the Election?
After months of on-again, off-again negotiations over the next round of pandemic relief money and just hours after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned too little relief will result in a “weak…
COVID-19 Check-Up on Risks from the NYS Office of Aging
The New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) has launched “CV19 Check-Up”, an anonymous, personalized online tool that evaluates an individual’s risks associated with COVID-19 based on their life situation and…
Listen: Owen Walsh, The River Reporter on Naked Ballots, Cartwright, and Covid
It’s the ongoing ballad of the Naked Ballot. Owen Walsh explains why mail-in ballots in PA will need two envelopes to be counted and “naked” ballots will be counted out. Plus, Rep….
Listen: Newly-elected Village of Monticello Mayor George Nikolados
The Village of Monticello has a new Mayor. George Nikolados defeated incumbent Garry Sommers by 192 votes earlier this month in a village election that had been delayed since March. The Mayor…
Listen: James B. Huntington’s Work Shift – Unemployment, Airlines, Disney. Plus Falling Rents in NYC
The latest numbers say, 870,000 Americans filed for jobless benefits two weeks ago. James B. Huntington goes over what this means. He also explains why he has little sympathy for the airline…
Listen: Owen Walsh, The River Reporter, PA State Politics in the Pandemic
PA Governor Tom Wolf and PA’s GOP lawmakers are at it again, and by “it”, we mean “at odds over state policy in the pandemic.” Owen Walsh of The River Reporter explains…
Listen: PA Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy Boockvar on Election Security
Pennsylvania is a battleground state in the upcoming election and there are still questions around mail voting, absentee ballots, and more. Plus, PA was sued by both the Trump Administration and the…