Lisa Glover, also known as Lisa the Maker, visited Narrowsburg last year and looked out at the Deeps, or Big Eddy, of the Delaware River. She wondered just how deep it truly…
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SPOTLIGHT PA: Thousands Of Pa. Prisoners Endure Summer Heat Without Air Conditioning
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG…
Borscht Belt Festival Returns to Ellenville
The second annual Borscht Belt Fest, featuring comedy, food, music and storytelling, starts July 26 and runs through the weekend in Ellenville. Andrew Jacobs, one of the festival’s organizers and the President…
Local Officials Rally Against Closure of Sullivan Correctional Facility
New York State Senator Peter Oberacker, representing the 51st District, was joined by local officials at a rally held at the Woodbourne Firehouse on Wednesday, July 24th, to oppose to the planned…
NY FOCUS: New York to Close One of Its Most Notorious Prisons
This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. CRIMINAL JUSTICE · July 18, 2024 New York to…
Sullivan Correctional Facility to Close in November
UPDATE: Sullivan County Legislature Chair Nadia Rajsz and Town of Fallsburg Supervisor Michael Bensimon jointly issued the following statement July 19: “We are not at all happy about New York State’s decision…
NY Attorney General Investigates Fatal Police Shooting in Sullivan County
The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) has opened an investigation into the death of Albert Melendez, Jr., who died on July 16, 2024 following an encounter with members…
NY FOCUS: How Upstate Retirees Fought Privatized Health Care And Won
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 · July 9, 2024 How Upstate…
Bethel, Home of Woodstock, Embraces Green Initiatives
The Town of Bethel, home of The Woodstock Music and Art Fair in 1969, has been recertified as a “Bronze-standard Climate-Smart Community” by the Department of Environmental Conservation as part of New York…