Bennu is a small, near-Earth asteroid that passes close to Earth about every six years. It was the target of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission to collect an asteroid sample and bring it to…
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New Children’s Book Highlights FDR’s Environmental Legacy and Resilience
A.J. Schenkman is the author of several books about local and regional history. He has written for many magazines, blogs, and academic journals including numerous articles on Hudson Valley history in Ulster…
Sullivan County Systems Slowly Coming Back Online; Legislature Chair Urges Patience During Outage
UPDATE 2: From the Sullivan County Sheriff: SCAM ALERT – As computer users navigate the global IT outage, the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office is issuing a warning to Sullivan County residents and…
New Play Explores Displacement and Migration Wordlessly
MIGRATIONS is a wordless play with original sound design exploring journeys of displacement and migration. It is drawn from interviews with displaced people and personal stories of the international performance collective Long…
Extreme Heat Impacting Some NYS Crops
This summer’s extreme heat may prove to be a difficulty for some New York crops. Cornell University Professor of Horticulture Steve Reiners said some plants may stop growing. “Once we start seeing…
Joe Johnson Talks Science: Mammoths, Cave Paintings, and “Hot Jupiter”
Joe Johnson is a retired Port Jervis science teacher and Radio Catskill volunteer and he regularly brings us science stories that have caught his eye. This week Johnson discussed a woolly mammoth…
“A Flight Along the Delaware River”: New Documentary Takes a Broad View of the Region’s Main Waterway
The Delaware River is a major waterway and holds the distinction of being the longest free-flowing river in the Eastern United States. The Delaware River Basin stretches across four states, and supplies…
“A River Valley”: Nine Artists Challenging the Idea of Landscape
The Darby Hotel kicks off its next round of artist talks tomorrow. “A River Valley” is the latest group landscape show featuring nine different artists challenging the idea of “what is a…
Science Stories with Joe Johnson
Joe Johnson is a former Port Jervis Science teacher and Radio Catskill volunteer who shares science stories that have caught his eye recently. He reports on ants can perform life-saving emergency surgery…