In the current episode of Kaatscast: The Catskills Podcast, host Brett Barry takes us to the Woodstock Film Festival’s Youth Film Lab (YFL), a three-week intensive filmmaking program for teens in Kingston,…
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Election 2024: Trust in Elections Strongest at the Local Level, Pennsylvania Poll Shows
Pennsylvania voters are more likely to trust local election results over presidential ones, with overall confidence in the integrity of voting systems split along partisan lines, a new Spotlight PA poll shows….
Environmental Advocates Opposed to Waste-To-Energy Facility in Sullivan County
Currently, Sullivan County transports its waste to Seneca Meadows landfill in northern New York, costing the county around $10 million annually. Seneca Meadows is seeking state approval for an expansion due to…
Ulster County Deploys Emergency Services Director to North Carolina
Ulster County Deputy Director of Emergency Services Michael Madison has been deployed to Asheville, North Carolina, to assist with recovery efforts following the devastation of Hurricane Helene. He joined a 30-member New…
Woodstock’s Aging “Message Tree” Reluctantly Removed
In the pre-cell phone era, finding a familiar face in the crowd of 400,000 people who sang, danced and slid in the mud at Woodstock ’69 would have proven to be an…
Schumer Calls for Better Coordination to Combat Eastern Equine Encephalitis
With cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis on the rise in New York state, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is calling for increased coordination between local and federal agencies. From the New…
Election 2024: ACLU Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Take Up Challenge to PA’s Mail Ballot Dating Rule
This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. ACLU asks U.S. Supreme Court to take up challenge to Pennsylvania’s mail ballot dating…
Science Stories with Joe Johnson
The leaves are changing throughout Upstate New York and Northeastern Pennsylvania, and parts of the Catskills and Adirondacks are at the midpoint of fall foliage. But why do leaves change colors this…
New York’s Uphill Battle in Meeting Ambitious Environmental Goals Set by the Climate Act
On July 18, 2019, New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (Climate Act) was signed into law. Under the Climate Act, New York has goals and benchmarks in place to reduce…