Chenango Voice

An introduction to the Chenango Family Food Co-op, featuring an interview with Miby Kim and Phil Metzger - two of the founding members.

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Listen now to hear what the Chenango County Board of Elections is doing to make sure your voting experience is COVID safe and your ballot is absolutely secure.

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Updates on three critical county services - new development in efforts to expand broadband services, big changes at UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital, and how the Area Agency on Aging is using robots to help ease loneliness.

Build your own food chain by getting to know your neighborhood farmers. This two-segment episode features interviews with farmers Jim Girton (Enough And A Little Bit More) and Zack Proskine (Lake Ridge Farm and Market).

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A virtual visit how-to with Dr. Kurt Harding, Chenango Memorial Hospital’s Director of Primary Care.

This  interview was recorded via Skype on July 22nd, 2020 with CV  producer Diane Gallo. Brought to you by Bohemian Moon.

An interview with film producers Joseph C. Stilllman and Jeri Wachter, on their new film about the working poor in Chenango, Delaware and Otsego Counties.

This  interview was recorded via Skype on July 3rd, 2020 with CV  producer Diane Gallo. Brought to you  by Bohemian Moon.

This interview with Shane Butler, Director of the Chenango County Office of Planning & Development, was recorded by Chenango Voice producer Diane Gallo on June 15th 2020. This was Butler’s first day back in the office after the pandemic forced a three month shutdown.

That shutdown put enormous pressure on internet service for government operations, hospitals, schools, mental health services, distance workers -- on every aspect of daily life, including the office in charge of helping to expand broadband connectivity within the county. In many instances, the pandemic forced the growth and development of connections to meet emergency needs. This growth highlighted a great need in some parts of the county, where there’s still a grave lack of connectivity.

In this report, we’ll get an overview of where we are, what still needs to be done, and how you can help.

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Today’s program features a team of agricultural visionaries who have raised “grass” and “grass-fed” to an art form. Their  farm is Peaceful by Nature and the farmers are Karen Hoffman and Jack Salo. For them, the grassland covering their Chenango County fields represents a distillation of science and study and value-driven ideals with a solid underpinning of philosophy, ethics, environment, health and integrity. And we thought it was just grass.

This interview was recorded via Skype on June 11th, 2020 with CV co-producers Betty Bytheway, Diane Gallo, and Miby Kim. Brought to you by Bohemian Moon.

Episode 5 is an interview with Pastor Jen Westervelt, co-founder of Improve Norwich Now, a non-profit organization that works to address multiple social needs in the Norwich area. This interview was recorded via Skype on June 2nd, 2020 with CV co-producers Betty Bytheway and Diane Gallo. Brought to you by Bohemian Moon.

Whether it’s a panic attack or a pandemic, this episode explores ways to think about offering and asking for help when we - or our friends - hit the wall. 

Segment 1 features “The Brick Wall,” performed by Gloria Gibbon. In segment 2 (16:56), Diane speaks with Ruth Roberts, the Director of Community Services in Chenango County about the emotional health support services being delivered by the county during the COVID-19 shutdown. Brought to you by Bohemian Moon.