Families and community advocates gathered in Liberty on Friday for a special community baby shower with a purpose.

Hosted by the nonprofit Maternal Infant Services Network, the event offered free community resources and support for expecting and new families with children under two. Radio Catskill’s Kimberly Izar brings us this report from the celebration.

School budget season is underway in New York, with districts facing a May 19 deadline to put their budgets up for a vote. But rising costs and uncertain revenue streams are squeezing some school districts into a tight financial spot. 

Radio Catskill spoke with David Albert, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer, at the New York State School Boards Association – which serves more than 600 local school boards and BOCES across the state –  about what New York’s school districts are up against this budget cycle.