Radio Chatskill

Nearly a decade after New York passed its controversial fracking ban, the debate over resource extraction in the state has returned.

A Texas-based company’s proposal to use carbon dioxide to extract oil and gas gets around the hydraulic fracking ban.

From the New York Public News Network, WSKG’s Rebecca Redelmeier has more on the reaction from landowners and legislators…and how this moment echoes the state’s previous fracking fight.

Image: State Sen. Lea Webb speaks at a rally in Albany to expand New York's fracking ban on March 5/ Frack Action

The Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra performs a free concert, titled “The Evolution of the Double Bass” in Narrowsburg Sunday at the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA); and again in Monticello on Monday, at St. John’s Episcopal Church.

Radio Catskill's classical contributor "Classical Kit" spoke to Andrew Trombley from the Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra.  

Throughout 2024, curators from the Museum at Bethel Woods are traveling the country and across New York State to capture unique Woodstock stories …with an overall goal of collecting 4,500 stories from the people who attended the festival.

That is only 1% of those who found their way to Yasgur’s Farm. Yet this archive will be the most significant collective memory of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair.

Dr. Neal Hitch, Senior Curator at the Museum of Bethel Woods spoke with Radio Catskill’s Patricio Robayo.

Monticello Mayor George Nikolados was caught on tape at Village Hall in January asking Yermia Solomon, a Jewish organizer and former cop, to secure votes from the Orthodox community in exchange for being rehired.

But there’s more to the story.

Jason Dole spoke to Phillip Pantuso, Managing Editor of the Times Union, Hudson Valley.

Sullivan West Musical Production Club presents "Guys and Dolls," A Musical Fable of Broadway this weekend at the Sullivan West High School Auditorium.

Culture Reporter Valerie Mansi spoke to main cast members Henry Simon, Alexa Rogers, Ethan Hoch, and Ariel Rykoff and their Director Jerry Hoch. 

With New York's One-House budgets expected next week, the state Legislature is poised to push back against Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed changes to school funding.

We've been telling you about that this week. On Tuesday, we spoke to Sullivan West Superintendent Dr. Kathleen Bressler about the nearly $2 million cut that her district is facing.

Governor Hochul’s budget director defended her proposed reductions to the state’s schools, but left the door open to restoring those cuts, now that new numbers show New York’s revenues are up by 1.3 billion dollars.

Now, both houses of the Legislature say they plan to restore school aid reductions proposed by the Governor.

From the New York Public News Network, Karen DeWitt reports.

Image: NYSUT Media Relations

It's Women's History Month and on Saturday, March 9, at the Ellenville Public Library, Arts Mid-Hudson presents a workshop exploring the important contributions made by women in music throughout

History, as well as the challenges that women have faced in the music industry, and how they have overcome these obstacles to create music that is both beautiful and meaningful.

Lucy Tarantino is the Development Coordinator for Arts Mid-Hudson and she spoke to Tim Bruno on Radio Chatskill. 

Freak-folk, avant-rock innovator Seth Faergolzia performs a mind-bending live loop painting, combining improvised sounds and live abstract painting on Saturday, March 9th, at Delaware Valley Arts Alliance's Krause Hall in Narrowsburg.  

Culture Reporter Valerie Mansi spoke to Faergolzia about how he improvises vocals, looping and treating them with the precision of a DJ, all while crafting a live painting. 

The Sullivan Public Library Alliance is seeking a poet to promote “the Spirit of Sullivan County” with audiences of all ages. The poet laureate helps increase public appreciation of the reading and writing of poetry. 

Someone who has filled that role before is Eric Baylin, the former Sullivan County Poet Laureate. He spoke to Tim Bruno.

'Tis the season to tap maple trees. To celebrate this first stirring of spring and one of North America‘s unique natural products, The Damascus Manor Community Center (DMCC) in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, is hosting its fourth annual Maple Syrup Harvest Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, March 16.

Farm & Country’s Rosie Starr spoke with Damascus Manor Community Center chairwoman Linda Dexter about the event.