Radio Chatskill

Covering programs ranging from crop insurance for farmers to healthy food access for low-income families, from beginning farmer training to support for sustainable farming practices, the US farm bill sets the stage for our food and farm systems.

The package of legislation is passed approximately every five years. It expired at the end of last year and the current farm bill extension expires at the end of September.

Brent Habig at Two Creek Farm in Pennsylvania spoke to Farm & Country’s Rosie Starr at our Honesdale studio recently about the Farm Bill. 

Driftwood is an Americana/Folk-Rock band from Binghamton that was formed in 2005. 

The group consists of Dan Forsyth, Joe Kollar, Claire Byrne, Joey Arcuri and Sam Fishman. 

Music on the Delaware is presenting Driftwood in concert at the historic Walton Theatre stage tomorrow at 7:30 pm.

Tim Bruno spoke to band member Claire Byrne about their music and how they got their start.

February 22 is Student Press Freedom Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness of the challenges student journalists face, celebrating their contributions to their schools and communities and taking actions to protect and restore their First Amendment freedoms. 

Radio Catskill Reporter Marin Scotten is joined by Hanna Olson, a student journalist advocating for student press freedom and it’s importance to the future of journalism.

February 22 is Student Press Freedom Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness of the challenges student journalists face, celebrating their contributions to their schools and communities, and taking actions to protect and restore their First Amendment freedoms. 

Radio Catskill Reporter Marin Scotten is joined by Hanna Olson, a student journalist , advocating for student press freedom and it’s importance to the future of journalism.

In honor of Black History Month, actor G. Oliver King performs the poetry of Langston Hughes at The Delaware Valley Arts Alliance in Narrowsburg on Saturday, February 24.

In this performance, King will not only interpret the poetry of Langston Hughes but will embody Hughes’s persona. 

Culture Reporter Valerie Mansi spoke to King about the DVAA Salon Series event. 

Act for Change brings together teens from across Ulster County to engage in anti-racist dialogue and work across identity groups. Act for Change was co-developed by teens, Cornell Cooperative Extension staff, and Cornell faculty and undergraduate students.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE IS Audrey Trossen, 4-H Youth Development Educator

Cornell Cooperative Extension | Ulster County

Former Port Jervis science teacher and Radio Catskill volunteer Joe Johnson discusses some of the most fascinating science stories of the week with Tim Bruno on Radio Chatskill, including water discovered on asteroids, swarms of locusts and America's sinking East Coast. 

Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress recently published a report detailing how neighboring states of New York are addressing the housing crisis at the state level. This nonprofit organization conducts research and analysis on demographic and statistical data.

Both the 2024 NY budget proposal and New York’s State of the State neglected to talk about crucial issues such as mitigating high rental costs and safeguarding tenants against unlawful eviction.

Radio Catskill’s Leying Tang spoke to Adam Bosch, the President and CEO of Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress on what we can learn from its neighboring states.

The Delaware Youth Center is hosting line dancing classes with instructor April Schmidt starting Wednesday, February 21, and running for six weeks. 

Culture Reporter Valerie Mansi spoke to Schmidt and Alex Gardner of the Delaware Youth Center in Callicoon, NY. 

The Equinunk Historical Society Society has received a grant from the State of Pennsylvania and from The Wayne County Community Foundation to create place-based public artwork in Equinunk along Route 191 and they need the community's input. 

Tim Bruno spoke to Connor Simon of the Wayne County Community Foundation.