WJFF - The Local Edition

Guest: Molly Rodgers, Lackawaxen River Trails

For the past couple of years, community members along Lackawaxen River have been working for years to connect the boroughs of Honesdale and Hawley in Pennsylvania with walking and river trails.

Their vision is to create 26 miles of land and water trails from Honesdale to Lackawaxen, PA and to connect existing trails in and around Honesdale, White Mills and Hawley to this main stem. – Guest: Isabel Braverman, Sullivan County Democrat

Staff Reporter Isabel Braverman attended the first-ever Upper Delaware Council Litter Sweep last week in celebration of Earth Day. which is today.she spoke with community organizers and found out what makes this event so unique.

Here is that special episode of the Sullivan County Democrat Podcast – Guest: Amy Kolakowski, Catholic Charities

April is Alcohol Awareness Month. A time where folks bring increased awareness and understanding of the causes and treatment of alcoholism.

Catholic Charities of Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster is committed to providing help to those suffering from the disease of addiction.

On the phone with us now is the Chief Clinical Office for Catholic Charities of Orange, Sullivan, and UlsterAmy Kolakowski

Guest: Owen Walsh, The River Reporter

Returning to the airwaves this week is Owen Walsh from the River Reporter to give us an update on whats new, and whats going on in the area.. – Guest: James B. Huntington, host, WJFFs WorkShift Live!

We now turn our eye to the economy, and here to give us the latest on what is going on in the economic world and help us make sense of it all is Jim Huntington, host of WJFFs WorkShift Live!

Guest: Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre

Tomorrow the Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre will be hosting of special virtual performance At 7:30 p.m.

NatureSpeaks.. is a one and a half-hour online experience of film, spoken word, poetry, creative nonfiction, and community dialogue that evokes the language of buffalo, wolverine, jaguar grasslands, rivers, and mountains in collaboration with WCS Rockies, Street Poets Inc. and the Institute of American Indian Arts.

WJFFs Patricio Robayo spoke with the organizers of the event. Cristina Mormorunni, Director of US Field Conservation Programs and Regional Director for the Rocky MountainProgram at the Wildlife Conservation Society.

And Jorge Nunez is one of the artists featured in NatureSpeaks and is a member of the Street Poets and also Erin Dudley Executive Director Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre.

Guest: John Liddle, New Commissioner of the Division of Health & Family Services

Every week we check in with the Sullivan County Government, and last week they announced a new Commissioner of the Division of Health & Family Services.

John Liddle, Social Services Commissioner, will now be the new Commissioner of the Division of Health & Family Services.

And Wendy Brown, the Deputy Public Health Director, is now the Deputy Commissioner of the Division of Health & Family Services and will be joining John.

WJFFs Patricio Robayo spoke to John Liddle earlier today about his new position and what will be unique for his division?.. – Guest: Katherine Nadeau, Deputy Director Catskill Mountainkeeper

In the United States, an alarming 40% of the food we buy goes to waste. According to Catskill Mountainkeeper, most food waste is landfilled or incinerated, creating methane gas, which is a major contributor to the climate crisis.

Tomorrow at 6 pm, Catskill Mountainkeeper will be hosting virtually Waste, Worms, & Wonder.A webinar with composting experts.

On the phone with us now is Katherine Nadeau, Deputy Director Catskill Mountainkeeper...

Community News

Guest: Michele Minor Wolf, Executive Director Wayne County Victims Intervention Program

Every week we check in with Wayne County, to see what is new and what is happening.

This week, we will be talking about April being Sexual Assault Awareness Month and what Wayne County is helping to prevent sexual assault, and what they are doing to help victims

On the phone with us now is Michele Minor Wolf, Executive Director Wayne County Victims Intervention Program – Guest: Nicole Vallance, Callicoon Business Association

The vacant train depot in the center of Callicoon is looking to be revived by a group of local volunteers.s and will soon be open as a public space and The Upper Delaware Scenic Byway Visitor Center.

This Saturday The Callicoon Business Associations (CBA) Depot Committee will be hosting socially distanced tours of the buildings interior starting at 1030 am. They are looking for community input as they move forward with plans for the depot.

To tell us more about this and more about the future of the depot is.

Executive Board Member and a co-chair of the Depot Committee for the Callicoon Business Association.Nicole Vallance

Guest: Owen Walsh, The River Reporter

Returning to the airwaves this week is Owen Walsh from the River Reporter to give us an update on whats new, and whats going on in the area.. – Guest: James B. Huntington, host, WJFFs WorkShift Live!

We now turn our eye to the economy, and here to give us the latest on what is going on in the economic world and help us make sense of it all is Jim Huntington, host of WJFFs WorkShift Live!

Guest: Vanessa Garcia Polanco, National Young Farmers Coalition

The National Young Farmers Coalition has joined over 300 advocates in endorsing several legislative proposals for immigrant and workers rights.

According to the Young Farmers, the Coalition commends the bills sponsors for their commitment to supporting essential workers for their enduring contributions during the pandemic.

Here to talk more about this issue is National Young Farmers Coalition Federal Policy Associate, Vanessa Garcia Polanco – Guest: Marjorie Linko & Denny Daniel, Liberty Library

This Thursday, at 1 pm, the Liberty Public Library will be hosting a virtual program.Eureka! The Invention Show

The show will be brought to you by The Museum of Interesting Things a traveling interactive demonstration/exhibition of antiques and inventions inspiring innovation and creativity learning from the past to create an inventive future.

On the phone with us now is Marjorie Linko Liberty Library Director and Denny Daniel from The Museum of Interesting Things..

Guest: Delaware River Watershed Caucus – Guest: Eugene S. Thalmann, Farmer

SUNY Sullivan is partnering with Catskill Mountainkeeper on a new online class, Nutrition & Wellness in the Catskills.
Taught by a local farmer and nutritionist Eugene S. Thalmann. The class airs on Zoom on Wednesday, April 14th from 6:30 - 7:15 pm.

Guest: MacKenzie Bachar, Fearless! Hudson Valley

Since 1986, Fearless! Hudson Valley has been helping survivors of interpersonal violence, human trafficking, sexual violence, and other types of crime victimization with support in the form of counseling and advocacy.

Fearless recently announced that the Rape Intervention Services and Education Program, RISE, will transition from Garnet Health Medical Center Catskills (formerly Catskill Regional Medical Center) to Fearless! Hudson Valley.


Garnet took over RISE program in 2010 and have been supporting the program until now..

Fearless says they are transitioning the RISE Program back to a community-based organization serving those in Orange and Sullivan County. – Guest: Phyllis Bulkin Lehrer, Artist

A mark is the ultimate analog gesture. The stroke of the hand and its impact on the surface it connects with..is a constant I embrace regardless of the medium with which I create my art,

This is a quote from artist Phyllis Bulkin Lehrer..who has a new exhibition at the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance..the DVAA....Inside/Out.

Its work inspired by the environment of Sullivan County and consists of 2-D three screen and constructed shaped canvases with adhered paper works.

The show is open this weekend until May 8th at the DVAA Gallery in Narrowsburg.

On the phone with us now is the artist for the show... Phyllis Bulkin Lehrer.
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