Drivers traveling through Pike County should prepare for delays tomorrow as the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has announced an emergency closure of Interstate 84 eastbound to allow for guiderail repairs. The closure will take place on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., beginning at mile marker 30 in Blooming Grove […]
Residents across upstate New York could soon see a sharp rise in their utility bills. New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) and Rochester Gas & Electric (RG&E), both subsidiaries of the multinational utility giant Avangrid, have submitted proposals for one year rate increases that could raise average monthly bills by more than 30% for […]
About one in five children in Sullivan County live below the poverty line and do not get enough food to eat to grow and thrive, according to A Single Bite, a nonprofit in Liberty, N.Y. preparing and delivering more than 900 nutritious meals per week to local families in need. But food access across New […]
Our resident science guy Joe Johnson brings us some science stories that caught his eye this week: A sneaky bird that lays its eggs in another bird’s nest and lets someone else do the parenting — we’re looking at the conniving cowbird A new interstellar object has entered our solar system, and it’s moving fast […]
Camille O’Brien represented the Sullivan Catskills this Independence Day on Coney Island for a great American tradition, Nathan’s annual hot dog eating contest. O’Brien ate six and a half weiners in just ten minutes, placing eleventh out of thirteen women. At the weigh-in on July 3rd, O’Brien was feeling starstruck, surrounded by the biggest names […]
A key section of Route 4001 (Elk Lake Drive) in Waymart Borough, Wayne County, will close starting Wednesday, July 9, as PennDOT begins a summer-long bridge replacement project over Van Auken Creek. The closure, expected to last through the end of summer, is part of ongoing infrastructure improvements in the region. The bridge replacement will […]
A Fourth of July celebration turned tragic Friday night when a fireworks explosion on Somerset Lake in the town of Hancock killed one man and injured another, according to the New York State Police. At approximately 9:40 p.m., troopers from the Deposit barracks responded to a report of a fireworks accident near Ridge Runner Road […]
