Day: June 16, 2026

New York Education Department Previews New Graduation System

WAMC | New York Public News Network | By Maggie MacCallum New York State education officials have released a plan to move towards a competency-based graduation system.  The New York State Education Department and Board of Regents have developed a framework to move high school graduation requirements away from a time-based model to a demonstration-based […]
New York Education Department Previews New Graduation System

For Francine Prose, History Is Never Really History

NARROWSBURG, N.Y. — For novelist Francine Prose, history isn’t just about the past. It’s a way of understanding what remains constant about human nature. Prose, the bestselling author of more than 20 works of fiction and nonfiction, will appear at this year’s Deep Water Literary Festival in Narrowsburg as part of a conversation titled Stories […]
For Francine Prose, History Is Never Really History

Peter Finn’s Long Bet on the Catskills

For nearly 30 years, Peter Finn has been working toward a vision that once seemed improbable: helping transform struggling mountain communities into thriving cultural destinations. “My great-grandparents bought property here in 1907,” Finn said. “My grandmother spent her summers here, my father spent summers here. I knew this was an important family location for all […]
Peter Finn’s Long Bet on the Catskills

Meet Brave Biltong, the Duo Behind a Northeast PA Cured Beef Company

Alexander Hankoff says he never expected he’d be the co-owner of a biltong company.  Hankoff and Iwan Zwarts are the founders of Brave Biltong, a South African-style beef biltong company made with locally sourced grass-fed beef and all-organic ingredients. “We’re four or five ingredients, and that’s it, so it’s nice and simple,” said Hankoff. The […]
Meet Brave Biltong, the Duo Behind a Northeast PA Cured Beef Company