CALLICOON, N.Y. – At 16 Upper Main Street in Callicoon, one chapter closes as another begins. After a six-year run operating the beloved Catskills Provisions, owner and head distiller Claire Marin has…
Author: Kimberly Izar
Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’ Premieres at the Delaware Valley Opera
LAKE HUNTINGTON, N.Y. – Mozart’s The Magic Flute is one of the best-known operas ever written, but you don’t have to be an opera expert to enjoy it. Delaware Valley Opera in…
Farmers Adapt to Climate Change Amid Year of Extreme Weather Events
Farmers have had to navigate a series of tornados, flash floods, wildfire smoke, and extreme weather events this past year. Radio Catskill’s Kimberly Izar spoke with Michelle Proscia, agriculture educator at Sullivan…
PepsiCo Accepts Hudson Valley Farms’ Offer to Buy Liberty Plant
LIBERTY, N.Y. – Sullivan County officials say a major economic development project could bring new life to Liberty. Hudson Valley Farms, the Ferndale-based farm and food retailer, has made an accepted offer…
Community Pushback Mounts Against Proposed Catskills Solar Project
FORESTBURGH, N.Y. – Community pushback is growing against the 1,200-acre Town Line solar project proposed in Sullivan County. More than 40 people packed the standing-room only town hall meeting in Forestburgh on…
Sullivan County Faces Steepest Sales Tax Decline in NY for First Half of 2026
New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released the latest local sales tax collections report for the first half of 2026 last week. While New York state saw an overall increase of 6.8%…
New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Takes Effect: What to Know
New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act goes into effect on Wednesday. The new law allows Medical Aid in Dying for New Yorkers with a terminal illness who have six months or…
Meet Chester’s Little Gem Farm, Home to 15 Varieties of Locally Grown Lettuce
CHESTER, N.Y. – Zoe Friedberg is surrounded by lettuce – about 15 different kinds of lettuce – on her two-acre farm, Little Gem Farm. She’s one of 11 farms leasing land from…
GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Blakeman Pushes Back Against Proposed Catskills Solar Facility
FORESTBURGH, N.Y. – Utility-scale solar is quickly shaping up as one of the key issues in New York’s gubernatorial race this November. Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman took his campaign to the…