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The hamlet of Narrowsburg will shine at Riverfest.

NARROWSBURG, NY —Summer is here. We’re luxuriating in warm days, and it seems like there’s an endless stream of things to do. But don’t miss Riverfest. This is the … more

7/21/22

Pennsylvania approves ‘historic’ spending plan

HARRISBURG, PA — A little more than a week into the new fiscal year, Gov. Tom Wolf has signed his eighth and final budget into law. While lawmakers from both political parties call the $45.2 … more

By OWEN WALSH | 7/20/22

Kids' responses from the River Reporter's envisioning event "Let's Talk."

What do kids want?

NARROWSBURG, NY — On July 13, the playground in the Flats—a residential neighborhood in Tusten—beamed with brightly colored slips of paper, pinned to chain-link fences and garden … more

7/20/22

Report released on Town of Highland constabulary

HIGHLAND, NY — The Town of Highland released a redacted report on its investigation into its constable force. The report includes a substantiated allegation of sexually harassing statements … more

By LAURIE STUART and LIAM MAYO | 7/18/22

Representatives from the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania and from other groups journey down the Delaware from Hancock, NY to Cape May, NJ.

‘A pure good’

DELAWARE RIVER — Four years have passed, and on Saturday, July 30, members of the Rising Nation River Journey will begin following the great river that was once Lenape territory. It’s … more

By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ | 7/12/22

Janet Burgan, a local singer, songwriter and guitarist, proudly carries the American flag across the Lordville Bridge on July 4...

Patriotism and a little politics

LORDVILLE, NY — Callie Brunelli traces her family history back to the original Lord family, for whom the tiny riverside settlement of Lordville is named. More than seven decades in the past, … more

By TED WADDELL | 7/12/22

Choices, choices

MONTICELLO, NY — Sullivan County’s legislative districts are due for an update. The last round of redistricting took place in 2014, prior to years of growth, a global pandemic and a … more

By LIAM MAYO | 7/12/22

The front yard of my house, heading for the airport.

An empty cage

Five years ago I sat on a mountain, a plateau really, for four days and four nights with four gallons of water. It was a vision quest. It was my intention to clear my mind and body before returning … more

By LAURIE STUART | 7/7/22

Studying Skinners Falls

MILANVILLE, PA — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has released a pair of documents about the reasoning behind the Skinners Falls bridge project. The Skinners Falls … more

By LIAM MAYO | 7/5/22

Nick Santana stands in one of the newly installed doorways that will lead to the Narrowsburg Shops & Market, a multi-space commercial building, on Main Street.

Phoenix rising

NARROWSBURG, NY — The space inside the Rasmussen & Sons building on Main Street is cavernous. And it is soon to be the home of at least six new retail shops. From its two-story-high … more

By LAURIE STUART | 7/5/22

Clad in black, some wearing black hoop skirts, men, women and a child walked up and down the Callicoon bridge.

The fall of Roe

CALLICOON, NY — The march to Pennsylvania was slow and stately, the participants garbed in black. Some wore hoops. Some walked with faces wrapped in dark veils, haunting presences against the … more

By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ | 6/28/22

Kelly Agar, left, and Krystal Weston, Tusten Youth Commission members and masterminds of Tusten's renewed Fourth of July festivities.

Bringing back an old tradition

NARROWSBURG, NY — The Narrowsburg Fire Department will hold its annual parade and chicken barbecue on the Fourth of July this year as it has for years and years. In 2022, following the … more

By LIAM MAYO | 6/28/22

Portraits of former slave Rose and Wayne resident Joe Lobdell highlight the diversity of the county.

‘An incredible effort’

HONESDALE, PA — “These ideas are truth, and the truth is ours.” Mayor Derek Williams was speaking to a crowd at the old underpass at Honesdale’s Park Street Complex last … more

By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ | 6/21/22

The Art Peck memorial garden has a wall behind it with crumbling concrete and bent railings.

Quality of life

NARROWSBURG, NY —The issue of toilets (or the lack thereof) on Tusten’s Main Street has been discussed at length. The conversation got closed out at a June 14 meeting of the town … more

By LIAM MAYO | 6/21/22

A.M. Homes will read from Jeanette Winterson's "Frankisstein" at the 2022 Deep Water Literary Fest.

For the love of books

NARROWSBURG, NY — If you love the world of books, do not miss the Deep Water Literary Fest. It takes place from Friday, June 17 to Sunday, June 19, and is a gathering of literary luminaria at … more

By JANE ANDERSON | 6/17/22

The Black Sage Project earned a crowd around them as they played well known folk and country songs.

Come together, right now

MILFORD, PA — Where there’s music, there are people. Last weekend, in Milford that tenet was put to the test, with positive results. The main streets were filled with chatter and small … more

By VICTORIA HOFFMANN | 6/14/22

Critical care

THOMPSON, NY — The fate of Sullivan County’s only coronary care unit has been decided after weeks of deliberation and dispute. Garnet Health, a nonprofit hospital that provides providing … more

By LIAM MAYO | 6/14/22

Farm worker Saol feeding the ducks at La Belle Farms.

Beyond foie gras

SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY — When the New York City Council passed a law banning the sale of foie gras, it knew the law could have a major impact on foie gras production. That was the point for … more

By LIAM MAYO | 6/7/22

Dr. Chaitanya Rojulpote of Scranton, a second-year internal medicine resident at the Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, poses with Sasha, a Ukrainian refugee who greets people at the border gate between Medyka, Poland and Ukraine.

The steps to Poland

Editor’s note: In Part I (click here), we followed Dr. Chaitanya Rojulpote’s journey to Poland in April 2022. Here’s the backstory and more details. From Rojulpote’s … more

Contributed by the WRIGHT CENTER | 6/7/22

Dr. Chaitanya Rojulpote of Scranton, a second-year internal medicine resident at the Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, teamed up with the non-governmental medical relief organization Rescuers Without Borders to help people in distress.

Doing good in the world

MEDYKA, POLAND — Bothered by daily reports of more bombing and bloodshed in Ukraine, 29-year-old resident physician Dr. Chaitanya Rojulpote of Scranton, PA, did more than simply feel sorrow for … more

Contributed by the WRIGHT CENTER | 6/1/22

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