5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (922+ words) HARRISBURG, PA — Key federal Medicaid changes will roll out next year, and Pennsylvania’s governor will play a crucial role in how they’re implemented or challenged. The sweeping 2025 federal budget law, President Donald Trump’s signature piece of second-term legislation, is expected…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (496+ words) DAMASCUS TOWNSHIP, PA — With the end of September comes the close of one 4-H year, and a new one beginning on October 1. For me, this year is also a farewell to my 12-year 4-H career. Throughout those 12 years I served…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (503+ words) LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY — Mental health took center stage at Rockland Central School District when representatives from the JCK Foundation—John Tessitore and Kevin McMahon—visited to speak with students about depression, anxiety, OCD and the importance of seeking help. Through…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (279+ words) NY’s energy should include all available sources The River Reporter NY’s energy should include all available sources For years now, policy pushed through in Albany has caused utility bills to rise at an unprecedented level. Delivery charges, renewable-energy programs, clean-energy…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (560+ words) Twenty-five years ago in response to the 9/11 terror attacks, America’s mariners, long accustomed to operating quietly as a critical backbone of our nation’s economy, answered the Coast Guard’s call for “all available boats” to make their way to Lower Manhattan…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (70+ words) “Servin’ up high energy n’ deep vintage vibes is April Mae & The June Bugs … LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY — April Mae & The June Bugs are coming to Arts Nest on Thursday, September 3. The music offers deep roots, intoxicating jazz swing, rockabilly, jump…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1233+ words) Schools are shifting away from full novels to excerpts to prep students for state exams and accommodate lower stamina for reading. More than a decade ago, Queens teacher Nicole Radosti Pipia’s fifth- and sixth-grade students seemed to love reading novels…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (953+ words) NEW YORK STATE & PENNSYLVANIA — This fall, as parents, students and educators prepare for the start of a new school year, they've got a new item to consider for their back-to-school preparations. #2 pencils? Check. Three-ring binders? Check. (And we all agree…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (902+ words) I mean, I’m pretty sure that it is. I imagine that if I were playing football (which has never actually occurred), my imaginary coach would put an imaginary finger in my face and say something inspiring like “Get your head…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (295+ words) Robert Lewis, a black man, … Just a few days after I joined the River Reporter, as a fresh-faced staff reporter back in the summer of 2021, I found myself at the comemoration of a lynching. Robert Lewis, a black man, was…...