by Lisa Tait | Dec 19, 2025 | Blog, dcDIGEST
The following article was published in the December 2, 2025 edition of dcDIGEST. On November 4th, Delaware County voters went to the polls. With 10,185 votes cast, turnout outpaced the 2023 local election by 1291 votes, a 14.5 % increase. The hard fought town races as...
by Lisa Tait | Dec 3, 2025 | Blog, dcDIGEST
The following article was published in the December 2025 edition of dcDIGEST: What would YOU do if you were us?Web crawlers assess our eNewsletter based on the percentage of recipients who open it. When “opens” fall below a certain percent, we risk having web crawlers...
by Lisa Tait | Oct 4, 2025 | DCDC News, dcDIGEST
The following article was published in the July 2025 edition of dcDIGEST: Local government is where democracy starts. In our towns and villages, our elected leaders are within reach—and we like it that way. At a town council meeting, we can hear first-hand about plans...
by Lisa Tait | Aug 5, 2025 | dcDIGEST
Cuts to Local Museums and Libraries “Some people think history only happens in cities,” says Delaware County Historical Society Education Director Samantha Misa. “But people lived in rural areas during most of our history. It was in the country where commercial...
by Lisa Tait | Jul 29, 2025 | dcDIGEST
Big Ugly Budget Cuts to NOAA put Delaware County, Upstate NY at Risk Meteorologists and climate scientists are raising alarms over major budget cuts proposed for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), warning they will cripple the nation’s ability...
by Lisa Tait | Jul 1, 2025 | dcDIGEST
A group of local residents joined us recently to attend an Open Catskills Safety Training Workshop, joining with others who attended an earlier training—and together we learned so much we’re now asking this remarkable nonpartisan organization to schedule more...