Delaware County Newscast
Your weekly quick peek at the latest news in and around Delaware County, NY
Episodes
16 episodes
June 26, 2026: A $380 mistake (maybe), emergency emergency, opioid money comes in, and more!
This week we’ve got a kerfuffle about a real estate auction, Margaretville still working on that food truck law, fire departments at risk, opioid money comes to the county, and (a little) more.Past episodes and more:
June 19, 2026: Seniors get the shaft, Sidney looks for big bucks, hazmat in Walton, and more!
This week we’ve got the county officials looking to help towns and villages (as long as they don’t have to write a check), seniors are getting hit by federal cuts to nutrition programs, Sidney is hoping to score a big grant, while Walton has a ...
June 12, 2026: Batteries, solar, data centers, a lot of missing water, and more!
This week we’ve got both Hamden and Delhi councils considering batteries buildings, data centers, and commercial solar projects, while Walton is grappling with a potential hot dog cart, Bovina is looking for its missing water, and Sidney would ...
June 5, 2026: Stealing from vets, windfall for farmers, Amphenol expansion?, and more!
This week we’ve got a theft from the veteran’s park in Sidney, how a pollution settlement is gonna help farmers, more reasons not to have a house in a flood zone, plus a very clean hospital, Amphenol considers a big expansion, and more!<...
May 29, 2026: River erosion, Margaretville does nothing, beavers in Stamford, and more
This week we’ve got millions being spent to combat river erosion on the Delaware, major bridge repairs planned in Colchester, beavers causing consternation in Stamford, jobs for teens available, and more news from around the county.Li...
May 22, 2026: News from Davenport, Walton, Franklin, Delhi, Andes, Sidney, and elsewhere
This week we’ve got more rabies in the county, replacing your peeling license plates, when is a parking lot not a parking lot?, and, as always, money money money (and more)!Links from the podcast:Delaware County Public...
May 15, 2026: Meal program update, plus news from Colchester, Walton, Hamden, and Sidney!
This week we’ve got the latest on the senior-meals program in the county, plus solar moritoria, Sidney’s hantavirus connection, sign limits in Hamden, and more.Links from the podcast:Town of Colchester:
May 8, 2026: Hancock, Margaretville, Fleischmanns, the county, and more!
This week we’ve got stories about the county’s failure to communicate with Delaware Opportunities, why the state DEC warned Hancock about dumping (which confused town leadership), how two libraries are floating a new funding plan, plus question...
May 1, 2026: Monster state grants, food truck limbo, villages in fiscal danger, and more
This week, two villages score some big money from New York State, but other villages are facing budgetary challenges if they don't get county help. (And no, the county still won’t give it.) And if you’re looking for help with AI — artificial in...
April 24, 2026: Stewart’s update, I-88 is open, fresh tourism dollars…
This week we’ve got an update about Stewart’s in Sidney — and about I-88 repairs, plus NYSEG’s advice for people struggling with electric bills, Colchester solar moratorium, a lot of tourism dollars being spread around, and more.
March 13, 2026: Electricity costs, dumb felonies, rabid raccoon, and more
This week: High electricity costs (in case you haven’t noticed), a couple of shake-your-head dopey felony arrests, a rabid raccoon in Colchester, and more! | Written and produced in Sidney, NY, by Andrew Kantor (and...
February 28, 2026
Could villages become cities? Plus Sidney's accounting woes, Delhi vs. student housing, and more.Written and produced in Sidney, NY, by Andrew Kantor.
February 14, 2026
A town supervisor under a secret investigation, Hamden’s strange electric bills, million-dollar lottery winner in Sidney, and more!| Written and produced in Sidney, NY, by Andrew Kantor.
February 7, 2026
Sidney rethinks its water rates, while the county gets financial surprises — bad and good. Meanwhile better addiction services are coming, and Walton grapples with school traffic (and apparently a rampant drug problem). | <...
January 31, 2026
Delaware County finally has a solution to the foreclosed homes it owns (maybe), Colchester is all over the idea of the country’s 250th, it’s time to think about this year’s elections, and more! | Written and produced in S...
Dec. 12, 2025: Feral cats, radio station return, battery-project questions, and more
Get Delaware County’s latest news all in about 9 minutes.This week: a (slow) fix to Walton’s feral-cat problem, WDLA returning to the air, the state investigating Johnston & Rhodes, and more. Written, recorded,...