RCHV Coordinator Suzie Fromer was invited to author an article titled, “Are Repair Cafes Coming to Yonkers?” about the possible expansion of Repair Cafes into to Yonkers by the Yonkers Ledger. The piece was published in the January 21st issue of the Ledger.
To read the article, go here.
Local Rhinebeck/Red Hook paper The Daily Catch covered the January 25th Red Hook Repair Cafe in their paper in an article titled, “Don’t Despair: Repair” Becomes Saturday’s Catchphrase as Dozens of Local Objects Get a Facelift” in their Tuesday, January 28, 2025 issue. To read the article, go here.
New York State’s DEC has been working on its website and has created a page just for Repair Cafes in New York State. They recently visited the Schenectady Repair Cafe to film this segment, featuring long-time Schenectady organizer and fixer Dave West. To see the video, go here.
The December Chronogram had an in depth article on Catskill, NY and included a picture from the new Catskill Repair Cafe which debuted in the town in November. To read the article, go here.
The long-awaited return of the Peekskill Repair Cafe, last held in pre-pandemic times, made the Peekskill Herald on November 13th. To read the article, go here.
The Rockland Repair Cafe was featured in the Rockland Report in a November 19th article titled “Rockland Repair Café Residents Can Bring Broken Items To Be Fixed For Free.” To read the article, click on the headline.
Glens Falls Repair Cafe returns on November 2nd and an article covering the last cafe and previewing the next was featured in “The Sun” online on October 24th. To read the article, go here.
‘Porcupine Soup,’ an online newspaper for Greene county, featured an article on the first ever Catskill Repair Cafe in their Oct. 14th issue; to read the article, go here.
The Highlands Current featured the returning Beacon Cafe in their recent story “Repair Cafes Return to Beacon” published on October 18, 2024. To read the article, go here.
Kevin Crowe (co-organizer), Arthur Katz (electrical/mechanical fixer) and Suzie Fromer (RCHV Coordinator/jewelry fixer) were interviewed by LMC Media’s Mike Reynolds of the LMC Cast podcast and video series in advance of Oct. 20th’s Town of Mamaroneck Repair Cafe. To see the video, go here.
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