This week’s guest on In Touch is is Jeff Feldman from Feldman, Kleidman, Collins & Sappe LLP. Together, we have a powerful conversation regarding the importance of our first responders in a post-pandemic world, and the dark precedent that COVID has left on the fields of healthcare, insurance, law, and more.

This week’s guests are Jennifer Young and Heather Pinieri from the Be a Friend Project. September is Suicide Prevention Month. We discuss their bullying prevention programs, their recent Spirit of Matthew Award recognition, and the inspirational musical, “It’s Easy” that started the whole program.

Melaine Rottkamp, President and CEO of Dutchess Tourism returns to In Touch to fill us in on all the great festivals and activities happening this fall in Dutchess County! Not just that, but we also discuss their upcoming 2023 Awards of Distinction, along with their latest award recognition for the 2023 Tourism Excellence Awards from New York State Tourism Industry Association.

This week’s guests are the founder of Modrocker Productions, Daniel Leslie and folk singer/songwriter Chris Smither from the Meadowlark Music Festival. The Meadowlark Festival is a new festival taking place at Stone Ridge Orchard & Farmers Market on September 8th-10th, showing off a wide array of American, Indie Rock Experimental artists.

This week, we speak with Dan Stahl, President of the Stahl Family Scholarship. We discuss how the scholarship is aimed to help schools and small businesses grow through the Dream Shop Scholarship. We also speak with Nora Callahan from Pine Bush High School, and Anita Kiewra from HRH Made, representatives of two Hudson Valley scholarship recipients.

Donna Thomas talks about how the loss of her son James inspired her to be an advocate for mental health awareness and suicide prevention in the Hudson Valley. We also discuss James's Warr;ors upcoming Golf Outing being held at Casperkill Golf Course on Monday, August 14th.

Author Niki Hawlani talks about her book, "Peyton's Magical Hearing Aid," which is inspired by her daughter, and how it raises awareness towards the hearing-impaired community.

This week’s guest is Liz Carlson, Artistic Director at New York Stage and Film. We talk about their 2023 Season, their latest partnership with Marist College, and the recent climate surrounding stage and film during the ongoing writers’ and actors' strike.

This week’s guest is Ruthanne Becker, senior vice president of rehabilitation services at The Mental Health Association of Westchester, one of the providers that is partnered with Coordinated Behavioral Health Services. Their goal is to work with counties throughout the Hudson Valley to address mental and behavioral health treatment.

This week’s guest is Cathy Paraggio, founder of NoNetz Activewear. Cathy goes into the unconventional journey she took in starting NoNetz, which makes environmentally friendly and sustainable clothes for boys and men to feel comfortable in their own skin. Cathy also delves into her personal journey from working in corporate America to finding who she feels she was meant to be after tragedy struck.