RCHV Featured in AARP's Senior Planet Online Newsletter

If there's one thing we know at RCHV, it's that repair cafes and seniors are a winning combo! From our skilled repair coaches who have decades of experience to our guests who go out of their way to get their things fixed because they know new ones wouldn't be made as well, seniors have embraced the repair cafe concept in the Hudson Valley. We were so pleased when AARP's Senior Planet reached out to us for an interview for this piece which also features repair events in NYC and Colorado.

To read the article, go here.

Senior Terry Fedele does knit repairs, or ‘darning,’ at the March Pleasant Valley Repair Cafe.

Sullivan Co. Repair Cafes Featured in River Reporter

Our Sullivan County Repair Cafes were featured back iback in January in the River Reporter. To read the article, which was published on January 15th, 2025, go here.

Two repair coaches work on repairing a chair at a 2023 Repair Cafe in Livingston Manor.

Kingston Repair Cafe Featured in Daily Freeman

The February 22nd Kingston Repair Cafe held at Clinton Avenue Methodist Church was covered in the February 22nd issue of Daily Freeman. Click here to read the article (please note, it requires a subscription to Daily Freeman to read).

Putnam Valley Library Repair Cafe featured in Putnam County Press

The Putnam County Press recently featured an article on the Putnam Valley Library Repair Cafe titled, “Put Valley Repair Cafe Gains Momentum,” in the February 19th issue.

Article reproduced below.

PV Repair Cafe in Northern Dutchess News

The Pleasant Valley Repair Cafe received a wonderful writeup in the Feb. 19th issue of the Northern Dutchess News, “Small Miracle on Main Street.” The article features a fix by Morty Morton, one of our regulars at many area cafes in Dutchess. To read the article, download the PDF here; once it’s open, scroll down to page 3.

Saugerties Repair Cafe In The Overlook

The Saugerties Repair Cafe was featured in the new online newspaper for the area called The Overlook.

To read the article, go here: “Fix It Instead: Saugerties Repair Cafe Restores More Than Just Items,” The Overlook, February 13, 2025.

Pictured here and in the article—electrical and mechanical repair coach Ken Boscher, aka Ken Fix It.

Are Repair Cafes Coming to Yonkers?

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.

The Daily Catch features the recent Red Hook Repair Cafe

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.

NY State DEC Features Schenectady Repair Cafe in Video

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.

Chronogram Covers Catskill, Mentions newly formed Repair Cafe

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.