GREENE — The Chenango River Theatre (CRT) announced this week that NY State’s Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Theatre Panel has awarded a three-year grant to support its overall operations.

The grant award — $7,000 per annum for fiscal years 2016 through 2018 — reflects a 40 percent increase in the amount CRT has received in past years.

Chenango River Theatre is the only nonrofit, professional theater in Chenango County to receive direct NYSCA funding, and one of only two in the greater Binghamton area.