Highland bash
this weekend

ELDRED, NY — After months of planning and preparations, the Town of Highland’s 150th birthday party is on for this weekend.

Truth be told, the old Sullivan County Board of Supervisors subdivided the old Town of Lumberland in December of 1853, but not willing to rely on December weather for an outdoor party, the town scheduled Saturday, August 9 as the day of celebration.

The program includes a pancake breakfast from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the town hall, followed by a program at the Minisink Battleground Park titled “150 Years of People and Places,” featuring craft demonstrations and music. Regional historians John Conway, Mary Curtis and Peter Osborne will be on hand to detail the major eras of town history. The park program is scheduled from 11:00 a.m. though 4:00 p.m.

The day continues with a carnival on the lower grounds of the Eldred Central School from 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., and there will be fireworks at dusk.