TRR photo by Charlie Buterbaugh Douglas Craft’s poster is displayed during the annual auction of Riverfest impressions created by local artists and donated to benefit the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance.

Poster child of the Upper Delaware

Arts and ecology festival turns 15

NARROWSBURG, NY—On a day that could easily be described as the most beautiful of the summer, Main Street featured 41 outdoor displays of locally made art, live jazz and bluegrass, information on ecology and conservation, poetry readings and the auction of a record number of artists’ posters. Click riverreporter.com/issues/05-07-28/feature.html here for full coverage.

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Fishing days gone

By CHARLIE BUTERBAUGH

RIVER VALLEY—The trout-fishing season on the main stem of the Upper Delaware River is over.

Long spells of hot days uninterrupted by rain have kept the waters warm, forcing cold-water-reliant trout out of the Upper Delaware and into its three main tributaries, the east and west branches and the Neversink River.

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Kittatinny Canoe river clean up on July 26.

Volunteers fan out to sweep river

By TOM KANE

RIVER VALLEY—Over 350 volunteers joined the Kittatinny Canoe’s campaign to clean up the Delaware River on July 25, 26 and 27.

“Sixteen years ago, we had no idea that it would turn into such a social and environmental fun party that it has become,” said Ruth Jones, the owner of Kittatinny Canoes, organizer of the event. “The same people come back year after year and have an old-fashioned good time. They’re like family.”

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Other stories in this issue:

• Drought heading for Wayne and neighbors
• Fallsburg honors future problem solvers
• NPS director visits Upper Delaware
• Poll says 84 percent support Pike bond issue
• The value of students at Sullivan West
• Impressions of the consummate tourist
• Woodloch Pines plans 14 new homes
• [The following remarks were delivered by Pike County Historian George J. Fluhr at the 2005 at reception for NPS Director Mainella at the Inn at Lackawaxen on July 23.]

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