NORTHEAST PA — Let’s take a walk in the nighttime woods. It will be a pretend walk, so even though it’s very dark and maybe past your bedtime, it’s OK. We won’t get …
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By CAROL HILLESTAD
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9/27/23
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REGION — Back in 2020—no, even before that, as the book-shopping world changed and people were absorbed by their screens—the demise of the local bookstore was considered a done …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ
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9/27/23
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CALLICOON CENTER, NY — There’s just something about a car show, whether you’re a fan of hot rods, customs, muscle cars or vintage motorcycles.
Maybe it’s the sea of …
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By TED WADDELL
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9/27/23
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EVERYWHERE — How general were general stores in the country? Put it this way: they sold everything from tinned milk (for a baby without someone to nurse it) to coffins (for your late loved one) …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ
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9/27/23
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REGION — General stores served many needs in rural communities throughout the United States. They supplied staples, tools and hardware; they sometimes sold fabric and notions; and even served …
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By AMANDA OLSEN
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9/27/23
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JEFFERSONVILLE, NY — Back in the day, rural town life revolved around one place: the general store. This was a place where folks could find all kinds of items, from farm tools to long …
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By BARBARA WINFIELD
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9/27/23
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MILFORD, PA — The first Abbot and Downing Concord Stage was designed in 1828. It was a new type of stagecoach and derived its name from its place of origin—Concord, NH. It exhibited the …
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Story contributed by the Pike County Historical Society
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9/27/23
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A Honesdale resident and history enthusiast suggested a story about a ship, the USS Honesdale, originally commissioned by the U.S. Navy as PC-566.
The story of the Honesdale turned out to be …
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By Jeffrey Sidle
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9/27/23
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REGION — “Flying” may be too strong. But little brown bats—whose numbers plummeted by 98 percent in recent years—might be starting to recover.
A disease known as …
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By CAROL HILLESTAD for the Brodhead Watershed Association
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7/20/23
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Carol Smith is the executive director of the Frederick A. Cook Society. The River Reporter asked her to write about Cook and about her work at the society for the July 2023 issue of the Upper …
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By CAROL SMITH
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7/20/23
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UPPER DELAWARE REGION — I was blessed to have been born in Callicoon, NY with my roots in the Upper Delaware Region. It’s a wonderful place, located in between the northeastern Pocono …
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By JEFF SIDLE
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7/20/23
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Tonight I sit a-dreaming of my childhood,
Of days gone by that ne’er will come again,
Of fragrant fields and wooded mills and valleys,
And pastures green far back in dear old …
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By OWEN WALSH
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7/20/23
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LEW BEACH, NY — Let’s take a trip back in time to, say, September 1, 1914.
The place? Lew Beach, NY.
Tucked into the wooded corner where Sullivan, Delaware and Ulster counties …
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By KIM M. SIMONS, with BILL FLECK
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7/20/23
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Sometimes the arc, the point, of a River Reporter magazine is planned. Everything falls into place. It looks organized—and is organized! Everyone goes home at the end of the day (or moves on to …
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7/20/23
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CALLICOON, NY – The Callicoon Business Association, in collaboration with project partners, Callicoon Depot Inc. and the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway announce a public town hall meeting to …
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7/20/23
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REGION — The beauty of nature surrounds us here in the Upper Delaware River region of New York and Pennsylvania. The diversity of plants and animals can provide a lifetime of wonderment, …
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By JEFF SIDLE
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9/29/22
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EQUINUNK, PA — While the census-designated area of Equinunk stretches miles to the south and east, the tiny, exquisite Equinunk Historic District sits at the intersection of Equinunk Creek with …
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By LEAH CASNER
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9/29/22
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PORT JERVIS, NY — The Port Jervis Transportation History Center (PJTHC) opened to the public for the first time on Memorial Day weekend.
It’s a big deal for Port Jervis; it could …
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By JEFFREY SIDLE
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9/29/22
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