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PIKE COUNTY, PA — Conservation districts have a storied history, across the country and right here in Pike County.
The first conservation district was founded in North Carolina in …
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By JAMIE FALGIE
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1/15/25
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MONTICELLO, NY — The Town of Thompson has announced the completion of the Thompson Banner Project. Twenty-six banners bearing artwork by 26 Thompson residents of all ages and experience levels …
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1/8/25
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When the grip of winter loosens its icy fingers, we, the resilient residents of the Northeast, know that the season isn’t truly over until the frosty opera sings its swan song.
While …
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By HEDY SCHNELLER
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1/1/25
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WAYNE & PIKE COUNTIES, PA — When the idea of bringing a family center to the Wayne/Pike area first came up, it was “totally foreign to us,” said Tony Herzog, former Wayne County …
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By LIAM MAYO
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12/23/24
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ELDRED, NY — Driving through Eldred at Christmastime is an experience not to be missed.
The quiet, unassuming hamlet in the Town of Highland comes alive with festive lights, massive …
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By SUSAN WALIGUNDA WADE
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12/18/24
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HURLEYVILLE, NY — It all started in 1978 when Peter and Marsha Comstock founded the Homestead School on a 200-year-old, 85-acre property in Glen Spey. The site was once owned by the locally …
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By TED WADDELL
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12/11/24
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YOUNGSVILLE, NY — There’s nothing like a facelift to spruce up a local fire house.
With that in mind, students from the Sullivan BOCES Construction Technology Education (CTE) program …
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By TED WADDELL
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12/4/24
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HONESDALE, PA — It is late summer. The sun is shining through rows of cornstalks and plump cobs are starting to form. Giant orange marigolds border flowering eggplants, pink cosmos wave above …
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By IRENE SOLOWAY AND JOYCE CASTLEBERRY
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11/27/24
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HONESDALE, PA — During the holiday season, we’re often thinking about food. Thanksgiving meals. Festive parties. Plates of cookies which appear in our offices and schools.
But …
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By JAMES MCKEEGAN
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11/20/24
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CUDDELBACKVILLE, NY — While a lot of kids have their heads in the clouds, 12-year-old Sofia Bianco has her eyes on the skies and dreams that stretch to distant planets—and perhaps the …
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By TED WADDELL
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11/13/24
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HONESDALE, PA — It’s a dark moonless night, a week before Halloween. About 10 of us wait our turn to enter the Old Stone Jail in Honesdale for one of its annual Jail Tales “ghost …
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By JAMES MCKEEGAN
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11/6/24
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HORTONVILLE, NY — A highlight of this year’s United States Track And Field (USTAF) 5K run/walk, held on Sunday, October 20, was “Fill the Truck.”
Not just one …
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By TED WADDELL
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10/30/24
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LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY — “Aileen is a tireless defender of the Upper Delaware River and a lifelong conservationist,” said Jeffrey Skelding, executive director of Friends of the Upper …
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By TED WADDELL
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10/23/24
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LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY — Sullivan West Central School has a 17-year-old senior with a passion for all things green.
“I think we’re very fortunate to have a lot of classes in …
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By TED WADDELL
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10/16/24
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GALILEE, PA — Recently, I had the pleasure of meeting two officers of Unity Grange 1710 at their hall in Damascus Township, Wayne County. Melissa Rutledge, secretary, and her brother Bill …
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By JEFF SIDLE
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10/9/24
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GRAHAMSVILLE, NY — “I got a high award for killing people, but I’d rather have gotten an award for saving people,” said John Neilsen, a helicopter pilot who saw aerial action …
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By TED WADDELL
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10/2/24
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NARROWSBURG, NY — There are some places to which you can travel, where the history of the town permeates the air. Thick with the ghosts of the people who lived, worked and made their homes …
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By ANNETTE KULICK-HICKEY
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9/25/24
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LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY — Musician Owen Walsh was born in Honesdale, PA, and spent his entire childhood through young adulthood in the area. He began playing the violin at age three, mainly because …
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By JAMIE FALGIE
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9/17/24
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HURLEYVILLE, NY — Conversation matters, said educator Hope Blecher Croney. Talking to each other matters. Listening is critical.
The stories in question are those of people who have …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ
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9/11/24
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GRAHAMSVILLE, NY — Two games of 19th century-style base ball will be held at the Grahamsville Fairgrounds on State Rte. 55 at 12 noon on Sunday, September 8.
The Mountain Athletic Club of …
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9/4/24
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