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Late 19-century buildings line Lower Main Street in Callicoon. Here's an unusually peaceful moment—everyone's at the farmers' market.

CALLICOON, NY — Twenty-some years ago, I asked lifelong Callicoon resident Ed Curtis if the current boom would last. We’d just seen a big increase in home sales, after a long period of … more

By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ | 11/25/20

Bold Gold Media radio personalities Paul Ciliberto of Thunder 102, left, Jenn Desrochers of WSUL, Mike Sakell and Eddie Wilson of WVOS celebrate Sakell's 40th year in broadcasting with a cake. Sakell has inherited the title, "the Voice of Sullivan County."

The Voice of Sullivan County

SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY — One hundred years ago on November 2, the era of electronic mass communication began with the first recognized commercial radio broadcast in the U.S. Through KDKA, a … more

By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX | 11/18/20

Honoring their service, remembering the cost of war

ANYTOWN, USA — In the aftermath of the terrible toll taken on human life during the Great War of 1914-1918, President Woodrow Wilson issued a message to the nation declaring that November 11 … more

By TED WADDELL | 11/11/20

How to find your happy place and feel at home there

BETHEL, NY — Arriving early for the October 28 wellness workshop on vision boarding, I enjoyed a few minutes of spectacular sunset views outside the conservatory at Bethel Woods Center for the … more

By LINDA DROLLINGER | 11/4/20

Boris Kheyman and Paul Browde with their sign.

When political signs disappear

It was the Great Bipartisan Disappearing Sign Cluster. The cluster is—make that “was”—at the end of the bridge from Callicoon, in PA, just under the “Welcome to … more

By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ | 10/28/20

Saving the castle

LIBERTY, NY — The Spanish Castle has stood, radiating past glories and history, for 90 years. But now the abandoned property is more of a destination for urban explorers than the village jewel … more

By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ | 10/21/20

Men at the Ten Mile River CCC camp load trucks.

Creating jobs, saving forests

NARROWSBURG, NY — Once upon a time, the U.S. government paid young men and WWI veterans to plant trees. It paid them to build firebreaks, fire towers and access roads. They built national … more

By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ | 10/14/20

Sullivan County Fire Coordinator John Hauschild has been in local firematics since he joined the Jeffersonville Volunteer Fire Department in 1981.

Fire prevention saves lives

SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY — “Seeing a tragic accident that could have been prevented,” replied John Hauschild, Sullivan County Fire Coordinator, when asked what Fire Prevention Week 2020 … more

By TED WADDELL | 10/7/20

Laura Resti, left, and Rebecca Mead at Wayne Health’s Outreach and Enrollment office.

Pennsylvania opens its own health exchange in November. What does that mean for us?

HONESDALE, PA — If you’re one of the 331,825 people in Pennsylvania who buy health insurance on the exchange, get ready. Here comes Pennie. That’s what the state has dubbed its … more

By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ | 9/30/20

The Terrace Stage at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.

Reinventing the wheel

NARROWSBURG, NY — Produced by the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA), the Big Eddy Film Festival “aims to advance the traditional art of storytelling by showing the newest and best … more

By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX | 9/16/20

Navajo elder Jake Singer, left, and Peter Comstock, Head of the Homestead School, in front of one of the tipis.

‘COVID can’t defeat us’

GLEN SPEY, NY — Peter Comstock calls it the blooming: the brightly colored tipis that have sprung up on school grounds. The Homestead School, Glen Spey’s Montessori school, has adapted … more

By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ | 9/9/20

Alison Hoffmann, left, Sarah Clauss and Jill Carletti stand in front of the historic Murray building on Main Avenue in Hawley, now home to their creation: the Hawley Hub.

Going with the flow

HAWLEY, PA — From Broadway workouts, tap and ballet classes, guided meditation to flow yoga—there’s quite a bit going on at the newly formed Hawley Hub right now. But its … more

By OWEN WALSH | 9/2/20

Groceries just in, waiting for customers at Spruce.

To help feed us all

CALLICOON, NY — The pandemic was, has been, horrible. People have died. Friends have been ill. Our world feels out of control. But there have been points of calm in the chaos. Some of … more

By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ | 8/26/20

Gathering around a campfire is a quintessential component of most forest school programs.

The forest for the trees

HANKINS, NY — School districts throughout the country are grappling with a conundrum right now. How do they provide an education amid a pandemic? How can they maximize the quality of the … more

By OWEN WALSH | 8/19/20

This is Channing Rutledge of Tri-Gal 4-H Club checking the Temperature, Pulse, and Respiration (TPR) of one of her Beef Cows.

Sale or no sale, education endures

The sound of the auctioneer calling prices with speed and rolling dictation, the scent of animal sweat and hair, the feel of that paper ticket clenched in your hand as you listen for your moment to … more

By HUNTER HILL | 8/12/20

An educator for the community

LOCH SHELDRAKE, NY — Forty years ago, when Dr. Nancy Hackett started her career in education, she probably didn’t anticipate this particular, interesting year. But if nothing else, her … more

By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ | 8/5/20

Fifteen musicians, actors, stilt walkers, writers, ecologists, farmers and Chief Gentlemoon of the Lenape-Nation of PA are involved with the creation of Farm Arts Collective’s ““Dream on the Farm”” in Damascus, PA.

‘Dream on the Farm’ is a wake-up call

When I received the press release, I was immediately intrigued. “Farm Arts Collective continues outdoor arts programming in the summer of 2020 with ‘Dream on the Farm,’ a live … more

By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX | 7/29/20 | 1 comment

A hemp plant in the high tunnel at Anthill Farm.

CBD, homegrown

HONESDALE, PA — Monique Milleson stands against the background of Anthill Farm Agroforestry, just outside Honesdale. There’s fruit on the trees, the bees in the beehives are buzzing, a … more

By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ | 7/22/20 | 1 comment

About 60 long-eared bats using an abandoned building in Sullivan County as a day-time roost.

White-nose syndrome has been decimating bat populations.

If you’ve spent a lot of summers here, you remember the bats. They skimmed through the night, swooping by people out for a walk and gobbling up mosquitoes. Or they lived in our houses and … more

By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ | 7/15/20

Dr. Kenneth Luck, SUNY Sullivan professor of media arts.

Evil overlord fakes moon landing, aliens implicated

You know conspiracy theories; the internet happens to be a ripe breeding ground for them. “These evil all-powerful people or opposing political party or company or piece of technology did a … more

By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ | 7/8/20

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