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Rose Barnett and her ranch. The red building on the left is the barn, which Barnett plans to have renovated by summer 2020. On the far right is the first set of hotel rooms they’re renovating. That is the building from which they used to run wires to the stage before Bill Graham installed an electric panel.
Reviving the ranch
PARKSVILLE, NY — Autumn has just freshly vanished as I follow Rose Barnett around a green field that squishes beneath our feet. With my back to the top of the hill that rolls down across the … more
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“We can relax, take a breath of fresh air and simply listen… It became about what feeds your soul.”
Matt Carpenter: building bridges
NARROWSBURG, NY — It seems that Matt Carpenter is in the news a lot lately. As recently as April of this year, a New York Times article written by Sara Clemence (www.bit.ly/TRRmcnyt) details … more
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“To watch someone of any age, much like I was, blossom from shy and introverted, to confident and expressive, is the ultimate fulfillment.” — Mandy Bruno Bogue
Foundry 42 continues to forge ahead
PORT JERVIS, NY — After their children were born in 2014, Cooper Boone and his partner Mark Veeder decided to live full time in the Catskills, where they could raise their twin girls in harmony … more
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Alex and Caleb Johnson say Native will be opening late autumn of this year.
Comeback Kids: Meet Alex Johnson
HONESDALE, PA — I sit down with Alex Johnson at a table inside what will soon be her new restaurant on Main Street, called Native. I can’t help but tell her, before anything else, that … more
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Chris Raabe is our third featured artist in The River Recordings series, you can watch all our artists' performances at riverreporter.com/river-recordings.
Chris Raabe is ready
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Exploring the Bethel Heritage Trail
BETHEL, NY — Throughout much of the year, Bethel is like many other towns in the region—quaint, charming, quiet and attractive. However, Bethel holds a special place in history, having … more
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Gudrun Feigl in her shop at the back of Honesdale's Maude Alley.
On her soapbox
Follow the aroma to the back of Maude Alley and you can find Gudrun Feigl amongst her many fragrant hand-crafted products. more
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Kristin Lockwood sits at her desk in the Jeff Bank in Narrowsburg.
Comeback Kids: Kristin Lockwood is on the move
Driving is one of the most pacifying things a busy person can do. It’s one of the few activities that is both mission-accomplishing and passive at once, releasing the mind of someone who … more
Tannis Kowalchuk as Tatiana, queen of the fairies, at "Shakespeare on the Farm."
The art in nature
It’s morning at Willow Wisp Organic Farm. An array of be-hatted men are at work picking radishes in the field most distant from the barn; bees and bugs are flitting in and out of the flower … more
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Big Eddy Film Festival Director Tina Spangler, who works at the DVAA.
Here comes the Big Eddy Film Festival
“Let’s say that I’ve never been to the Big Eddy [now in its eighth year], and that I have no idea what actually happens at a film festival. Can you help me break it all down?” more
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Working with a cast of 12 and more than 40 crew members on location in Sullivan County. Writer/director Emrhys Cooper describes his new film, “The Shuroo Process,” as a visual “love letter” to the Catskills.
Movie making is alive and well in Sullivan County
I received an email a few weeks ago from filmmaker Emrhys Cooper (“Trophy Boy”), informing me that he was working on another movie and planned to be shooting much of it in Sullivan … more
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Jeff George and Pauline Glykokokalos recently completed this mural on the side of the RE/MAX/Meagher Insurance building in Honesdale. It greets visitors coming from the train, Route 191 and Route 6.
Making of a mural
From a distance, you can hardly tell there are white pipes in front of the skinny, knotted birch trees Jeff George has painted onto the side of the RE/MAX building in Honesdale. “Isn’t … more
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Alan Charney, left, hadn’t played the drums in 45 years, but he is ecstatic to be playing music again after his long hiatus.
The last band standing
On Wednesday summer nights since 1934, locals and travelers have visited the Catskills to gather around a pavilion encircled by pine trees in Callicoon Center, NY.As a child, I spent those Wednesday … more
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Winner of the Lynn Highhouse Memorial race, “Peace Out,” posing with driver Mitchell York.
Racing to remember
Of course, the fair is about Ferris wheels, funnel cakes and family fun, but for many, it’s also a time to honor dedication, tradition and a slate of people who worked for years to make the fair possible. more
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Matthew Willey is painting a bee hive on the side of the post office that he feels best represents the spirit of Narrowsburg.
Bee inspired
If you’ve taken a stroll past the Narrowsburg Post Office recently, you’re sure to have seen something out of the ordinary... more
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Allaina Propst outside of Here & Now Brewery on Main Street in Honesdale.
Home-brewed
Honesdale’s Allaina Propst and her crew have carved out a space on Main Street. more
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Local singer/songwriter Richard Traviss capturing the audience with an original at Rafter’s Tavern’s open mic last Sunday.
The music man
More often than not, young aspiring performers are encouraged to leave their hometowns if they ever want to find success. While singing in a band at the Whiskey A Go Go increases an … more
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Jim Tindell, standing, Paul Plumadore and Olivia Santo pose by the repurposed rendition of “Falling Water” by Lindy Foss-Quillet.
Old art sparks new inspiration
One of the old pieces of The Great Wall of Honesdale has been removed, repurposed and revived. Its new home is in Maude Alley on Main Street. The borough of Honesdale hasn’t always been … more
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Songs with friends
ROCK VALLEY, NY — A century ago, when 14-year-old W.S. carved his initials into his school desk, he probably couldn’t see the future. What he knew was this: fountain pens, filled from … more
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Aaron Hicklin at home in Narrowsburg. | Photo by Elizabeth Lepro
Once upon a hamlet
NARROWSBURG, NY — It’s Sunday night and Aaron Hicklin, owner of One Grand Books on Main Street, is just finishing up his monthly book club meeting at home. The writer is taking a break … more
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