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Mom, the Happy Hatster, is a big fan of funny headwear—the more colorful and crazier the better. Here are a few of her favorites. She also enjoys wearing mismatched socks, especially to doctor’s appointments.

“You’re turning into a beautiful red star,” says Mom one morning, eyes shining with conviction as she peers at me from her perch in the bed. I am suddenly smitten with my celestial … more

By SANDY LONG | 12/27/22

Kyle Goldstein educates Liberty 7th grade students on real food.

Improving the health of Sullivan County, a single bite at a time

LIBERTY, NY — When I grew up in Liberty, I learned very little about nutrition and what real food was. Real Food, according to health-education nonprofit A Single Bite, is food that is not … more

By PEARL ZAYAS | 3/22/23

People living in rural America have enough challenges. Getting mental health care shouldn't be one of them.

Ending the stigma

MORGANTOWN, PA — It’s a closely kept secret. Mental illness has had a profound effect on people in rural areas—and they are less likely to have access to services and … more

Contributed by the PENNSYLVANIA STATE GRANGE | 11/1/23

Fleck met horror icon Vincent Price after a lecture at Middletown High School in October of 1979. Pictured are Bill Fleck, left; his mother Marilyn; brother Steve; and Price. The photo was taken by Fleck's father, Jack.

Honoring the Wolf Man, the Mummy and Frankenstein’s creation

WURTSBORO, NY — Back in 2021, Wurtsboro writer and retired Liberty High School English teacher Bill Fleck launched his blog, “Bill Fleck’s Classic Horror Behind the Scenes,” … more

3/15/23

Repair, not replace

NARROWSBURG, NY—When members of the community visit Tusten’s Repair Café, they’ll bring items in need of repair: lamps that need mending, window screens that need patching, … more

By LIAM MAYO | 3/15/23

The Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York just received a grant to build a distribution warehouse in Orange County.

Hunger bites

REGION — As inflation digs in, more people are struggling in Sullivan County. But a new food distribution warehouse for the Regional Food Bank will help. The hungry, here “One out … more

By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ | 5/11/22

An ordinary life, made extraordinary

NARROWSBURG, NY — Learning about Fanny Palmer isn’t easy. It’s “the challenge of telling the story of someone who didn’t become famous,” said Tina Spangler, a … more

By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ | 1/3/24

Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso is an award-winning queer Navajo filmmaker. She began work on "Powerlands" at the age of 19.

Stories, shared in film

HURLEYVILLE, NY — “It’s important to let the women speak for themselves,” said Erin Dudley, the executive director of the Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre (HPAC). On … more

By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ | 9/28/22

Obligatory photo of someone or something leaping

Quantum leap

NATIONWIDE — You can tell it’s February in a leap year because the stories about Leap Day are popping up like… like… things that pop up every four years. U.S. elections? … more

By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ | 2/28/24

For years, these trees have lit the way of Main Street motorists and pedestrians in the holiday season.

Unwelcome traditions

HONESDALE, PA — As a kid growing up in Winter Wonderland itself, there was no escaping all the quaint Christmastime traditions you might find in a Norman Rockwell painting. For the most part, … more

By OWEN WALSH | 11/21/23

Reese Shelmandine was interested in SUNY Sullivan because of its environmental studies program, and he is taking some of the fundamental classes before he goes for a four-year degree.

Promise scholarship could make a difference

LOCH SHELDRAKE, NY — After graduating from Tri-Valley High School last year, Reese Shelmandine was planning to go to SUNY Cobleskill to pursue a four-year degree. The Sullivan Promise … more

1/11/23

Dancers at the Utopia Lodge, Greenfield Park.

Come celebrate the Borscht Belt

ELLENVILLE, NY — Inspired by the fabled Borscht Belt era, when millions of urban dwellers relocated en masse each summer to the sprawling resorts of the Catskill Mountains, the Borscht Belt … more

7/25/23

The face of the FFA. Alison McCarthy, a Sullivan West seventh-grader, is shown painting the face of a young attendee at the Diehl Homestead Farm’s first Fall Festival, held on October 8.

Sullivan West future farmers showcased at fall festival

CALLICOON, NY — It took 180 years, but it was worth the wait. In 1842, homesteaders John Simon and Catherine Bernhardt Diehl arrived in Sullivan County from Darmstadt, Germany—by way … more

By TED WADDELL | 10/19/22

Reconsidering bats

REGION — It has happened more than once, the eerie tell-tale flapping in the house. Just last year the sound alerted me, and sure enough, one was circumambulating the bedroom, oddly in tandem … more

By ERIC BAYLIN | 10/25/22

Ribbon cutting at new Women's Health Center on Park Street, Honesdale, during the Midwifery Mingle in fall 2022.

When birthing moms are nurtured and cared for

HONESDALE, PA — “I always joke that midwifery chose me,” said Christina MacDowell. She’s a certified nurse midwife, a doctor of nursing practice, and the practice manager … more

By AMANDA MCCORMICK | 7/5/23

Forrest Myers' installation is a shot of color outside the Catskill Art Space building.

A half-century of metal and light

LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY — The Catskill Art Space (CAS) will hold a solo exhibition of work by Forrest “Frosty” Myers beginning on Saturday, June 24 with an opening and reception from 3 … more

6/21/23

The Milford Readers and Writers Festival shows how important reading is. It also allows writers and readers to meet and talk.

When writers and readers talk

MILFORD, PA — It’s like the town’s largest book club. A writers’ group, with fans weighing in. And it’s a chance to talk about books, the wonder they offer and the … more

By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ | 9/7/22

A determined process

GLEN SPEY, NY — The push of the button on the coffee machine, deep in the quiet of the pre-dawn dark, is where author T.J. Knight begins his writing process. It’s usually about 4:30 a.m., … more

By EVA BEDNAR | 3/1/23

Ben Mark and Louie Weber in 1971 in the Catskills.

Boys will be boys in the Catskills

Our dear friend Louie Weber expired peacefully at home on the early morning of January 10, 2023. He was 101. We celebrated his birthday with him in October 2022 at his house in Brooklyn. Louie … more

By SHARON MARK COHEN | 3/1/23

Representatives from the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania and from other groups journey down the Delaware from Hancock, NY to Cape May, NJ.

‘A pure good’

DELAWARE RIVER — Four years have passed, and on Saturday, July 30, members of the Rising Nation River Journey will begin following the great river that was once Lenape territory. It’s … more

By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ | 7/12/22

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