NARROWSBURG, NY — If you love the world of books, do not miss the Deep Water Literary Fest. It takes place from Friday, June 17 to Sunday, June 19, and is a gathering of literary luminaria at …
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By JANE ANDERSON
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6/17/22
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The spirit of rebellion that is baked into the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts—site of the original Woodstock festival—will be put to the test when The Who perform here on May 28, their …
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By MIKE EDISON
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5/25/22
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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 …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ
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5/11/22
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SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY — Sullivan Renaissance and the Sullivan O&W Rail Trail Alliance showed the full potential of rail trail-based recreation with a Trail Town conference, held this past …
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By EVA BEDNAR
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4/13/22
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REGION — “Only 70 percent of U.S. domestic demand,” write James Manyika and his colleagues at management consultants McKinsey & Company in 2021, “is met with locally …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ
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3/30/22
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JEFFERSONVILLE, NY — In late March, the Cabin at Hessinger-Lare will reopen under new owner Chef Kristian Unvericht, as Foster Supply Hospitality, the group behind a rapidly expanding …
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By TED WADDELL
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3/24/22
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REGION — “Think about a future where Black people not only exist, but thrive,” said Dr. Eve Dunbar.
But can you imagine a future when you don’t own your past?
Dunbar, …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ
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2/23/22
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LIBERTY, NY — It’s been a long time coming, but it was worth the wait.
On February 12, 1990, Radio Catskill WJFF, a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station, first took to the …
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By TED WADDELL
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2/9/22
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BEACH LAKE, PA — Bob Hoffman’s Victory Garden is 6,050 square feet in his front yard. It’s “a ministry garden in my front lawn,” he said at our first talk in the …
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By SHARON PEDUTO
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1/26/22
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LOCH SHELDRAKE, NY — Setting the thermostat at 92 degrees Fahrenheit this winter might sound a little extreme, but that’s exactly what’s happening inside five honeybee hives in SUNY …
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1/12/22
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HONESDALE, PA — On a Monday night in December, Adriana Vender sweeps into the Hop Barons Kitchen on Sixth Street in Honesdale, fresh off a day of substitute teaching.
She begins bustling …
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By ELIZABETH LEPRO
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1/5/22
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REGION — Let me be the guy everyone will hate. Even though December’s been unseasonably warm, winter weather will catch up to us and we will be driving in it. There’s still plenty …
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By GREG TRIGGS
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12/29/21
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LOCH SHELDRAKE — “Dear Annie,” Jean Noval read out loud, “Uncle died yesterday. The funeral is at the Methodist Church in Liberty tomorrow.”
The note, written on a …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ
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12/22/21
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By ELIZABETH LEPRO
REGION — As many are still recovering from the economic impact of the pandemic, some local organizations running holiday toy drives say they saw an increased need for …
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By ELIZABETH LEPRO
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12/14/21
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The holidays are about joy and gifts and charity, but for many, they are also about faith.
This is the start of the holiday season at one Bible-based church. In November, not much had changed yet: …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ
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12/8/21
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HURLEYVILLE, NY — “It’s surprisingly interesting,” said Janet Carrus, founder and board president of the Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre (HPAC), “to accept that …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ and JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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12/1/21
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BETHANY, PA — The Moka Origins chocolate factory is in a barn, but its namesake farm is about 6,000 miles away.
Photographs of lush green crops at the Moka Origins farm, located in northwest …
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By ELIZABETH LEPRO
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11/24/21
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Poetry happens, said Eric Baylin, “when words stop me in my tracks.” It is made of words, but they are words with a rhythm, words that push you to reflect, “to dip below the surface …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ
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11/10/21
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These are Boyar’s remarks as he introduced Peter Kolesar at the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum’s ceremony on October 30. The center named its newest Hall of Fame members and …
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By ANDY BOYAR
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11/3/21
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SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY — George Markert died in 1892 on Jeffersonville’s Stone Arch Bridge, killed three ways in the prescribed manner for dealing with a hexenmeister.
There is, of …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ
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10/27/21
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