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PORT JERVIS, NY — The Port Jervis Soap Box Derby was back in action recently as 75 children competed to become one of the city’s champions.
Kids as young as eight and as old as …
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7/3/24
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LIBERTY, NY — On a recent Tuesday, a group of girls at Liberty Middle School sat at a table creating luxury scrubs and labels for their containers. They passed bottles of fragrances around and …
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6/26/24
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SWAN LAKE, NY — The Sullivan BOCES Career & Technical Education (CTE) recently created a New York State-certified Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) program for the 2023-2024 school year. …
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By TED WADDELL
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6/19/24
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NARROWSBURG, NY — “It’s about putting authors and artists into conversation,” said Aaron Hicklin about the Deep Water Literary Festival, taking place this year from Friday …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ
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6/12/24
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Greeley, PA is named after famed journalist and U.S. presidential candidate Horace Greeley. As the 1900s dawned, the area prospered thanks to logging and coal mining. Trainloads of visitors from New …
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By BILL FLECK
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5/29/24
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LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY — Peace Officers Memorial Day is May 15. It was designated in 1962 by President John F. Kennedy, and is part of National Police Week .
This year, the commemoration …
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By TED WADDELL
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5/22/24
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HONESDALE, PA — The energy spilling out onto the sidewalk pulls you into the brightly lit gallery. People are talking and it’s all about the exciting art exhibition now on display at the …
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By ANNETTE KULICK-HICKEY
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5/15/24
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SWAN LAKE, NY — Well, if you’re a student in the 11th or 12th grade, Sullivan BOCES and the Sullivan County Bureau of Fire have the answer for you. They have teamed up to offer a new fire …
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By TED WADDELL
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5/8/24
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CALLICOON, NY — Dennis Eschenberg is the proprietor of John H. Eschenberg, Inc. The store and showroom are located on a particularly scenic stretch of the road.
The winding creek …
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By MARK CASNER
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5/1/24
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When I look out my window in early fall, in the few feet between our house and a major traffic thoroughfare, I see a scrim of tropical forest. Foot-long bright-green leaves flop like basset hound …
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By IRENE SOLOWAY
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4/24/24
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NARROWSBURG, NY — “If you have a garden in your library, we will want for nothing.”
That was Cicero, writing to a friend. Gardens in Roman times were used for thinking, …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ
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4/17/24
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LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY — The Livingston Manor Volunteer Ambulance Corp (LMVAC) was established in 1962, and since then has come a long way in providing critical emergency medical services to the …
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By TED WADDELL
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4/10/24
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I was chopping onions for dinner one night when a clump of hair fell into my eye. I tried to brush it away but it wouldn’t go. I ran to the mirror. Nothing looked amiss.
I pulled my hair …
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By PAMELA CHERGOTIS
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4/3/24
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FORESTBURGH, NY — You sit and create. You breathe. The work moves through your fingers and settles on the floor.
You do the work and the hours pass unnoticed. They slide away from …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ
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3/26/24
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REGION — By the time you’re reading this, spring will have sprung.
What follows is a roundup of arts and leisure events happening this weekend (there are a lot!) and—to …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ
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3/20/24
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LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY — On the 133rd anniversary of the Livingston Manor Fire Department (LMFD), the dedicated volunteer firefighters are gearing up to host the 95th Sullivan County Volunteer …
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By TED WADDELL
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3/9/24
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BARRYVILLE, NY — After a three-year hiatus, the Highland business community and business patrons alike were ready to celebrate, and they did it in style at the Greater Barryville Chamber of …
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By SUSAN WALIGUNDA WADE
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3/5/24
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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? …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ
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2/28/24
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CALLICOON, NY — Wendy Townsend’s morning starts with a little writing before the iguanas wake up.
“Then I’ll look across the room and see Emo,” Townsend said. …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ
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2/20/24
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NARROWSBURG, NY — “Plein air is about chasing the light,” Zane Grey Plein Air (ZGPA) artist and gallery owner Karen Meneghin said. “You look at how the light affects where you …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ
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2/14/24
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