Two charged in Swan Lake double homicide

On January 14, the New York State Police announced the arrest of Chasity Cutway, age 37, and David Host, age 32, both of Walden on charges of Murder First Degree and Burglary First Degree.

A ‘new day’ for Upper Delaware Council

NARROWSBURG, NY — Wearing a sweatshirt and a backward, long-brimmed baseball cap, newly installed Upper Delaware National Park Service (NPS) Superintendent Joe Salvatore was the picture of a …

Snail mail

HONESDALE, PA — Election season and the holidays may have passed, but delivery delays through the U.S. Postal Service are still causing frustration and “unacceptable” complications …

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January 14-20, 2021

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Coronavirus Updates

No vaccine clinic tomorrow

LIBERTY, NY – An error on a state website inaccurately listed Sullivan County – specifically Public Health Services’ office in Liberty – as hosting a COVID-19 vaccination …

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In the community

- Wayne Memorial's extra COVID testing, 10,000 pounds of food donated and more
  
  What's going on in your community January 14-20
- I got the shot!
  
  I did it! I got the COVID-19 shot. I was sitting home minding my own business and the phone rang: “Hello Eileen, this is Barbara …
- County launching vaccination effort end of January
  
  Sullivan County Public Health Services will undertake mass COVID-19 vaccinations as early as the week of January 25 at SUNY Sullivan in Loch …

Opinion

- Fences and neighbors
  
  You might recall the old saying, “Good fences make good neighbors,” from studying the Robert Frost poem “Mending Wall” in school. First …
- Escaping 2020
  
  On Christmas night, the river crested. Distracted by the holiday mood, we didn’t spend the day or our energies fretting about flood. But when …
- D-I-V-O-R-C-E?
  
  A few years ago, a certain couple I know got divorced. This isn’t big news, of course. Divorce is still fairly common in America, …

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Sports

Down in the paddock

MONTICELLO, NY — More years ago than this sports scribbler will admit to, he covered numerous noteworthy events at Monticello Raceway. There were the famous “The Mighty M” …

Hot dogs, growing up in the country and road racing

OBERNBERG, NY — “I thought this was going to be a goldmine,” said 86-year-old Jim Greier, who at the age of 19 approaching 20, decided he was going to strike it rich by setting up a …

After the checkered flag

FREMONT CENTER, NY — On Sunday, June 28, 1953, a motorsports event advertised as the Sullivan County Sport Car Race wrapped up with a series of races on the local highways and rural byways of …

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Editorial

What’s good about 2020?

You’ve got to admit, 2020 was a doozy of the year. In fact, it has upended everything we thought was relatively stable. Basic health, for one: You cannot simply go about your day and assume …

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Leisure

Pulling the covers over my head

Right now, that’s all I want to do, and in point of fact, that’s the plan, Stan. Believe it or not, when it comes to the content of this column, I always make a plan. I may not always …

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Outdoors

river talk

Winter eagle viewing in 2021

ramblings of a catskill fly fisher

Clem Fullerton, the ‘Complete Tangler’

the way out here

Year-end purge

Trick or Treat!

Though the festivities were different this year, Halloween 2020 still went on!

Nature’s aviators

For the complete story on these amazing Scott Rando photos, click here.

Reimagining Halloween

REGION — Ghosts and goblins, fairies and superheros headed out for Halloween in the year of the pandemic. While not the traditional Trick-or-Treat, communities reinvented their traditions for …

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Narrowsburg native helped storm Capitol Building

Our Country Home

Building traditions, creating comfort, one kitchen or bathroom at a time

our country home

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