NORTH BRANCH, NY — Courtney Roche, a 28-year-old entrepreneur from Callicoon, NY, made her dream come through on December 10 last year when she opened up Rease’s Cup, a country-flavored …
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By TED WADDELL
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1/27/21
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Note: This is part of a series of stories about how COVID-19 is changing the area, particularly as it relates to population increases around the Upper Delaware.
REGION — Kristina …
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By ELIZABETH LEPRO
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12/30/20
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MONTICELLO, NY — Weeks of debate and presentations and hearings are over. The county’s $235 million budget has passed, 8-1; legislator Joe Perrello provided the dissenting vote. He argued …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ
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12/16/20
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I’m so befuddled. Between working from home and venturing out sporadically, I’ve lost all sense of time and place. The past week has been particularly confusing as I wandered about, …
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By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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12/16/20
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MONTICELLO, NY — Sullivan County Public Health Services has confirmed that two Town of Thompson Walmart employees have tested positive for COVID-19 and may have exposed others while …
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11/25/20
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Catholic Charities launches annual ‘Adopt-a-Family’ program
SULLIVAN, ORANGE AND ULSTER COUNTIES — Catholic Charities of Orange, Sullivan and Ulster announced the launch of …
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11/11/20
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Help wanted
MONTICELLO, NY — Amid all the talk of layoffs, sick days, unfilled vacancies and furloughs, Sullivan County is trying to fill some jobs. But given the financial crisis, they …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ
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11/11/20
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My COVID-19 test was negative, so I went and visited Olga and Carol at Roscoe Nursing Home. They are both doing okay and are hanging in there. On my way home, I wanted to get some more apples to make …
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By Eileen Hennessy
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10/28/20
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ALONG THE DELAWARE — We may be still in the throes of a pandemic and an economic crisis, but the bridges will get fixed.
That’s the word from the New York State Department of …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ
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8/12/20
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HORTONVILLE, NY — Outdoor movies and a bridge closure dominated the discussion at the Delaware Town Board meeting on July 8.
In a discussion prompted by Kristina Smith, a resident of …
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By Z. A. KOHLOA
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8/4/20
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CALLICOON, NY — Littering, loitering, speeding and graffiti have become so commonplace in Route 97’s famous Hawk’s Nest vista area that Deerpark police chief Richard Sztyndor calls …
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By LINDA DROLLINGER
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8/4/20
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The Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River includes parts of five counties: Sullivan, Delaware and Orange in New York, and Pike and Wayne in Pennsylvania, and occupies more than 50,000 acres. …
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By Jonathan Charles Fox
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7/29/20
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CALLICOON, NY – The online harassment that has shown up elsewhere has made it to Callicoon.
Anonymous trolls accused Krissy Smith, owner of the Callicoon Theatre, of fighting a Callicoon …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ
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6/30/20
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Callicoon Riverside Park receives L.L.Bean Community Fund Award
CALLICOON, NY — Outdoor clothing company L.L.Bean, in partnership with The Trust for Public Land (TPL), has announced that the …
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6/24/20
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CALLICOON, NY — It started between midnight and 1 a.m. on a bitterly cold February night, according to J.S. Graham’s Callicoon Historian.
Fires were nothing new, of course; buildings …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ
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6/10/20
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REGION — Small town America often exempts itself from events that roil streets elsewhere.
Not this time.
The response to the May 25 killing of Minneapolis resident George Floyd by police …
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By ELIZABETH LEPRO
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6/9/20
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YOUNGSVILLE, NY — The New York State Police in Liberty on February 10 arrested Kathleen Nober, 31, of Callicoon. Nober was charged with a felony count of leaving the scene of a fatal …
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2/12/20
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Happening in the community this week: February 13 to 19
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2/12/20
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What's going on in arts & culture January 23 to January 29
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1/22/20
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Have a glass of Cabernet Frank’s
PARKSVILLE, NY — Show your stuff at the Thursday open mic, featuring a different host each week. On January 16, open mic begins at 7 p.m. with …
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1/15/20
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