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Monday, January 21, 2019

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Lady Yellowjackets amp it up in demonstrative win over Fallsburg

Eldred 48
Fallsburg 37

ELDRED -- Never confuse yellowjackets with bees. A typical honeybee is about the business of gathering pollen and taking care of the maintenance and production of the hive. Yellowjackets on the other hand, are not ... read more

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Snow, arctic air on the way

By Joseph Abraham - sports & life editor

SULLIVAN COUNTY -- Despite a large snowfall in November, things have been pretty quiet this winter. But another storm is on the horizon. The National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Warning for our region from noon tomorrow (Saturday) to 4 p.m. Sunday.
The watch reads, “...Heavy mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations of 9 to 15 inches and ice accumulations of around one tenth of an inch are expected. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph...”
According to David Nicosia, Warning Coordination Meteorologist at National Weather Service Binghamton, “After the storm passes, the more significant thing is the arctic air pulling in.”
Temperatures will fall into the low teens, single digits on Sunday (into the negatives overnight), with wind chills as cold as negative 20 ... read more

Repair Café helps people fix their broken things

By Isabel Braverman - staff writer

NARROWSBURG — A repair café is a local meeting place that brings people and their broken items together with repair coaches/volunteers who have the expertise to fix them. The first Tusten repair café will be held on Saturday, January 26 from 11 a.m. ... read more

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Cost of recycling piles up

By Matt Shortall - editor

SULLIVAN — Thousands of residents across the county regularly rely on their local sanitation company to pick up their trash and recyclables. The cost of those services may soon go up as global pressures start to affect local business.
Small communities across the country are facing increased ... read more

Bethel named top 19 places to visit in 2019

By Patricio Robayo - staff writer

: The Town of Bethel was named number 8 out of 19 places to visit in 2019 by the travel booking website Expedia in anticipation of the 50th anniversary of Woodstock.

BETHEL — The world will be watching what happens in Bethel this summer as the 50th Anniversary of Woodstock will soon rock the county.
The travel booking website Expedia just announced the top 19 places to visit in 2019 and Bethel was listed at ... read more