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Monday, September 16, 2019

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Happy trails; smiling winners: Sullivan West boys, Fallsburg girls prevail 15-50 in X-C gambit

LAKE HUNTINGTON—Mother Nature can be a friend or foe to cross-country harriers. In the early fall sometimes runners are beset by blistering heat, humidity and swarms of mosquitos. That was the case lst year when Sullivan West had its first home meet ... read more

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Never forget, 9/11 and Vietnam Wall Memorial in Rock Hill

By Patricio Robayo - staff writer

: The 9/11 Service was well attended at the Frog Field behind the Rock Hill Fire Department.

Eighteen years ago, 2,977 people left their homes and loved ones either to go to work, vacation, or just to run errands like they have done hundreds of times before. But on September 11, 2001, four coordinated terrorist attacks rocked the nation and those individuals never returned home.
In Rock Hill at the Rock Hill Firehouse and Pavilion, hundreds gathered to honor and pay tribute to those who perished on that day.
The Rock Hill Fire Department, along with the Monticello and Wurtsboro Fire Departments, hosted an evening of remembrance for those who perished on 9/11.
This year with Rock Hill hosting the American Veterans Traveling Tribute (AVTT) wall, they also played tribute to the thousands who lost their lives in the Vietnam War.
Before the evening started, State Senator ... read more

Energy initiatives in Tusten take off

By Isabel Braverman - staff writer

NARROWSBURG — The Tusten Energy Committee, which is an entity of the town board, has completed many energy initiatives in the past such as installing solar panels for town energy use.
At Tuesday night's board meeting, Chair of the Energy ... read more

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Delaware residents ask for guns in town hall

By Isabel Braverman - staff writer

HORTONVILLE — A small crowd of people showed up to the Delaware town board meeting Wednesday night to ask the board to allow citizens to bring guns into the town hall.
Their request came after last month's town board meeting when they mistakenly thought the board had voted to take away the right ... read more

Tribute wall escorted to Rock Hill

By Patricio Robayo - staff writer

: Hundreds of bikers, emergency vehicles, and law enforcement escorted the American Veterans Traveling Tribute wall as it made its way to Rock Hill.

SULLIVAN — The American Veterans Traveling Tribute (AVTT) finally arrived in Sullivan County on Tuesday, September 10, and it made its way through the heart of the county.
The wall left the QWL Building on Riverside Drive in Woodbourne at around ... read more