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Callicoon Kiwanis celebrated: This photo dates back to September 15, 1986 and shows the Callicoon Kiwanis Club at its Annual Divisional Steak Bake meeting at the Delaware Youth Center, in Callicoon. The Callicoon Kiwanis were also celebrating their 40th Anniversary as a club that year. Callicoon Kiwanians were, front row, from the left, Robert Inteman, Audley Dorrer, Kiwanis President Ed Sykes, unknown and Charles Mills. Standing, from the left, are, Willard “Bud” Slausenberg, Howard Stewart, Matthew “Joe” Freda, unknown, Ed Lohr, Donald Molusky and Ron Gorr. If anyone knows the unnamed members please call Ruth at 845-887-5200. The Callicoon Kiwanis Club will be celebrating its 76th Anniversary this year.
July 19, 2022 Edition
140 Years Ago - 1882 One of the lady boarders at the summer hotel at Guymard’s took a dram and a  half of Fowler’s solution by mistake last Sunday. Dr. Cuddeback of Port Jervis … more
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Feeling Richer than the Rich
In the past, I mentioned Rabbi Yoel Gold. He is a Rabbi in L.A. and produces interesting short videos with personal stories. They can be found on YouTube by searching “Rabbi Yoel Gold”. … more
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And Tso It Goes
When I was growing up our family went out for dinner almost every Sunday night. We often went to a restaurant named China Moon. Like most Americans we never heard of Hunan, Sichuan or Cantonese. Back … more
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When it comes to tourism, change is the only constant. (Illustration by Ernest Fiene for the novel, “Work of Art.”)
Work of Art
Sinclair Lewis was the first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature, and several of his novels — “Main Street,” “Babbit,” “Elmer Gantry,” etc. … more
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About Books
Future Stories: What’s Next? by David Christian (Little, Brown). This is a small-ish, slightly playful book of philosophy. So a book of (somewhat) playful but (seriously) thoughtful … more
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Striving Forward
He wore shorts and a winning smile, despite his artificial leg that went all the way to his hip. I was at a High School Graduation Party for Leisha’s youngest daughter, Ruby and Mark was one of … more
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Cooking in the Country
It is right around this time of year that people start growing more zucchini than they know what to do with. I often find myself with too much zucchini and utilizing it in creative ways … more
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Welcome to Paradise
It was 1978, around midnight and, for the first time ever, I was about to go onstage at CBGB’s. My band, Comateens, consisted of two people, myself on guitar and vocals and Nic North on bass … more
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Lake Huntington
Summer is in full swing in Upstate New York and the weather has been perfect for lake days and more! It is so nice driving by Lake Huntington and seeing all the boats, kayaks, paddleboards and jet … more
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Bethel: The Corner
Birthday wishes to Dennis Dietrich, Vivian Liff, Rosemarie Marcellino, Kelley Edkins, Aiden Siegel, Chanah Zimmerman, Karen Kilgore, Jeryl, Zack, Pat Crumley, Sarah Walder, Austin Billig, Jamie … more
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Who was the bridal couple? The reverse of this Hillig photo was inscribed “Mrs. Matilda Wells,” nothing more. The archive of the Liberty Register, accessed through the Liberty Library website, reveals that Mrs. Wells was married in 1897 to Dr. Stephen W. Wells, then on the medical staff of Loomis Sanatorium. Shortly afterward they moved to the village of Liberty where Dr. Wells set up his private practice, and the Wellses raised three sons, one of whom was later elected to serve as town clerk. Matilda Wells was active in the American Legion Auxiliary and the S.P.C.A. and likely knew many people. Whose wedding this was is uncertain, but it is certainly one of the biggest wedding gatherings we have ever seen photographed on a porch.
July 12, 2022 Edition
110 Years Ago - 1912 Saturday afternoon, during the heavy thunderstorm, lightning struck the chimney of Jacob Dreher’s house in the Beechwoods, and nearly killed two little girls, Louisa … more
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Kenoza Lake
July 8 — Greetings to all! Summer is upon us. We have now begun to lose a minute of sunlight in the morning and night. Many of the spring birds have already had young ones and the young ones … more
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About Books
These Impossible Things by Salma El-Wardany (Grand Central). A first novel whose author has a lot of strings to her bow; novels may not be her constant focus, but this one raises real hope. … more
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A Crazy Surprise Treat in “Pageant the Musical”
Beauty pageants. Remember them? I know they’re still around, but they don’t seem to get the press they used to in days gone by. And for good reason. The aura of artificiality and … more
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A Shagbark Hickory
Aw Nuts...
I was helping my son this weekend in completing his honeydew list by mowing his lawn for him while he completed other tasks around the house. A couple of his trees that I had to mow around just … more
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Look in the Hollow
One of my favorite places to walk is up a road through a wooded area with a brook running alongside it. It’s a bit of a steep walk, but the beauty of the surroundings keeps me trudging along, … more
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Jeffersonville
The JEMS (Jeffersonville Enhances More of Sullivan) beautification group is busily working on the Annual Duck Race. The race begins at the Mill Pond (across from the Jeff Adult Home in … more
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The Declaration of Independence will be publicly read aloud at Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History tomorrow (Saturday, July 9), as will a Tory response. The program starts at 12 noon and is included in the price of admission to the Fort.
A Passionate Tory
The first permanent European settlement in the Upper Delaware Valley was established around 1755 by a group of Connecticut farmers calling themselves the Delaware Company, and within a few years … more
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Weight for Me
Using a mondegreen in a song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “The Weigh In Is the Hardest Part.” For as long as I can remember, stepping on a scale has been a part of my morning … more
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Find the beauty everywhere
We were sitting last week around a warm crackling campfire less than 30 feet from the calm blue waters of Lake George, surrounded by those majestic and lush green-covered mountains that help make up … more
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What do I do with them all? 
If you’re currently growing enough garlic to feed your family, you’re probably growing enough scapes to feed an army. Many people ask me, what are scapes? Scapes are those wild-looking … more
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Bethel
Birthday wishes to Ian Pammer, Abigail Brosnan, Jeio Maraj, Paul Stark, Karen and Richie Sturgis, Crystal Ryder, Fred Miller, Ari Cohen, Claire Pavlak, Katie Morey, Sondra Gerry, Gary Frunzi, Janet … more
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Pastor Charles Perez and his wife Jennie and their children Abraham, Josiah and daughter Serenity celebrate their brother Jeremiah being awarded a Certificate of Accomplishment from Sullivan BOCES for being recognized as the top reader from the George Ross MacKenzie School in the 2021-2022 Cross County Reading Challenge. Congratulations to Jeremiah and the Perez family.
Highland
Well, when Martha Worzel gives me a call to just “to clarify something” I sure enough left something out of my column. And I sure did. Without going into the details of our conversation … more
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Lake Huntington
I hope you had a wonderful Fourth of July weekend and celebrated with good food, friends and perhaps caught fireworks too. There were quite a few to choose from and there is nothing like fireworks to … more
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Grandma’s diary July 1913
My grandmother, Lina Dreher, was sixteen when she kept this diary. She worked as a store clerk in the family bakery. In this excerpt, she grapples with going back to school, which she had quit due to … more
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