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140 Years Ago - 1884
The exact distance between the villages of Jeffersonville and that of Youngsville, given by L. Hannar, Mr. Roboms and Adam Homer, is just four miles from the Eagle Hotel in …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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8/27/24
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The cool weather this week was just a taste of things to come. As we head into fall it is beginning to become apple picking season. If you don’t have your own trees, there are plenty of you …
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Jim Boxberger
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8/23/24
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For as long as I can remember, I have been an avid sports fan. I tend to root for teams associated with New York. I say associated since I am also a fan of the NY Jets, even though they play in New …
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Hudson Cooper
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8/23/24
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It was early in 1782, and the Revolutionary War had been raging for seven long years when 21-year-old Deborah Sampson disguised herself as a man named Robert Shurtleff and enlisted in the Fourth …
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John Conway
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8/23/24
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My friend Leisha’s parents were due to fly to New Jersey from England where they live, to visit their daughter and her family, as they do every year, at least once, when her father fell …
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June Donohue
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8/23/24
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All sorts of end of summer events are now taking place in rapid succession. This summer has been quiet in Highland and we have not seen the deluge of tourist we usually have and I’m not sure …
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Paula Campbell
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8/20/24
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Birthday wishes to Christine and Tony Lubniewski, Linda Berkowitz, Akka Pratt, Hope Roche, Elle Calka, Peter Maraj, Shane Colbert, Ellany Gable, Celia Rose and Crosby, Grace VanEtten, Stacey Koplick, …
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Suzanne White
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8/20/24
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The official countdown to school has begun. Varsity and JV sports have begun at the high school, school supplies have been ordered and the kids (and parents) are ready for a routine to begin.
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Jenn Powell
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8/20/24
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Are you ready to clap, sway, sing and dance like you did 60 years ago? Are you ready to have a smashingly good time with music that many of us grew up with? Music that’s lovingly familiar to …
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Carol Montana
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8/20/24
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Birthday wishes to Christine and Tony Lubniewski, Linda Berkowitz, Akka Pratt, Hope Roche, Elle Calka, Peter Maraj, Shane Colbert, Ellany Gable, Celia Rose and Crosby, Grace VanEtten, Stacey Koplick, …
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Suzanne White
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8/20/24
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Notes from the frontlines of cancer, and quotes from my friends in the battle with female cancers. All quotes are true. Names have been changed for privacy.
Sally: “I’m one …
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Ramons Jan
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8/20/24
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140 Years Ago - 1884
Henry DeWitt of this village has given his home a coat of paint which added neatly to its appearance.
George R. Trusdell (the dentist) will be as usual at …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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8/20/24
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If you are reading this from the pages of The Sullivan County Democrat or on our online site, please take a minute and look around the room. Like so many of you I have photographs arranged all …
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Hudson Cooper
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8/16/24
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140 Years Ago - 1884
J.P. Bogardus of this village has a magnificent garden, especially a fine display of that aesthetic plant, the sunflower.
H.W. Wood, our stage driver, has a horse in …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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8/13/24
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Now well into August and my garden has gone crazy with the heat and humidity. Vicki and I were away for a couple of weeks and our house-sitter, my daughter, didn’t pick the garden like she was …
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Jim Boxberger
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8/9/24
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The Jeffersonville Youngsville Community Blood Drive is being proudly sponsored by Saint George’s Church (held in the Hall) located at 97 schoolhouse Rd., Jeffersonville. On Wednesday, …
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Sue Bodenstein
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8/9/24
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The 2024 Summer Olympics arrived with an opening ceremony that showed off many landmarks of Paris. Boatloads of athletes floated down the Seine waving flags and cheering as they neared the Eiffel …
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Hudson Cooper
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8/9/24
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When the Cushetunk settlement was established along the upper Delaware River in the mid-1750s by a group of farmers from eastern Connecticut, two brothers, Simon and John Calkin, were among the …
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John Conway
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8/9/24
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I have a chair in my kitchen at the storm door where my cat, Daisy can sit and watch squirrels, chipmunks, birds, and whatever wild life passes by. As I was sitting there …
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June Donohue
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8/9/24
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It wasn’t until the third night of my bike trip through the Finger Lakes that I started reading The Breakaway by Jennifer Weiner. The first night I was so exhausted that I may have fallen …
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Tracy Gates
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8/6/24
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Finally, after visiting with her since February, my oncologist turns to me and says, “I see you’re a writer.” Did I write ‘writer’ as my job description on …
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Ramona Jan
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8/6/24
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Birthday wishes to ‘Charlie’, Mia Bloom, Jean Valezquez, Summer Benjamin, Lisa Clark, Loren Holland, Teri Schmidt, Jodi Buloga, Keith Newman, Tim Dollard, Duke Devlin and the main man, …
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Suzanne White
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8/6/24
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The Sunshine Hall Free Library has their annual Town’s Treasures and Trinket Sale coming up on Saturday August 10. They have been getting donations for months now and have hundreds of items for …
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Paula Campbell
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8/6/24
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With the start of August, I thought I would share one of my favorite recipes to beat-the heat, Dairy-Free Strawberry Ice Cream. For those who are lactose intolerant or prefer a dairy-free …
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Jenn Powell
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8/6/24
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140 Years Ago - 1884
George Wood brought into the Sullivan County Record office last Monday, an oat head which measured fourteen inches and had one hundred and six well developed kernels on it. …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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8/6/24
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