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Well, No Mow May paid dividends this year. Last week I caught a swarm of bees in the bee trap I had set up at the store. I’ve now moved them to my bee yard in my garden at home and hopefully …
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Jim Boxberger
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5/31/24
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Bear mating season is now upon us. If you are not on Facebook, (specifically, Sullivan County Post) then you may not know that last Friday, May 24th at 7:15 pm, Town of Bethel Dan Sturm & …
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Susan Brown Otto
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5/31/24
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Most of you probably recognize that line from the movie “The Wizard of Oz.” In the film, a tornado touches down in Kansas and sends Dorothy and her little dog Toto on a soul-searching …
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Hudson Cooper
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5/31/24
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Decoration Day, Tuesday, May 30, 1939, turned out to be a day Melvin Holt and George Dubner, two boys from Brooklyn vacationing with their families in Loch Sheldrake, would never forget.
Holt …
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John Conway
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5/31/24
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People who know me well are aware that I feel I must have at least one banana a day or I cannot function. So when my friend John Bale, who now lives in Conneticut, saw a truck full of bananas turn …
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June Donohue
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5/31/24
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The Sullivan Catskills Visitors Association (SCVA) is pouring its heart into promoting our award-winning destination to locals, neighbors, and both regional and domestic audiences. Over the past …
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Sullivan Catskills Visitors Association
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5/31/24
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I was on the driving range this past Tuesday hitting some golf shots. A fellow employee came down to warm up for the men’s league. The unnamed employee started hitting shots with his driver …
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Matt Kleiner
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5/31/24
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In 1960, when I was four, the word ‘memorial’ had no meaning. Put it with ‘day’ and it meant, parade. Memorial Day Parade. What was it for?
A clue may have been found in …
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Ramona Jan
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5/28/24
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140 Years Ago - 1884
Long Eddy — Vegetation in this section had a very hard struggle with the frost on May 28. Leaves and blossoms on chestnut and butternut trees were all killed and those …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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5/28/24
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Since I needed a stronger prescription for my glasses, I took my script to a mall vision center that was running a tremendous sale. The woman picked out some frames she thought would look nice on me, …
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Diane Houghtaling
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5/24/24
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We stand once again on the cusp of another Memorial Day long weekend. Driving over to Middletown last Wednesday, the traffic on 17 was heavy, Sullivan-inbound. The winter was cold and very wet; every …
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James Loney
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5/24/24
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I’m often asked why I keep writing about the Catskills.
Why I share stories about those days when tens of thousands of folks would be drawn out of the city and up to the mountains on the …
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Barry Lewis
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5/24/24
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I finally saw my first hummingbird! I ran over to the Delaware Valley Farm & Garden in Callicoon and purchased some very pretty flowering plants to help attract them! They are full of so …
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Sue Bodenstein
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5/24/24
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The dictionary defines a humdinger as “a remarkable or outstanding thing of its kind.” Well, this is the time of the year, when in our neck of the woods, we welcome back the humdingers of …
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Hudson Cooper
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5/24/24
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By most accounts, Memorial Day as it is presently celebrated has its roots in the tradition begun on May 30, 1868 of decorating with freshly bloomed flowers the graves of those soldiers who gave …
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John Conway
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5/24/24
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It’s time of year in nature when babies are born and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) wants you to learn, “If You Care, Leave It There”. The DEC …
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Jim Boxberger
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5/24/24
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Birthday wishes to ‘Charlie’, Doug Phillips, Dorothy Wagner, Amy Kristt, Kim Franklin, Joseph Lasher, Corey Gips, Jake Rubin, Blake Levine, Ron Borella, Scott McBride, Eric Kashan, Ruby …
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Suzanne White
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5/21/24
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As our lives get more complicated and filled with all sorts of pressure, it really becomes more important to practice self-care. For the longest time I always felt that self-care was …
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Paula Campbell
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5/21/24
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As May wraps up, we’re eagerly looking forward to the arrival of summer. The days are getting longer, and there’s a buzz of excitement in the air. It’s the time for outdoor fun, …
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Jenn Powell
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5/21/24
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Sometimes you don’t get along with a health practitioner and you have to change to a different one. Such was the case last week when I went for my tri-weekly exam and immunotherapy infusion.
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Ramona Jan
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5/21/24
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140 Years Ago - 1884
The school known as the “Brag Hollow” in the Town of Fremont has had three teachers since last fall. The first, a Miss Layton, received an offer that evidently …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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5/21/24
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The burn ban is finally over and now I can start cleaning my yard so that I will be able to mow as we get toward the end of May. My lawn is about eight to ten inches high right now and of course I …
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Jim Boxberger
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5/17/24
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The Jeffersonville Area Chamber of Commerce will be re-opening the “Jeffersonville Farmers Market” on Sunday, Memorial Day Weekend from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Jeff Bake Shop! …
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Sue Bodenstein
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5/17/24
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If you need a physical embodiment of the passage of time you do not have to look any further than the cell phone. Specifically, I can gauge the passing of the years by examining the development of …
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Hudson Cooper
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5/17/24
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He was born in Southold, Long Island on December 11, 1743, and moved with his family to the banks of the Otterkill near Goshen just three years later. His father, a Colonel in the New York State …
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John Conway
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5/17/24
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