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April 9 – April’s that sweet spot where spring really starts showing off—longer days, warmer weather, and just enough sunshine to shake off those winter blues. Whether you’re …
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Jenn Powell
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4/15/25
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130 Years Ago - 1895
While digging in the cellar of the court house at Monticello a few days ago, one of the workmen found an old Spanish coin, dated 1779, for which he has been offered sixteen …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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4/15/25
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I’m not sure if Jesus had anything to do with planning the dinner menu for the Last Supper, but he was smart to keep it simple when serving the 12 apostles.
What with all the dietary …
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Barry Lewis
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4/11/25
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It is my absolute favorite season. It’s ramp season! Like many, I had no idea what ramps were until a few years ago. Ramps are wild leeks (they taste like a strong cross between onions and …
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Claire Burns
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4/11/25
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Back in February I wrote about impending tariffs and now they are here. This could mean higher prices for everything from pens to automobiles. Avocados from Mexico, pineapples from Costa Rica and …
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Jim Boxberger
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4/11/25
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You know Spring is here even though it snowed last Monday and flurried the next day with horrible, cold winds! Time to go fishing! The Beaverkill Trout Hatchery opened Saturday, April 5! Bring …
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Sue Bodenstein
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4/11/25
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There is a commercial running on television that has inspired me to write this column. It claims to offer people who have sleep apnea an easier option than the cumbersome CPAP machine with its head …
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Hudson Cooper
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4/11/25
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It may be difficult to believe based on life along the Delaware River today, but the area wasn’t always a tourist destination. In fact, in its earliest days, it wasn’t particularly …
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4/11/25
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The Pennsylvania Game Commission estimates that there were 476,880 deer taken this past season statewide. That’s up about 11% from 430,010 the previous year.
There were an estimated …
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John Van Etten
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4/11/25
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April 7 – Birthday wishes to Cheryl Cohen, Ira ‘Moose’ Liff, Laura Glass, Devin Alenky, Butch Resnick, Max Carmack, Susan Dollard, Barri Glick, Eric Florance, Morgan Tucker, Melinda …
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Suzanne White
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4/8/25
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The Hudson Valley Restaurant week started on March 31 and runs through April 13. You might ask why, should anyone in Sullivan County care about a restaurant week celebration that is not local? The …
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Paula Campbell
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4/8/25
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Many years ago we took our granddaughter, Cierra, with us on a vacation to the Lancaster, PA area. As we went from shop to shop, looking at all the hand-crafted items, we came upon some miniature …
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Diane Houghtaling
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4/8/25
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