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You’ll hear that a lot this weekend – the last weekend of summer.
Yeah, I know, officially there are still three more weekends left of summer. But we know they don’t count. …
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Barry Lewis
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8/30/24
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Around this time of year, all my friends and family who grow gardens are telling me they have an overabundance of tomatoes that are either ripe or about to be overripe. I’ve heard of worse …
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Claire Burns
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8/30/24
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It is usually this time of year that people start coming in the store to buy some sort of fungicide because they think there is something wrong with their pine trees. The conversation always starts …
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Jim Boxberger
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8/30/24
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With summer slowly moving towards fall, families are preparing for the start of school. Besides acquiring school supplies like pens, notebooks and rulers, children are beginning to lobby for what …
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Hudson Cooper
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8/30/24
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As the summer sun begins to mellow and the vibrant hues of fall start to paint our landscape, the Sullivan Catskills Visitors Association (SCVA) reflects on an exciting summer and eagerly anticipates …
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Sullivan Catskills Visitors Association
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8/30/24
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We all lived on 85th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue. Myself and ‘the mayor’ for years in separate apartments on the ground floor of the same brownstone. ‘The …
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Ramona Jan
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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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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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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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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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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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