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If you are anything like me sitting around wondering what the heck is going on with the Barryville Diner spot at the junction of route 97 and 55 I have some answers for you. I recently had the … more
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Car enthusiasts Frank Fiori and his daughter Francesca with a custom restored 1970 SS Chevy Chevelle. The Knights of Columbus Council 12571 is sponsoring a Car Motorcycle and Truck Show to benefit their Food For Families and Friends Meals Program. The Show will be held on June 25th from 10-3pm at St John Neimann Church.
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One of my favorite local charities is the Food for Families and Friends Program run by the Knights of Columbus Council 12571. The Council does not get funding from the Catholic Church and must raise … more
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The Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion will be at Pecks Market in Eldred on Friday May 27th and Saturday May 28th from 9-3pm with Veterans Poppies. According to Martha Worzel of the Auxiliary donations from the poppies will be used to help the veterans at the Castle Hill Veterans Hospital and Nursing Home. Pick up your poppy and wear it proudly!
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I got a call from Martha Worzel who is a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion. She wanted me to remind everyone that the Ladies from the Auxiliary will be out in front of … more
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Covering seventy miles of the Scenic Byway from Port Jervis to Hancock, starting on Friday, May 20th through Sunday, May 22nd the Festival of the Founding Fish - Upper Delaware ShadFest is sponsoring over thirty five events from a book signing with actress and producer Melissa Gilbert, the Grand Reopening of the Fort Delaware Museum, fishing and cooking demonstrations and music venues featuring international and local musicians.
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Let the Founding Fish Festival begin! In my last column I outlined all the festival’s music events but there are many other free events happening all along the seventy miles stretch of the … more
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As part of the Festival of the Founding Fish- Upper Delaware ShadFest that is happening March 20-22nd in towns along the Delaware River, author and musician Mike “ Rocket Train” Edison will be at the Callicoon Theatre on Sunday May 22 at 11 a.m. with his “ Gospel from the Garage” show. Tickets are $25.00 online and includes brunch, a short film and a showing of the award winning film River Runs Through It. Any ticket purchases include a free entry in a raffle to win a round trip flight to Iceland.
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There is an exciting and fun new festival that is happening along the Scenic Byway area. Did you know that we have a “Founding Fish”? Yes, and that fish is the shad- a larger version of a … more
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From left to right-Andy Russ, Susan Fraysse Russ, Liz Peterson, Jamie Macri, Austin Hand, Sadie Hand and Sarit Hand. During the Upper Delaware Council’s Litter Pluck last weekend the amazing Dark Forest Creation Crew of volunteers from the Burn Brae Mansion in Glen Spey found loads of metal buckets, piles of tires, bottles, almost an entire car, a bumper with the license plate still attached and a rusted out Sears and Roebuck cement mixer and filled an additional twenty bags with trash. Andy Russ summed up all their hard trash collecting saying “we are undoing the misdeeds of others.”
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Last Saturday a group of about fifty volunteers (including this columnist) gathered in Barryville to spend a few hours picking up roadside trash. This is the second year that the Barryville … more
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Pete Barnes, a Vietnam War era veteran and the Commander of the American Legion Post 1363 was the only local veteran to take the Honor Flight Network and be their guest on a trip to Washington DC. In Washington Pete along with 80 other veterans visited the war memorials and landmarks that were created to honor their military services. According to Pete, “It was such a wonderful day and every American and surely all veterans should visit these memorials. It was an amazing experience which I will never forget in my life.”
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A group of veterans from New York finally got their chance to fly to Washington DC last week after the Covid pandemic forced the Honor Flight Network to be postponed for the last two years. The … more
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Perry Shore of Lumberland, a volunteer in last year’s Barryville Chamber of Commerce Litter Sweep Team, collected many bags of litter and debris picked up around the Eagle Observatory on Route 97. This year’s Litter Sweep will be held on Satuday, April 23rd from 10-1:00pm. For more information go the The Barryville Chamber of Commerce website or the Living in Barryville Facebook Group.
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On a beautiful Spring day several years ago, I was walking down Broadway and the young man in front of me was eating something out of a package. As he finished a portion, he would take the paper … more
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Larry Farmer known as the “Maestro of All Things Fun” and the owner of the Lawrence Lounge amd Motel has sold his business in Yulan and is off on his next big adventure which includes living on a two bedroom houseboat and navigating along through the magical bayous of Louisiana.
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These days the winds of change are blowing through the Town of Highland. We have welcomed wonderful new residents and businesses and, in some circumstances, had to bid a fond farewell to … more
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In recognition of National Library Week April 3rd-9th Peck’s Market and the Sullivan County Public Library Alliance are giving shoppers an opportunity to make a donation, in any amount then sign a “I Love My Library” fundraising tag that will be displayed in the local Market. Funds raised will be used by the County’s nine public libraries to underwrite their community programs.
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Did you know that the first week in April the 3rd through April 9th is National Library Week? The designation was founded in 1958 by the American Library Association to honor the work and dedication … more
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I am happy to report that after the last meeting of the Friends of the Sunshine Hall Free Library I can give you a “Save The Date” notification for the Friends of the Sunshine … more
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St Patrick’s Day is coming up this week (March 17th) and as a kid growing up in Boston St. Paddy’s Day was a huge deal and full of fun. The day always started with everyone trekking … more
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