Birthday wishes to Lou Monteleone, Annelise Gerry, Jennifer Lilley, Robert Lyons, Jennifer Heins VanEtten, Janet Newberg, Edna Lapidus, and Steve Rovi.

Happy anniversary to Carol and Joseph Pawlick, Beth and Tom Groth, Crystal and Pedro Tweed, and Jenny and Jim Vielandi.

Our condolences are extended to Patricia and the family of Robert Buckles, who passed at the age of 91years.

Sympathy to April Scardino, Tim Schweighofer and family for the recent silent loss of your angel, Charlotte Grace.

Bethel Departments, meeting links, minutes, newsletter, Parks & Rec, Tax Collector: townofbethelny.us.

Bethel residents can apply for a one-time Bethel CEAP benefit. FMI: 845-583-4350 x102.

Bethel’s P&R Ski Big Bear Program last date: 23rd. Email bethelparksandrec@gmail.com for info. Plan on Youth Open Gym (3-7grd) on 2/26, 3/9, 16. TBA on Fb: Youth snowshoeing and Tween/Adult Wellness Class. Enjoy pickleball, Parks & Rec activities, and local parks or area trails (trailkeeper.org).

Continue donations of non-perishable foods to White Lake’s Shepherd’s Pantry. FMI: 845-583-5885.

Mark your calendar for the WSUL 98.3 Heart-A-Thon at Resorts World Catskills on the 21st from 6a-6pm. Pledge donations at www.boldgoldnewyork.com/heartathon. Make a special donation to Team Maria’s (Frangipane) HeartAThon Fundraiser: givegab.com, Select 47th Annual 98.3 WSULHeart-A-Thon, and scroll to Team Maria!

Business Watch: Support local business. Use the Bethel Business resource list: www.bethelnybba.com. Become a BBA Member for 2025-Forms are available online.

Sponsor and plan to attend the BBA’s ‘Bethel Big Burn’ and SC Conservation Club’s ‘King of the Ice’ planned for this weekend! Thank you to the event sponsors and those who have donated raffle gifts.

Have you tried Smallwood’s Trofi Café or Woodstock Way Groovy Eatery? Take your valentine date to Local Table & Tap, Sorella, Bethel Market Café, Annie’s Ruff Cut, or EP’s Homestead.

See SCVA’s Weekend Brunch list at sullivancatskills.com.

Ski at Villa Roma and enjoy winter activities at Holiday Mtn Ski & Fun Park.

Order ‘Hearty Meal Thursday’ Dinner for 4 online by the 11th (asinglebite.org) for Pick Up at Liberty Food Hub on the 13th to benefit the Heart-A-Thon.

Attend a Valentine’s Day Party on the 14th at 5pm at Elks Lodge 1544 (North St, Monti).

The ‘Bethel Big Burn’ kicks off the BBB-KOTI Weekend at the Alton Distillery on 17B in Bethel on Saturday, the 15th, from 4p-10pm. The centerpiece of the evening is the bonfire with family fun activities, food, drink and the music of Jaketown Road. Woodstock Way Eatery hosts ‘Stacy & Steve’ to entertain on the 15th at 6pm. Decant Hurleyville Wine & Spirits is hosting a ‘Wine Glass Painting’ on Saturday at 6pm ($40pp). Roscoe Beer Co. has a ‘Paint & Sip’ on the 15th at 5pm.

Ice, Ice Baby! SC Conservation Club’s ‘King of the Ice’ Premier Ice Fishing Contest happens this year on Sunday, the 16th, at the White Lake Fire Department property from 6am-3pm. Adult and Youth pre-register online or behind the firehouse day of. Bait, refreshments, warming area available. Awards and prizes follow. FMI:

www.sullivanconservationclub.org. The Manor’s Catskill Brewery hosts a Cousins Maine Lobster event on Sunday from 12-7pm. Joanna Gass and Search & Rescue headline with other musicians for ‘From the Heart’, a benefit for HeartAThon, at Bridge and Tunnel Brewery on the 16th from 2-5pm.

Bethel Woods Adult Winter Wellness Series begins on the 12th. Register at bethelwoodscenter.org.

Ethebert B. Crawford Public Library (ebcpl.org): Offers free tax preparation. Register for online Author Talk: ‘Waubgeshig Rice’ on the 11th at 7 p.m.

CAS Gallery offers the ‘Hardy, Hoke, Spector’ Exhibit through March 1st.

DH Conservatory Eagle Watch Bus Tours: Register (570-226-3164). Next dates: 2/15, 22.

Dutch’s (Fb): Weekly Trivia, Karaoke and/or DJ, and Sunday Brunch.

DVAA: (delawarevalleyartalliance.org) Enjoy ‘Baubo’, Torey Akers & ‘Assembly Required’ Group Show.

Eldred Preserve-Homestead Restaurant serves dinners, weekend brunch, Happy Hour Sundays and Wine About Mondays. Enjoy a special ‘Valentine’s Day Dinner’ from 4pm-9pm. Take advantage of the ‘Dine & Stay’ package.

Forestburgh Playhouse: FMI Adult auditions, Actor’s Equity Assoc., and future roles are available online.

HPAC and Tango (hpacny.org): Attend a ‘Wine/Whiskey Glass Sip & Craft’ on the 12th at 6pm. Catch ‘Laura with Lake St’ at Tango on the 14th at 6pm. See ‘Six Triple Eight’, Free Community Movie at HPAC on the 15th at 10am.

Narrowsburg Union: Offers Digital Art courses in ‘25 (catskillsdigitalarts.com/classes-2025). NU is accepting Gallery exhibit submissions (curator@narrowsburgunion.com).

NCA (nesinculturalarts.org) and SCCO (Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra-FB).

SCDW (scdw.net): Seeking playwrights for May staging. Submissions deadline: 18th. Auditions in March.

The Lodge at Woodloch exhibits a Winter Art Show through March 4th.

The Honesdale WCAA (waynecountyartsalliance.org) Gallery reopens March 1.

Callicoon Movie Theater: (thecallicoontheater.com) “The Brutalist” screens on the 14th-17th (all 7:30pm, Sat and Sun 2pm).

SUNY Sullivan’s “The MET: Live in HD” simulcasts: Tkts/FMI: Sunysullivan.edu. Next: Beethoven-Fidelio, 3/15.

Market: Callicoon Market at DYCenter, Sundays, 2pm.

Suz sez, “This month, learn about our Presidents, Black History and DEI, and know that LOVE will endure!”