April 14 – Birthday wishes to Janice Liff Wasserman, Shain Fishman, Saraid Gonzalez, Elaine Loewe, Cindy (and Margot) Margulies, Trevor Dollard, Mike Kaufman, Reggie Krasniqi, Denise VanLowe, Denise Bowers, Jonathan Farrow, Erin Lorino, and belated wishes to Art Salomon, Josh Murphy, and Jen Friehling.

Happy anniversary to Wendy and Brad and Trudy and Bart Hindley.

Area News Topics: SC International Airport ($18.5M) spring project completion. Skinner Falls Bridge demolition.

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

All Town Departments will be closed on the 18th. Applications are available online for PT office clerks.

Bethel’s P&R (bethelparksandrec@gmail.com, 845-583-5360): Apply for P&R jobs. Register for Summer Camp.

SC Dept of Public Health (Fb) info and Spring Senior Fitness (sullivanny.gov). 28th: Monday Bethel Sr Center class at 10:30am (2xmonth).

Check MoveSullivan.com for Bethel’s Monday service and expanded area bus schedule.

Support White Lake’s Shepherd’s Pantry. FMI: 845-583-5885. Jeff Bank locations are hosting a Food Drive for local pantries until May 16th and bank branches will also accept ‘Boot Cancer Card’ donations for St Jude Kids -Thunder 102’s Radiothon through May 16th! Kudos to Monticello Kiwanis Club for a $250 donation to Single Bite, the local organization feeding families and teaching nutritious choices to our youth.

SC Litterpluck: Free disposal coupons are available at Town Hall, Transfer Station and SCA through October 31st for Roadside, Trail and Water body cleanup debris. FMI:845-807-0287. There’s a Community ‘Clean Up Day’ scheduled for the 26th at 10am (gather at Sr Center). Alert: Annual Bethel Clean Up is slated for May 3rd and 4th.

Get involved with the SC Food Scrap Recycling Program (Kassie.thelman@sullivanny.gov, 845-807-0291.

Follow Bethel Roundtable (bethelroundtable.com), ‘Lake Association of White Lake, NY’ (Fb), Sullivan 180 (sullivan180.org), and www.CatskillMountainkeeper.org. Apply for seasonal Mountainkeeper trail steward positions.

Register for the June Rhulen Rock Hill Run & Ramble (rockhillrun.com).

Apply for the July 21-25 Emergency Services Youth Academy for 14-16yo (845-807-0509 / www.esyacademy.org).

Vendor registration is open for the August 10th Bagel Festival (thebagelfestival.org or 845-791-4200).

NYS Burn Ban is in effect until May 14th.

Keep fit outdoors: Smallwood Forest Reserve, www.trailkeeper.org, sullivanoandw.com, and alltrails.com.

Business Watch: Support local business. Use the Bethel Business Association resource list: www.bethelnybba.com.

The BBA welcomes new business members (application available online) and appreciates those who have already joined the spring membership campaign.

On the Calendar: Passover is observed through the 20th. Good Friday falls on the 18th and Easter is celebrated on the 20th. MCSD, LCSD and SW schools will be closed for Spring Break until the 21st.

Reserve for Kevin’s Restaurant ‘An Evening with Jackson Family Wines’ on the 15th, 6-9pm (845-428-7007).

Enjoy Woodstock Way Groovy Eatery dinner on the 19th from 4-7pm followed by ‘Corner Store Comedy Night’ with special and musical guests starting at 8pm.

Stop by the DYC Callicoon Market on Sundays, 11-2pm. Reserve Easter Dinner on the 20th at Eldred Preserve Homestead Restaurant.

Arts & Culture:

Bethel Woods (bethelwoodscenter.org): Register for programs and purchase concert tickets. The Museum is open!

Crawford Library (ebcpl.org): Enjoy programs and online author talks. Denise Fleischman’s Art Exhibit is featured through the 30th.

CAS (catskillartspace.org) hosts the Daccache, Orr and White exhibit until the 26th. Try Saturday 10:30am Yoga.

Cobalt Studios (cobaltstudios.biz): Check future seminar schedule.

DH Conservancy (delawarehighlands.org): Register for events of interest on the 19th through May 27th.

DVAA (delawarevalleyartalliance.org): Apply for scholarships, apprenticeships, grants, exhibit submissions and Riverfest vending. Gallery Exhibit: Carpenter’s “Open Spaces” and O’Brien’s “When We Are Among the Trees”.

Enjoy a Member Event at Krause Hall with the entertainment of ‘Reverso’ on the 16th at 7pm /DO 6pm.

DVO Arts Nest hosts Open Mic on the 15th at 6pm and ‘The Electric Chords’ in concert on the 19th at 7pm. The AN Gallery hosts Alzamora and Lockwood’s “Imaginative Interlude” exhibition through May 31st.

Farm Arts Collective (farmartscollective.org): Tannis and Jess offer ‘Bringing Your Story to Life’ at the WSPLibrary-Callicoon Branch on the 15th at 5-7pm.

HPAC-Tango (hpacny.org) offer dance, film, and workshops. ‘The Biggest Little Farm’, a free documentary, is screened on the 15th at 10am. Try HPAC’s Sip & Craft ‘Paint & Plant’ on the 16th at 6pm. Do a Kid’s Craft Hour on the 19th at 4pm.

Narrowsburg Union offers Digital Art courses (catskillsdigitalarts.com/classes). Enjoy the NU Galleries.

NACL offers ‘Luminescence’, a hybrid performance event, on the 19th at 7:30-11:30/DO 7pm.

NCA (nesinculturalarts.org) and SCCO (Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra-FB). Next concerts: 25th and 26th.

The Lodge at Woodloch offers speakers and events. The Gallery features Kiesendahl + Calhoun Fine Art.

WCAA Gallery (waynecountyartsalliance.org): Catch the ‘Earth Echoes’ Exhibit through May 3rd.

Callicoon Movie Theater is closed for vacation until May 15th.

SUNY Sullivan’s “The MET: Live in HD” (Sunysullivan.edu) – 26th: Mozart’s “Le Nozze Di Figaro”.

Suz sez, “Disregard the roller coaster and relax to enjoy family and the holidays”.