Birthday wishes to Raymond ‘Radar Ray’ Neuenhoff, Nancy Buck, Jacob Friehling, Anne Dubrovsky, Peter Sachs, Carol Pawlick, Heather Meacham, Brenda Patton, Cori Parsells, Elana Milano, Mara Resnick, Nolan Levine, Crystal Tweed, and Joanna Gass.

Happy anniversary to Sharon and Cornelius Alexy, Marie and Dennis Dietrich, Dina and Dan Sturm, the Kilgores, Renos, Youngs, Pattons, and the Zedeks.

Megan Reilly’s two 4-H summer county fair submissions moved on to the Great NYS Fair, where they both received Blue Ribbons. Congratulations to Megan and to 4H and Cornell Cooperative Extension SC!

Neil ‘Pumpkin’ Bell nailed it once again! On Sept 10, at Lochmor’s 13th Hole, Neil made his third Hole in One, aka ‘Ace’ with Bubba Bourne, John Bogaert, and Mike Lubniewski as witnesses. No one reported their overall scores.

Bethel Departments, newsletter, and information: townofbethelny.us or 845-583-4350. Town Board meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month at Duggan at 7:30p.m.

Pay your School Tax Bill. Liberty or Sullivan West: www.taxlookup.net. Monticello: www.infotaxonline.com.

Be informed! Know your local election candidates. Follow Bethel issues: the Drinking Water Source Protection Program (sample plan on the town website), the Mansion House restoration/reno, and the moratorium.

Continue supporting Shepherd’s Pantry (845-583-5885).

Enjoy Smallwood Forest Reserve and the park playgrounds. Hike sullivanoandw.com or trailkeeper.org.

It’s leaf-peeping time! Enjoy dining out, shopping, antiquing, visiting farmers’ markets, and getting back to nature.

Metro-North promises rolling out ‘Super Express’ train service this month especially on the Hudson Line. Support our local businesses and services. Use Bethel Business Association’s Member resource list: www.bethelnybba.com.

Cunningham Family Farm is open weekends. Bethel Woods hosts the Harvest Festival on Sundays.

Woodstock Way Eatery offers entertainment Thursday through Sunday. Sticky Fingers Delectables plans a ‘Shindig’ on October 12.

SC Partnership for Economic Development’s Annual Meeting & Awards Dinner at RWC Epicenter is on the calendar for October 9. Tickets, sponsorships: https://tinyurl.com/2485anuj, 845-794-1110 or scpartnership.com.

Yom Kippur is observed on October 1.

Get tickets for Taste of Sullivan Catskills 4-day Food & Wine event held at Cellaio, The DeBruce, Resorts World, and Bethel Woods on October 2-5. Learn more at tastesullivancatskills.com.

The Chamber hosts a Friday Networking Breakfast at Cornell Cooperative Extension on 10/3 at 7:30a.m.

Join ‘Walk with Us to Prevent Suicide- Out of the Darkness’ on October 4 at the Bethel Senior Center with breakfast, music, and raffles at 11a.m. Walk at 12noon (845-794-1029). Join ‘Logging Days- Celebrating OurHeritage’ at Narrowsburg’s riverfront on Saturday with 12 different competitions, activities, vendors and music from 11-5p.m. Attend the Burn Brae ‘Murder at the Mansion’ on Saturday evening at 5p.m.

Liberty Library offers Senior Coffee Trivia on Monday, 10/6, at 10:30a.m.

Arts & Culture:

Bethel Council of the Arts (Fb).

Bethel Woods (bethelwoodscenter.org): Museum, programs, concerts. 5: Attend the Sunday Harvest Festival ‘Oktoberfest’ from 11-4p.m. with crafts, food vendors, activities and music. Damian Ecco Band, 12p.m./ HV Reptiles, 2p.m.

Callicoon Movie Theater (thecallicoontheater.com): 3-6: “Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror” (all 7:30p.m., Saturday and Sunday 2p.m.).

Crawford Library (ebcpl.org): 30: Book Talk with Joan Glase, 6p.m. 2: Mah Jongg Class II, 5:30p.m. 4: Canvas Painting, 1p.m. Malik Bridges’ exhibit, ‘Faces & Figures’, runs until October 18. Tuesdays and Fridays: Adult Gaming, 1p.m.

CAS (catskillartspace.org): Jeffrey Christensen, Bonnie Rychlak, and Heidi Schlatter’s Exhibit closes October 25.

DH Conservancy (delawarehighlands.org): 3: Volunteer for ‘Nature Reserve Thicket Management Day’ at 4p.m. 5: ‘Woods Walk with a Bird Talk’, 10a.m.

DVAA (delawarevalleyartalliance.org): Candy Spilner and Avani Patel’s exhibitions run until October 26.

DVO (delawarevalleyopera.org) Arts Nest: 30: Open Mic, 6pm. 4: River Rep- ‘Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike’, 8p.m. Register for ‘River Rep Jr’, Saturday Youth Drama Workshops through 12/6 (riverrep.org). Lila King’s ‘Horsebook’ exhibition runs until February 2026.

HPAC-Tango Café (hpacny.org): dance, film, classes. 30 and 10/5: ‘Manhattan Short Film Festival’ screenings 6-

9:30p.m. 2: ‘LaKe St. Live’ aka ‘Southern Fried Soul Band’ at Tango, Thursday at 6-8p.m. 3-5: Cinema- “One Battle After Another” (Fri 6p.m., Sat 3p.m., Sun 2p.m). Aly’s Friday Pilates- 9:30 a.m.

NACL (nacl.org):10/4: “Murder on the Dance Floor: Disco Inferno” 7:30p.m. Participate, don your disco attire!

Narrowsburg Union (narrowsburgunion.com): Café, shopping, Saturday farm market.

NCA (nesinculturalarts.org)/Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra (fb): Concerts planned for October 11 and 12.

Shadowland Stages (shadowlandstages.org): Attend performances of “Becoming Dr. Ruth” through October 5.

WCAA (waynecountyartsalliance.org): See Plumadore and Hussung’s exhibits through October 4.

Farm Markets: Barryville and Narrowsburg- Saturday, 10-1p.m. Callicoon- Sunday, 11-2p.m.

Suz sez, “Spend time in nature for your sanity’s sake”.