Good News! Another new business has opened on Main Street in Jeffersonville! “Ratty Books”! They have many “curated, illustrated books and bits” says Caitlin Kranz Yaccino, the proprietor. They are open Thursday from 10-2, Friday and Saturday from 9-6, Sunday from 10-2 and Monday from 9-4. Future plans include an area to read to children and other plans. To connect with Caitlin: hullo@rattybooks.com or rattybooks.com. I was in last week and had a great time looking at all the wonderful items! I will return soon for gifts! We wish her all the best in her new venture! Please shop local and support all of our businesses.

The 2023 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is traveling from Vestal, NY to the Center Plaza for Saturday, November 11th and weighs in at about 12 tons, standing 80 feet tall!

The Delaware Youth Center Holiday Craft Fair is on Friday, November 24th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 8 Creamery Road in Callicoon. Lots of homemade crafts! FMI: Contact them at 845-887-5155 or craftfair@delawareyouthcenter.org.

The James Dworetsky Holiday Parade Committee Invites you and your family to join them at the Annual James Dworetsky Holiday Parade down Main Street Jeffersonville on Friday, November 24th at 7 p.m. Bring your family and friends out for a great night watching our Fire Departments, EMS, and lots of others all decked out for the holiday! Before the parade Santa and his helper will be at the Jeff Bake Shop from 4-6 with gifts for the children!

Apple Pond Farm is holding an Open House Saturday, November 25th from Noon to 2 p.m. Join them for warm cider and snacks. View their newly restored barn and get an update on their post-tornado progress. 

Project Linus is a National non-profit organization with local chapters and thousands of willing volunteers throughout the USA. The mission of this most worthwhile organization is to provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through the gift of new, handmade blankets, quilts, and Afghan’s, lovingly created by volunteer “blanketeers.” It is also our mission to provide a rewarding and fun service opportunity for interested individuals and groups in local communities for the benefit of children. If you would like to work on a project for Project Linus, please contact Barbara at bjm292@cornell.edu to discuss requirements from Project Linus for blankets and to arrange drop off of your completed project.

Time for cold weather…something I saw on the “Volunteers Firefighters” Facebook page that I feel is very important to share here. Do NOT plug space heaters into power strips or extension cords, place space heaters directly into the wall outlet. Power strips are not designed to handle the high current flow required by a space heater and can overheat causing a fire.

Please let me know if you have any news to share!