Happy New Year! What’s next?
The holidays were especially festive at my house as we celebrated Gov. Cuomo’s decision to direct the Department of Environmental Conservation to develop rules banning the use of high volume...
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I broke my New Year’s resolution (and I’m sure you did, too)
New Year’s resolutions, we make ‘em and we break ‘em. That’s the sort of fact that everyone knows, and yet every year we revel in the idea of creating our own personalized list of resolutions. We feel...
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Potter Greenbaum joins ARTery
MILFORD, PA — Well known potter David Greenbaum will join the ARTery Gallery beginning in January. The cooperative gallery displays a wide variety of fine arts created by its members, regional artists...
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Basketball in Liberty
LIBERTY, NY — The Town of Liberty Parks and Recreation Department is now holding open registration for its winter youth basketball program. Youth basketball program is for boys and girls in grades two...
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Suitcase Junket at the Silk Mill
HAWLEY, PA — Harmony Presents welcomes Matt Lorenz as the Suitcase Junket in the underground theater of the Hawley Silk Mill on Saturday, January 10 at 8 p.m.“No loops or special effects. The Suitcase...
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Zweig artwork unveiled at Devine
CALLICOON, NY — Barbara Zweig will present six new artworks at Café Devine starting on Friday, January 9. There will be an opening reception on January 17 from 5 to 7 p.m., which is free and open to...
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‘Flux’ kicks off CAS season
LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY — The Catskill Art Society will present “Flux,” an exhibition of photography and installation art by Claire Breidenbach, Christopher Manning and Cathleen Parra at the CAS Arts...
View ArticleI guess that’s why they call it the blues
It happens every year. After the lights have dimmed and the trees (and menorahs) come down, the melancholy often sets in for many of us who have been busy rushing around expressing good will to...
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In the rearview mirror (Part II)
SULLIVAN COUNTY NY — “A picture is worth a thousand words,” so they say. This is the second part of a visual replay of some of the dynamic athletes who have made 2014 a year to remember. All of these...
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Winter critters at PEEC
DINGMANS FERRY, PA — The Pocono Environmental Education Center (PEEC) has a series of entertainments planned. On Saturday, January 24 from 1 to 3 p.m., a new series for three- to six-year-olds will...
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Family skiing at Holiday Mountain
LIBERTY, NY — The Town of Liberty Parks and Recreation Department is now open for registration for family skiing, snowboarding and tubing at Holiday Mountain. Only Town of Liberty residents are...
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Audubon announces scholarship
NORTHEAST PA — Northeast Pennsylvania Audubon Society is currently accepting applications for its annual $4,000 college scholarship, available to students who wish to pursue a career in an...
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The winter eagle count cometh
As you read this, the 2015 Mid-Winter Bald Eagle Survey is underway. Coordinated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), this eagle survey is taking place in...
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Remembering Chuck Myers
When you reach the age of 66, as I have, you find that very few of the elders you learned from and respected as a child still survive. Fewer still continue in the same efforts they had in your youth....
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Napanoch woman arrested for welfare fraud
On January 8th, 2015, State Police at Liberty arrested Grace Belmont, age 31 of Napanoch, NY after an investigation conducted in conjunction with the Sullivan County Welfare Fraud Unit. The...
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Wayne County Court Proceedings
The following cases were addressed by the Raymond L. Hamill, President Judge, Wayne County:AARON JOSEPH ROSSIGNOL, age 36 of Lake Ariel, PA, was sentenced to probation for a period of not less than 36...
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No parking variance for Dollar General store
ELDRED, NY — By a three-to-one vote, the Town of Highland’s Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) on January 8 denied the parking variance application of Primax Properties LLC, which has a controversial...
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Sullivan development activity picks up
MONTICELLO, NY — The heads of organizations that issue monthly reports to the Sullivan County Community and Economic Development Committee agreed that since the awarding of a casino license to the...
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Wayne working for Marcellus dollars
HONESDALE, PA — Wayne County Commissioner Wendell Kay recently reported on the county’s ongoing efforts to exploit the county’s Marcellus gas and the county’s relationship with the Delaware River Basin...
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Medical marijuana bill in PA
HARRISBURG, PA — Lawmakers Jim Cox (D-Berks/Lancaster) and Ed Gainey (D-Allegheny) plan to reintroduce legislation that would legalize medical marijuana in Pennsylvania. The legislation would allow PA...
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