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On April 16th, 2013, to usher in spring, Frost Valley YMCA employees took part in their 7th Annual Roadside Clean-Up event. The roadside cleanup began in 2006 to give back to the local community and take care of the environment. Says Katia Martin, the Day Camp Director in charge of planning the event this year: "We have a social responsibility to keep our community clean."

Frost Valley considers local community projects and support to be a vital part of its mission. CEO Jerry Huncosky began the Roadside Clean-Up as a way of supporting the local community and tying that with another part of the Frost Valley mission – environmental stewardship.

After litter sweeping Frost Valley's entire main camp, 25 staff members, including CEO Jerry Huncosky, joined together to clean up debris from 14.5 miles of both Frost Valley and Claryville Roads.

SUNDAY JAZZ BRUNCH KICKING OFF JULY 7th AND RUNNING THROUGH SEPT 1st

Serving from our great brunch & lunch menu and featuring different duos on Sundays including Lindsey Webster, Dave Krajicek, Ann Osmond & Dennis Yerry and Charka. Music between 11am and 2pm. Serving 10am and 4pm.  Outdoor dining available.  Offerings include eggs bene, pancakes, house made hash & eggs, local burger, smoked trout and much more.  Great seasonal specials every week.  

WE’LL TREAT YOU FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY!

Eat a free entrée, lunch or dinner, on your birthday.  ID required!

FREE POOL MONDAYS & SUNDAYS!

Just ask your server for the quarters and play all day long!

110 Main St, Andes, NY  13731  T845-676-3980  www.andeshotel.com

CANS & CLAMS FRIDAYS KICKING OFF MAY 24th!

Gearing up for another fun filled Cans & Clams series already.  Outside in our Summer Shack every Friday of May 24th-Aug 30st 6pm to 9pm!  Live music every week, $6.50 bags of clams, $3 cans of beers.  Enjoy the summer air, toss some shoes, listen to some tunes and eat some clams.  Also coming at you this season in Summershack and as specials in the restaurant and tavern is Andes BBQ Company featuring smoked ribs, brisket, housemade sausages and much more.  No reservations needed.  Just come on down!

May 24th, Just Throw Money, www.justthrowmoney.net

May 31st, David Kriaai & Amy Laber www.david kraai.com

June 7th, The Decadence Duo www.reverbnation.com/thedecadence

June 14th, John Scarpulla & Jason Panucci, Check them out on facebook!  Read more

5.12-MOTHER’S DAY JAZZ BRUNCH WITH LINDSEY WEBSTER

Jazz from 12:30am to 3:30pm.  Brunch from noon to 4pm. Great two course special Mother’s Day brunch.  $22 pp.  Reservations suggested.

WE’LL TREAT YOU FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY!

Eat a free entrée, lunch or dinner, on your birthday.  ID required!

FREE POOL MONDAYS & SUNDAYS!

Just ask your server for the quarters and play all day long!

110 Main St, Andes, NY  13731  T845-676-3980  www.andeshotel.com

5.10-THE WOEDOGGIES LIVE IN THE TAVERN-7pm-10pm

The Woedoggies play classic, simple, honest, acoustic country. Based in

northern Vermont the Woedoggies are a 3-piece string band made up of Vermont music veterans Peter Riley on bass and vocals (Breakaway and The X-Rays), Rudy Dauth on lead guitar and vocals (Pulse Prophets) and Wylie Shipman on rhythm guitar and vocals.

After a two year hiatus, Catskill Theatre Works, Inc. returns to the stage with “Connections and Misconnections”, a program of live theater featuring four short comedies about love, marriage, baseball and even … aliens! Kevin Murray and John Willis perform in Victor L. Cahn’s “Bottom of the Ninth”, a touching one act play about two elderly gentlemen from very different walks of life who find common ground in the game of baseball. Ben and Diana Friedell do double duty in Jay D. Hanagan’s “Fancy Meeting You Here”, and “Post-Its (Notes on a Marriage)” by Paul Dooley and Winnie Holzman. The former deals humorously with the angst associated with meeting new people and forging new relationships, the latter with the ups and downs of lifetime commitments. Jay D. Hanagan’s zany comedy about extraterrestrials, “Extra Curricular Activity,” features Al and Kathryn Davino.  Read more

Tuesdays at the Theater continues on April 23, at 7:00 pm, with “Janet’s Class,” a documentary film by Dorothy Lyman of Andes.  This film follows a group of New York City retirees through their early preparation, rehearsal, and performance of a showcase directed by veteran stage, film, and TV actress Janet Sarno.  With humor and inspiration, the video looks at aging, and its opportunities for personal growth and fulfillment.

Janet Sarno appeared on Broadway opposite Danny Aiello in “Knockout,” by Louis LaRusso and off Broadway in his “Sweatshop.”  Her TV credits include “All My Children,” and “The Edge of Night”.  Films include “Rock the Paint,” “Reqiem, for a Dream,” “The Hard Way,” and “Power.”

Ms. Lyman lives on her chicken farm in Andes.  Before moving here in 2003, she lived in Los Angeles and worked in television as an actress and director.  In 2006 she produced and directed a film in Delaware County called “The Northern Kingdom.”   She will be present at the showing of her film at The Open Eye Theater, 960 Main Street, Margaretville, Tuesday evening, at 7:00, and will participate in the discussion afterwards.   Read more

The Open Eye Theater in Margaretville will present the world premiere of "Irving Berlin's America" written by Chip Deffaa beginning May 23 and continuing Thursdays through Sundays through June 2.  Sunday performances are at 3 p.m. and all other performances are at 7 p.m.

In this new two-character musical play, Deffaa traces the rags-to-riches story of this great American songwriter.  Starring as Irving Berlin is Bill Tari and Cedric Taylor plays the role of his visitor Jack.  Amie Brockway directs, Kent Brown is Music Director and Accompanist, Patricia Dell is Choreographer, Erwin Karl is Technical Director and Nat Thomas is Designer.

No one wrote more hit songs than Irving Berlin (1888-1989).  When the gifted composer Jerome Kern was asked: "What is Irving Berlin's place in American  music?," Kern famously responded: "Irving Berlin has no place in American music.  He is American music."   Read more

Hope to see you this Sunday to help us celebrate Maple Weekend in New York! We'll be serving complimentary house made organic steel cut oatmeal with organic Catskill Mountain Sugar House maple syrup. Can't think of a better way to start a day and just before a walk through the mountaintop maples and sugar house in Grahamsville.

RSVP by Saturday to Lisa Morgan Outdoors 845 439 5507

Main Street Farm for a maple taste treat Sunday morning!  Read more

Tuesday, March 19th, at 7p.m., The Open Eye’s Tuesday Night at the Theater presents Broken Hill. Director: Dagen Merrill. Actors: Luke Arnold, Alexa Vega, Rhys Wakefield, Timothy Hutton. Tommy McAlpine lives on a rocky, drought-ridden sheep station in the Australian Outback with his tough, taciturn father George, a farmer and high school football coach. Tommy Dreams of becoming a classical composer, but his father believes his son's future is in the family farm. Will George ever hear the same music that Tommy does?  A discussion about the movie’s characters’ growth and resonance with our lives will follow the presentation.

No admission charge but donations to the New Roof Fund gladly accepted. Refreshments will be served.  960 Main Street, Margaretville, NY, www.theopeneye.org, 845-586-1660.  Future movies are April 23 and 30.

Tuesday Night at the Theater is co-produced and sponsored by the A.S.H.R.A.M. Center of Margaretville.  Contact Laura Battelani, PO Box 382, Margaretville, NY 12455 845-586-3101 bodyworx@catskill.net

On Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at 1:00 p.m., at the Roxbury Library,
Roxbury Library Association Tuesday Forum attendees will hear and discuss
selected folk history tapes from the Roxbury Library's Irma Mae Griffin
History Room.

Regular RLA Tuesday Forum attendees will provide refreshments following
the March 12th program.

The Roxbury Library Association welcomes the public to all RLA Tuesday
Forum programs, activities, and gatherings, which are free of charge.

For information about upcoming RLA Tuesday Forum programs, activities, and
gatherings, please contact Roxbury Library Director Dian Seiler or Roxbury
Library Clerk Helen Faraci at (607)-326-7901.

Located at 53742 State Highway 30, the Roxbury Library is directly
opposite the town's United Methodist Church on Main Street.
 

The Open Eye’s Tuesday Night at the Theater presents Wild Horse from Shangri-la Tuesday, March 5 at 7 p.m. Written by Dennis Chan, Zhaopei Gan and Gigo Lee. Directed by Gigo Lee. With Gendun Hodsad. When Wild Horse discovers his little sister needs expensive medication to live, he decides to try to win a marathon in a distant city for the cash prize. First, Wild Horse must run three days through rural Shangri-la to get to the starting line. in Mandarin with English subtitles.  A discussion about the movie’s characters’ growth and resonance with our lives will follow the presentation.

No admission charge but donations to the New Roof Fund gladly accepted. Refreshments will be served.  960 Main Street, Margaretville, NY, www.TheOpenEye.org, 845-586-1660.  Future movies are March 12, 19, April 23 and 30.

Tuesday Night at the Theater is co-produced and sponsored by the A.S.H.R.A.M. Center of Margaretville.  Contact Laura Battelani, PO Box 382, Margaretville, NY 12455 845-586-3101 bodyworx@catskill.net

On March 16th 2013, the H.E.L.P. Organization (Helping Everyone Live Post-Disaster) will be hosting a Dance-A-Thon Benefit & Silent Auction at Fitness Concepts located at 363 Rt. 296 in Hensonville, NY.

H.E.L.P. for Columbia & Greene Counties is dedicated to being good stewards; to facilitate disaster recovery, simplify access to resources, and to advocate for those most vulnerable. 100% of proceeds collected will be disbursed to families recovering from Hurricane Irene & Storm Lee.

The cost of the event is $15 per person with early registration and $18 at the door. Early registration is suggested to secure a spot within one or both the classes. The event begins at 8:30 light breakfast included; 1st class begins 9:30-10:15 light snacks will be provided prior to 2nd class; 2nd class begins 10:45-12:00. Each participant will be entered to win a door prize!!! (Free event T-Shirt while supplies last)

For more information contact Maria at (518) 728-0897 or email us at helpforcg@gmail.com

We're briefly awakening from our winter hibernation to open our doors for the upcoming holiday weekend.

20% off everything Presidents' Day Weekend!

Vintage clothing, 1000's of vinyl records, antiques, rusticalia, photographica, ephemera, out-of-print art books, mid-century lighting, kitchenware, coats, dresses....everything! We're still unpacking boxes of fresh estate items.

Saturday, Feb. 16th, 11 - 6
Sunday, Feb. 17th, 10 - 6
Monday, Feb. 18, 11 - 4

Catch us now, 'cause then we go back to sleep until we officially re-open in the spring!

Leave a message or email us anytime if you've got old records, vintage clothing or cool old stuff you're looking to sell and/or trade.

Mystery Spot Antiques
72 Main Street
Phoenicia, NY 12464
(845) 688-7868
info@mysteryspotantiques.com
http://www.mysteryspotvintage.com
http://www.mysteryspotantiques.com

https://www.facebook.com/mysteryspotantiques  Read more

Please join us at The Open Eye Theater for February Fantasia

Saturday, February 16 at 7:00pm or Sunday, February 17 at 3:00pm

Communities of the Western Catskills are invited to The Open Eye Theater's reading performance of "February Fantasia"-fifteen original stories and poems by New York State authors about love in its many forms.  The performances are Saturday, February 16, at 7:00 pm, and Sunday, February 17, at 3:00 pm, at The Open Eye Theater, 960 Main Street, Margaretville. 

"We wanted to do something special, relaxed, and fun as we start the downhill run to spring when love is surely in the air.  We wanted to invite friends who visit us often, and those who have not seen the theater since it was rebuilt," remarked The Open Eye Theater producing artistic director Amie Brockway in making the announcement.  "These are amusing and moving reflections on love such as "Pigs in Love," "Tiny Bundle," and "Hippie Love in Late Middle Age."  Read more

The “Writing Successful Grant Proposals” workshop, a two-session grant writing class, will be held on February 12 and 26 from 3 PM to 5:30 PM at the Delaware County eCenter in Delhi.

The workshop will emphasize writing compelling, concise and well-crafted grant proposals. Workshop topics are developing a grant concept, finding funders, establishing goals and objectives, writing the narrative, making a budget, developing a work plan, and gathering support letters.

Kevin Hodne will lead the workshop. He has written over $7 million in successful grants in the areas of education, agriculture, and economic and community development.

The workshop fee is $65 for both sessions. A notebook with resources and sample grant proposals is available for $30.

For more information about the workshop, and to request a registration form, contact Kevin Hodne at 607-434-8254 or by email at hodnekevin@yahoo.com.

Kid Stuff, the free series of children' s workshops at The Pine Hill Community Center, has been generously funded for 2013.  The program, which offers free sessions in arts, dance, music and nature every Saturday morning from 10:30 - noon, has been running for nearly a year.  However, for 2013, thanks to a $5.000 grant from Kids in the Kaatskills that was matched by the  A, Lindsay and Olive B.  Read more

On Tuesday, February 12, 2013, at 1:00 p.m., at the Roxbury Library,
Chris Gordon of ICEPEDITION will offer a slide show presentation on Iceland.

Regular RLA Tuesday Forum attendees will provide refreshments following
Mr. Gordon's presentation.

The Roxbury Library Association welcomes the public to all RLA Tuesday
Forum programs, activities, and gatherings, which are free of charge.

For information about upcoming RLA Tuesday Forum programs, activities, and
gatherings, please contact Roxbury Library Director Dian Seiler or Roxbury
Library Clerk Helen Faraci at (607)-326-7901.

Located at 53742 State Highway 30, the Roxbury Library is directly
opposite the town's United Methodist Church on Main Street.
 

In a unique collaboration, the New York Council for the Humanities has joined forces with The Open Eye Theater, 960 Main Street, Margaretville, to offer “Growing and Aging,” a monthly reading and discussion series that runs from February 26 – June 11. 

Pre-registration is Tuesday, February 5, 7:00 – 8:00 pm at The Open Eye Theater.  “With its thematic focus, this reading and discussion program offers an unusual twist on the standard book group format by making time for thinking deeply about one idea, over time, from a variety of perspectives,” says Sara Ogger, executive director of the Council.  Read more

THE OPEN EYE THEATER SEEKS SHORT STORIES, POEMS, PLAYS FOR FEBRUARY FANTASIA.

After the success of the “Holiday Musings” in December, dampened only by inclement weather, The Open Eye Theater in Margaretville invites local and statewide individuals to submit stories, poems, songs, plays, monologues, and other original creations on the subject of Love:  for a special person, animal or thing, for the community, for the environment, for the self and any other aspect. The pieces should be no more than ten-minutes in length.  Those selected will be presented in an Open House show entitled “February Fantasia” on Saturday, February 16, at 7:00 pm, and Sunday, February 17, at 3:00 pm, at The Open Eye Theater, 960 Main Street, Margaretville.  The authors will be invited to read their own pieces, or have them performed by local actors.  Read more

[East Meredith, NY] After conducting a national search, Hanford Mills Museum has hired two new staff members: Kajsa Harley as Manager of Interpretation, Programs, Research and Collections; and Amanda Manahan as Collections Technician/Lead Interpreter.

Kajsa Harley has experience coordinating education programs, special events, community relations, strategic planning, grant writing, and interpretation. She was previously the Manager of Public Programs at the New York State Historical Association. A board member of The Exhibition Alliance, Kajsa received a Master’s in History Museum Studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program.  “Kajsa is an accomplished museum professional, and we’re delighted to have her become part of the team at Hanford Mills Museum,” said Liz Callahan, the Museum’s executive director.  Read more

Tuesdays at the Theater resumes Tuesday, January 29th at 7 p.m. with "The Lamp".  Suffering from the loss of his only child, Stanley has secluded himself in a dark and lonely place. In what seems to be the final days of their already strained marriage, his wife is presented with a strange gift - an oil lamp from a far-off land. With Roger Nix, Jason London, Meredith Salenger, Sarah Brown and Laverne Scott Caldwell. Director: Tracy Trost.

No admission charge but donations to the New Roof Fund welcomed.  Refreshments will be served.  Call 845-586-1660.  The Open Eye Theater is located at 960 Main Street, Margaretville.

Tuesdays at the Theater resumes Tuesday, January 29th at 7 p.m. with "The Lamp".  Suffering from the loss of his only child, Stanley has secluded himself in a dark and lonely place. In what seems to be the final days of their already strained marriage, his wife is presented with a strange gift - an oil lamp from a far-off land. With Roger Nix, Jason London, Meredith Salenger, Sarah Brown and Laverne Scott Caldwell. Director: Tracy Trost.

No admission charge but donations to the New Roof Fund gladly accepted.  Refreshments will be served. 

Across Zimbabwe, girls without any options are forced into early marriage to men who are abusive, unfaithful and, in too many cases, infected with HIV. Zimkids Orphan Trust, run by Dennis Gaboury and Elinor Burkett of Hobart, is changing that. We’re giving them nothing less, and nothing more, than control over their own destinies.

How? “Women’s work” doesn’t get you very far in Zimbabwe, so last year, we trained two girls in welding and building techniques– from laying brick to pouring cement. Now, we’re establishing an expanded version of that program, ZimGirls Welding, and growing it into an independent company for future trainees. And we plan to make it a template for other microenterprises run by, and tailored to, dozens of young women orphaned by AIDS.  Read more

FERAL SWINE? GIANT HOGWEED? WILD PARSNIP?

LEARN WHAT’S “INVADING” OUR REGION

The Lennox Forest Committee, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Delaware County and the Catskill Regional Invasive Species Partnership (CRISP) will be hosting an Invasive Species Awareness Day at Camp Shankitunk, Ford Hall, 2420 Arbor Hill Road, Delhi, NY. (also called ‘Back River Road’ from DeLancey), Delhi, NY, on Saturday, November  17,  2012, from 12:00pm to 3:00pm. The program will focus on feral swine, giant hogweed and the pervasive wild parsnip, Asian longhorn beetle and the emerald ash borer. Participants will learn to identify ash trees and participate in a woods walk to “tag” ash trees at nearby Lennox Memorial Forest.

The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is responsible for the death of tens of millions of ash trees from the mid-west to the Northeast. More than 7.5 billion ash trees in the United States, including 900 million in New York State, remain at risk.  Read more

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Delaware County will offer an open house on 11/17 at the Franklin Town Hall to highlight renewable biomass pellet fuel and two devices that work well with biomass heating pellets. The LEI Bio-Burner and the Harmon P43 pellet stove will be working and on display.  EnviroEnergy, LLC, manufacturer of grass heating pellets, will be in attendance to show how their product works in various heating appliances. EnviroEnergy grass pellet fuel is being used to heat the Catskill Watershed Corporation, the Catskill Center, the Pine Hill Community Center, the town garages in Andes, Hunter and Jewitt, the town offices in Hunter, the Ashokan Center and the 4-H Camp Shankitunk Dining Hall.  A research project funded by the Catskill Watershed Corporation has made it possible to test certain indoor stoves and outdoor hydronic furnaces at these locations to determine if the grass biomass pellets can be used as a fuel much like wood pellets.  The open house will be held from 10am – 1pm at the Franklin Town Hall at 12480 Co Hwy 21, Franklin, NY. 

Friends of the Upper Delaware River

For More Info:

Dan Plummer, dan@fudr.org or 607-363-7848

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oct. 18, 2012

SCIENCE, POWER OF COALITIONS EXAMINED

AT CONFERENCE ABOUT DELAWARE RIVER

The hard facts of science and the fine art of coalition-building were focal points of a conference last week about the wellbeing of the upper Delaware River.

About 60 people attended the third-annual “Water Water Everywhere” conference on Oct. 9 at West Branch Angler & Resort near Hale Eddy, N.Y. Participants included conservationists, academics, advocates and representatives of government agencies charged with managing water resources. The event was hosted by Friends of the Upper Delaware River.  Read more

DOCUMENTARY:  FACE OF FARMING AT THE OPEN EYE THEATER

Next on the big screen in Tuesdays at the Theater series at The Open Eye, 960 Main Street, Margaretville, is Ellen Wong’s “Face of Farming,” Tuesday, October 23, 7:00 pm.   This documentary video tells the story of five of the last operating dairy farm families in Delaware County, where once the dairy farming population was among the highest and most productive in the United States.  The video, made in collaboration with Anthony Marizo and Kent Garrett, memorializes the art of working the land and celebrates these families’ commitment to a fast disappearing lifestyle. 

“Face of Farming,” created in 2008, was part of a multi-media exhibit at The Roxbury Arts Group in July 2009, and was included in the recent Art & Soul of the Catskills Film Festival 2012 in Delhi.   Read more

The following is a user-submitted obituary.

Alonzo " Lonnie " Gale of Waterwork Road died Wednesday October 10, 2012 at the Benedictine Hospital. Lonnie, as he was known to all, was born in Tannersville on January 22, 1927 son of the late Lemuel Chichester Gale and Hazel Wright Gale. He was a graduate of Hunter-Tannersville H.S., and he then joined the Merchant Marines, where he was stationed in Alaska. In 1945 he was aboard the Sueja III (Q137US), a supply ship in World War II. Upon returning home, Lonnie married Peggy ( Ruth ) Every and they raised their family in Phoenicia.  Read more

Friends of the Upper Delaware River

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Dan Plummer, dan@fudr.org, 607-363-7848

Oct. 4, 2012/For Immediate Release

Gordon Flyfishers Name FUDR’s Plummer

Recipient of 2012 Conservation Award

            ROSCOE, N.Y.—Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, one of the Catskills’ venerable angling clubs, has named Dan Plummer, chairman of Friends of the Upper Delaware River, as recipient of its 2012 Conservation Award Saturday.

Plummer, board chairman of FUDR since 2004, was cited for “tireless work on behalf of the Upper Delaware.” About 50 people attended the awards dinner on Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Rockland House in Roscoe.

            Bert Darrow, president of the Gordon club, said Plummer’s commitment, persistence and winning personality have helped forged alliances among a wide and diverse group of conservationists that often had been at odds in the past.  Read more

Hancock once again benefitted from its location as Gateway to the Upper Delaware.  A visiting angler fell in love with the area and offered his firm's services in developing a promotional piece for the Hancock Partners to use.   This video tour will be updated when the new Hancock Town Square is completed.  This one acre green space at the northern end is being designed to draw people into Hancock, down the Byway and refer them to nearby attractions from Windsor to Narrowsburg.

Come and join us at the Community Art Space in the Commons Building in Margaretville. Participants will learn to weave a magazine basket for that armchair reader or knitter! Each student will learn the basic weaving techniques using rattan reed as the material. Color, pattern and design will be incorporated into the project. A brief history of basketry and examples of other techniques will be discussed as well. No experience necessary.

Class Fee: $45 Material Fee: $30

Registration and prepayment is necessary. Email workshops@catsguild.org for more info.

Circles, Stripes and Kettles

Recent Paintings by Bill Mead

Opening Reception September 29,  5 PM - 7 PM 

Woodstock Framing Gallery
31 Mill Hill Rd • Woodstock, NY 12498
845-679-6003
WFGgallery@gmail.com

From the Village of Middleburgh:

The Village of Middleburgh has launched several new projects included in a program intended to erase much of the damage of Irene. By working on these since April, the Village has been able to start the following:

• Through a Main Street Block Grant, $150,000 is being distributed to various businesses on and around Main Street. About twenty businesses are benefiting from the NYS grant money, with amounts ranging from $1,300 to $10,000. Trustee Sheryl Adams worked with the Schoharie County Planning Department to complete the project.
• Middleburgh is offering $50,000 in loans of one percent or less out of the Small Cities Block Grant. All businesses affected by the flood are welcome to apply to the Village for the loans, which will be distributed by a need basis. This was the brainchild of Trustee Bob Tinker.
• $10,000 from the Small Cities grant money will be set aside to encourage any new businesses, especially a grocery or pharmacy.
• A dramatic Main Street renewal project. $22,500 from the Main Street Grant will be used for new benches, garbage cans, flags, and other beautification works such as signs, flowers, flags, and the like. The following year, the Village plans on reworking many of the sidewalks along the business district. A new mural under the supervision of Trustee Bill Morton is expected on Main Street by next summer.
• A full time VISTA volunteer from SALT will be acting as an intern at the Village office. Working 40 hours a week, this volunteer will specialize in organizing the business community, events, and applying for grants. The VISTA partner will aid Middleburgh until the end of August 2013.

"This is a huge step forward," said Mayor Avitabile, "And the entire project will not require any tax increases." Trustee Sheryl Adams had been working on the Main Street grant and is largely responsible for it coming to fruition.

Members of the business community are enthused. This also comes as the Creekside Park project, originally slated for a 2004 opening, has just been completed. With the aid of the Middleburgh Telephone Company, the Village is planning on having the Depot Museum and Badgely Park renovations done by next summer.

These multi-stage rebuilding projects are part of a bigger plan, said the Mayor. "The Governor's office wrote the Village a comprehensive economic plan in 2005, but it was ignored. It's time to get the wheels turning again." Within the next year, the Village will propose a new economic plan, along with SALT and the new Middleburgh Business Association.

     Autumn is, of course, a great time to plan a motor trip through the Catskills to enjoy the fall colors.  It is also a chance to explore some of the villages, hamlets, and small side valleys of the region.  Hidden in these mountains are dozens of examples of that most iconic symbol of American rural education, the one room schoolhouse.  Before the automobile, it was necessary that schools be no more than reasonable walking distance for the children living and working on the thousands of farms throughout the Catskills.  A great many of these little buildings are lost to history, but a surprising number remain to be discovered and enjoyed on a day’s outing.

            In its continuing support of local playwrights, and expanded programming for audiences in the Western Catskills, The Open Eye Theater presents a developmental reading of "Truce...?," a new play by Wilma Mazo of Andes, on Tuesday, September 4, at 7 pm.   The rehearsed reading will take place on stage at The Open Eye Theater, 960 Main Street, Margaretville.  Performing as mother and daughter in the drama are Naomi Fisch and Marge Helenchild.  Patricia Brannen joins them as narrator of stage directions.   Ms. Mazo, who is also an actress, and the three performers just completed eight performances of The Open Eye Theater's collage production of very short plays, "Summer Shortcuts II."  Read more

The following is a reader-submitted obituary. Above photo by Andrea Cabane.

Dan Friend (MD, 1933 - 2012) was a Renaissance man with a huge heart, spirit and intellect. He loved the beauty and poetry of life, nature, art and literature. He possessed wit and wisdom, was a country boy, a scholar, a Red Sox fan and, most of all, a mensch who was always warm and gracious. We will love and admire and miss him forever.

He was born November 20th, 1933 in Passaic, NJ to Russian born parents who had migrated to Passaic at the turn of the century. He attended Franklin Public School #3, Thomas Jefferson Middle school, and graduated from Passaic High School in 1952 as the last February graduating class in the United States.

After attending the University of Michigan for a semester, he volunteered for the US Army, and served in Korea 1953-55 where he rose to sergeant first class, operation sergeant, in the army corps of engineers 185th battalion, 8th army. He used the GI Bill to finish college at NYU as a pre-med student while majoring in literature and chemistry, then attended State University of New York Down State Medical Center. He did a two year pathology internship and residency at Boston City Hospital, and then continued his training as a fellow in anatomy with Don W. Fawcett at Harvard Medical School. In 1965 he took a second postdoctoral fellowship with Marilyn Farquhar at University of California at San Francisco Medical Center in the Department of Pathology.

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Big Changes for the Margaretville Food Pantry

The Margaretville Food Pantry is changing its name, location and hours, beginning Monday, August 20th, 2012.

New Name:

The Community Pantry of the Interfaith Council

New Location:

42838 Route 28, Suite 2, Arkville, NY

(It’s the Yellow building next to Bottini Fuel and Sanford Auto Parts)

New Hours:

The Pantry will be open to registered and new community members every Monday from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, and Friday from 4:00 – 6:00 pm.

For more information, please call the Community Pantry at 845.586.2233.

Staff from Hanford Mills Museum will be at the Delaware County Fair in Walton. They will have a special exhibit on waterpower in the Cornell Cooperative Extension building.

From 1-3 pm on Monday, August 13, kids can make miniature waterwheels that they can take home.

For more information on Hanford Mills Museum, please go to http://www.hanfordmills.org

FOr more information on the fair, please go to http://www.delawarecountyfair.org/

"Creating Healing with a Meal"  Seminar-Worshop

Gluten-Free, Sugar Free and Vegan Meals 2012 

Hands on fresh veggies and grains in a spacious and professional kitchen.

The venue for "Creating Healing with a Meal", is S.E.V.A., The School for Environmental and Vocational Arts, located in South Kortright, NY

August 18th  Saturday  From 11am to 5 pm

Please email: mercedesartjsj@gmail.com to register   Read more

Shandaken Day is a free annual event for the family providing Live Music, Arts and Crafts Booths, Kids Games and great Catskill Mountain Fare. This year's event is being hosted by the Hamlet of Pine Hill on Main Street from 10am until 6pm. This year's event, aside from the usual celebration of all the organizations that make Shandaken a great place to live, work and visit, will be higlighting the recent designation of the Hamlet of Pine Hill as a State Historic Site. There is a kids day-long scavenger hunt where they can hunt for several unique buildings and historic features of the Hamlet.

A "Let's Move" ZUMBA dance will take place for all ages from 11am until 2pm at the Pine Hill Community Center.

Live Music to be performed by the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice, Ben Rounds Band and Earl Pardini and the Slide Mountain String Band.  Read more

The Open Eye Theater

960 Main Street, PO Box 959, Margaretville, NY 12455

A Collage of Short Plays is The Open Eye August Production

Twelve short plays with titles including The Roxbury Boys; Curse the Darkness; The Guest List; The Last Customer; Lend  Me a Mentor ; and The Cat Fanciers  will open as the production  Summer Shortcuts II Thursday,  August 9th at The Open Eye Theater at 960 Main Street in Margaretville  for eight performances.  In a mix of comedy and drama there will be three plays about a theme of “Friends”, three about “Family” and six about “Getting-to-Know-You.”

“Short plays, none more than ten minutes long, offer a juicy variety of characters, themes  and ideas.” related Amie Brockway producing artistic director.“ They embody rich theater experiences for audiences and a mix of opportunities to create those experiences for the actors, directors and back stage support artists and crew.”     Read more

The Catskill Mountain Foundation presents works by Dave Channon at the Kaaterskill Fine Arts gallery in Hunter.  Paintings of giant insects crawling across superhighway cloverleaves tell a story about invasive species.  Big steel sculptures parade across the front lawn, Popeye, the Headless Horseman, Esopusaurus and more, Opening reception Saturday, August 4, 4-6PM. Artist talk Saturday, August 11 2-3 PM.  Show runs through September 4. Hunter Village Square, Hunter, NY  For more Info: (518 ) 263-2060  or visit  www.EsopusCreek.com

In addition to its guided tours of the Mill and its vintage woodworking machines, Hanford Mills offers visitors a Daily Feature. This weekend's Daily Feature activites center on food. On Saturday, visitors can make ice cream using Play & Freeze Ice Cream makers, and enjoy some vanilla ice cream from 11 - 2. On Sunday, museum volunteer Barbara Sue Agoglia will be making gingerbread on the wood-fired cook stove in the John Hanford Farmhouse, from 10 - 2.

Daily Features are included with regular admission, and kids 12 and under receive free admission.  For more information, please go to www.hanfordmills.org

The Ulster County Planning Department will be sharing the results of their work to create a "Main Street Strategic Toolbox" for the hamlets of Phoenicia, Pine Hill and Shokan. Peter Fairweather of Fairweather Consulting will present the results of the market and hamlet analyses and discuss how this can be used to improve the competitiveness of each of the hamlets as business locations.

The meeting will be held at 6:30 to 8:30 - Shandaken Theatrical Society at 10 Church Street in Phoenicia.

Hope to see you there!

You can download materials related to this project at the Ulster County Planning Department’s website: http://www.co.ulster.ny.us/planning/mstoolbox.html

The 82nd Annual Delaware County Dairy Tour sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension will start at Maple Shade Farm near Delhi at 10:00 am on July 26th.  We will discuss the West Branch Farm Trail that goes from Delhi to Hobart and discuss how to attract visitors to the farm with Jay and Abby Wilson.  At 11:30am we will stop at Del-Rose farm to talk about adding income streams to a small dairy with Barbara and Ernie Hanselman and family who have several enterprises going on there.  This is our lunch stop so bring a bag lunch and we will provide milk and ice cream.  Miquela Hanselman, Delaware County Dairy Princess, will update us on her activities.  At 2:30 pm we will visit with Frank and John Lamport who have made many changes to their dairy since John returned to the farm.  All stops are on County Rt 18 -this is a drive yourself event and there is no admission or registration.  Call Cornell Cooperative Extension if you have questions or need a map at 607-865-6531.

The Phoenicia Library is hosting an evening of acoustical music, together with a really first-rate silent auction, to raise operating funds. The event will take place on Saturday, July 14 at 7:00 pm at Parish Hall on Phoenicia's Main Street. Suggested donation for tickets is $5 and free for kids under age 5.  Refreshments will be provided by Phoenicia's own "Sweet Home" cookbook author, Rebecca Miller Ffrench.

Performing acoustical artists include:

Breakneck Annie Band – Up tempo traditional folk music with mandolin and accordian

Robert Burke Warren – Contemporary guitar and vocal

Miriam Rose Altman – Nine-year old music phenom, playing solo violin in the classical style

Enrico “The Big Caboose” Scull – Traditional ragtime and blues guitar and vocal

Dave Kearney and Elly Wininger – Guitar and vocals

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Master Magician Arthur Martello will present an evening of magic and dialogue titled “Step Into my Parlour” at 7:30 PM July 21st at The Open Eye Theater 960 Main Street in Margaretville for one performance only.  Highly regarded as representing excellence in his profession Martello is a member of The American Society of Magicians, Kedabra International and The International Brotherhood of Magicians from which he holds The Order of Merlin.  Open Eye actress Barbara Morrow whose latest appearance was in the production “Summer Short Cuts” reprising this summer with new short plays will assist in the performance.  The stage is being set for a first class theater experience of being dazzled by illusions and tricks of all sorts.  Read more

Healing Arts for Mountaintop Hearts Free Wellness Day

HEALING ARTS PRACTITIONERS OFFER FREE WELLNESS SESSIONS IN PRATTSVILLE

Saturday, July 7, 2012

at

The Prattsville Hose Company Route 23 Prattsville, NY

Reiki (Ray-Key), Emotion Code and Therapeutic Touch healing sessions will be offered in Prattsville, NY at the Prattsville Hose Company on Saturday, July 7, 2012 from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM. This free wellness day is presented to help the greater Prattsville and Mountaintop communities continue healing from last year’s flooding.  “Healing is an on-going process and the compassion and relaxation of these healing arts is sure to make a difference for all attendees. Thank you to the Prattsville Hose Company for supporting this day,” said Myra Foland, Wellness Day Coordinator. Project Hope information will be available.  Read more

SUNDAY JAZZ BRUNCH KICKING OFF JULY 1st AND RUNNING THROUGH SEPT 2ND

Serving from our great brunch menu and featuring different duos each week including Dave Krajicek, Lindsey Webster, Lou Smalldone, Kristina Johnson, Ann Osmond & Dennis Yerry and Chakra. Music between 11:30am and 2:30. Serving between 10am and 4pm

July 1st Lindsey Webster & Keith Slattery
"Unbeleivable" "Pure Talent" "Huge Voice" "Norah Jones meets Aretha Franklin on steroids" "A pure joy to work with" - These are some of the quotes from Lindsey Webster's fans. An accomplished classical cellist, singer/songwriter and vocalist from Woodstock, NY, returns to the Andes Hotel with Keith Slattery on keyboard. Lindsey has performed all over the country with various different artists such as - 18 time grammy Award winning Jimmy Sturr Orchestra, Michael Dell Orchestra, Tommy Cash, Four Guys in Disguise, Mark Sly, Rupert Holmes to name a few.

For information about Lindsey, visit her website at www.lindseywebstermusic.com

ROXBURY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION SPECIAL THRIFT SHOPPE SALE ON SATURDAY,
JUNE 30, 2012, AT THE ROXBURY SIDEWALK FESTIVAL

The Roxbury Library Association will offer a special RLA Thrift Shoppe
Sale at the June 2012 Roxbury Sidewalk Festival. On Saturday, June 30,
2012, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., the RLA Thrift Shoppe will offer
holiday weekend shoppers the opportunity to purchase quality, individually
priced RLA Thrift Shoppe merchandise in the reception area of the library
and to take advantage of the RLA Thrift Shoppe’s ongoing bag sales ($2.00
for a small shopping bag; $4.00 for a large shopping bag) in the RLA
Thrift Shoppe proper. Items available for purchase range from clothing and
footwear for all age groups to household items, decorative pieces, and
plants to books for adults, adolescents, and children. In addition to the
special RLA Thrift Shoppe sale, the RLA will offer library patrons and
visitors the opportunity to purchase Irma Mae Griffin’s HISTORY OF THE
TOWN OF ROXBURY ($16.50 for a new softcover copy) and raffle tickets for
the queen-sized 2012 RLA Earthtone "Log Cabin" Quilt at $1.00 per ticket  Read more

LUNCHEON BUFFET AT THE OTESAGA RESORT HOTEL FOR JUNE 2012 RLA TUESDAY
FORUM GATHERING

The Roxbury Library Association will close the 2011-2012 RLA Tuesday Forum
season with a buffet luncheon at the Otesaga Resort Hotel in Cooperstown,
New York, on Tuesday, June 12, 2012. RLA Tuesday Forum Coordinator Julia
A. Menne cordially requests that all buffet luncheon attendees meet in the
Roxbury Library parking lot at 10:15 a.m. on June 12th for carpool
transport to Cooperstown.

To reserve a place at the June 12th luncheon, please contact RLA Tuesday
Forum Coordinator Julia A. Menne at (607)-326-3027.

The Roxbury Library Association welcomes the public to all RLA Tuesday
Forum programs, activities, and gatherings, which are free of charge.

Located at 53742 State Highway 30, the Roxbury Library is directly
opposite the town's United Methodist Church on Main Street.

For information about upcoming RLA Tuesday Forum programs, activities, and
gatherings, please contact Roxbury Library Director Dian Seiler or Roxbury
Library Clerk Helen Faraci at (607)-326-7901.
 

 
Thanks to the “Shelter from the Storm” benefit concerts at the UPAC and Levon Helm Studios this past Winter, The SHARP Committee, located in Phoenicia, New York, is still distributing Grants to Shandaken residents for home rehabilitation and other needs associated with the effects of last year’s devastating floods. Up to $2500.00 per home will be awarded to those in need.

Call SHARP at 688-5777 for more information about this or other relief funds available to Shandaken residents.

Hi All,

Can anyone help me out.  I use Jeff for Propane at my cabin in Big Indian, I tried to contact him today and found the number was not in service.  Not sure if he took on Damage in the Flood.

If anyone has any info it would be much appreciated.

He was loctaed in Fleischmanns, the number I had for him was 845-254-6069

APRIL 2012 ROXBURY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION TUESDAY FORUM PROGRAM

On Tuesday, April 10, 2012, at 1:00 p.m., at the Roxbury Library, Drue
Brenner, NY Connects Coordinator for the Delaware County Office for the
Aging in Delhi, New York, will offer a presentation on eldercare,
specifically on community services available to the elderly and on family
and community caregiving to the elderly population, for the April 2012 RLA
Tuesday Forum program.

Regular RLA Tuesday Forum attendees will provide refreshments following
Ms. Brenner's presentation.

The Roxbury Library Association welcomes the public to all RLA Tuesday
Forum programs, activities, and gatherings, which are free of charge.

Located at 53742 State Highway 30, the Roxbury Library is directly
opposite the town's United Methodist Church on Main Street.

For information about upcoming RLA Tuesday Forum programs, activities, and
gatherings, please contact Roxbury Library Director Dian Seiler or Roxbury
Library Clerk Helen Faraci at (607)-326-7901.
 

I am a Photograph student at Bard College working on my Senior Project. For the past four months, I have travelled to and from Phoenicia to photograph the hurricane damage and I have tracked the recovery in the news. I would like to get in contact with families, businesses, farms and individuals who would be willing to give me a personal account of what it's like to live in the Phoenicia/Shandaken/Prattsville area today. 

Please contact me via email at malinnium@gmail.com.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact Person: Dian Seiler, Director, Roxbury Library
Telephone and Fax: (607)-326-7901

JANUARY 2012 “JUST DESSERTS” ROXBURY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION TUESDAY FORUM
GATHERING AT THE ROXBURY LIBRARY

On Tuesday, January 10, 2012, at 1:00 p.m., the Roxbury Library
Association will host a “Just Desserts” RLA Tuesday Forum gathering at the
Roxbury Library. RLA Tuesday Forum Coordinator Julia A. Menne cordially
requests that each RLA Tuesday Forum attendee bring a dessert to pass.

The Roxbury Library Association welcomes the public to all RLA Tuesday
Forum programs, activities, and gatherings, which are free of charge.

Located at 53742 State Highway 30, the Roxbury Library is directly
opposite the town’s United Methodist Church on Main Street.

For information about upcoming 2012 RLA Tuesday Forum programs,
activities, and gatherings, please contact Roxbury Library Director Dian
Seiler or Roxbury Library Clerk Helen Faraci at (607)-326-7901.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact Person: Dian Seiler, Director, Roxbury Library
Telephone and Fax: (607)-326-7901

2011 ROXBURY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL HOLIDAY BAZAAR AT THE ROXBURY LIBRARY

On Saturday, December 3, 2011, from 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., the Roxbury
Library Association will hold its Annual Holiday Bazaar at the Roxbury
Library. The RLA Annual Holiday Bazaar will offer holiday shoppers the
opportunity to purchase delicious bake sale items and quality RLA
Thrift Shoppe merchandise, Irma Mae Griffin's HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF
ROXBURY, and 2011 RLA "Star Quilt" raffle tickets at $1.00 per
ticket or at $5.00 for 6 tickets, while children visit from 10:00 a.m. to
12:00 noon with Roxbury Rotary-sponsored Santa Claus.

The Roxbury Library Association encourages parents to bring their
cameras to photograph children with Santa.

The RLA quilt raffle drawing for the 2011 RLA "Star Quilt," expertly
handcrafted by the Roxbury Library Quilters, will take place at 1:30 p.m.,
directly following the 2011 RLA Annual Holiday Bazaar.  Read more

Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after. --Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Come join the book club at the Morton Memorial Library in Pine Hill!

Our next discussion is on November 30th at 6:30pm. We will be talking about the first part of J.R. Moehringer's "The Tender Bar."

Please call 845-254-4222 or email us at Pihlibrary@gmail.com with any questions!

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Morton Memorial Library in Pine Hill NY would like to announce our new hours effective November 1st 2011. The new hours will be: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 2-6. Saturday 10-2.

'Like' us on Facebook- Just search Morton Memorial Library

Come join our book group! We will select our next book this Wednesday (October 26th) call or email for details.

845-254-4222 or Pihlibrary@gmail.com

Douglas Anthony Cordo, the father of Private First Class Douglas Cordo, a soldier who was killed in Afghanistan last week, called us today. After reading about the decision to dedicate Shandaken Day to the legacy of his son, he wanted to share his gratitude with the town of Shandaken. Here's his message:

"I would just like to say thank you to Mr. Rob Stanley and all the people of Shandaken for the support. My son would be proud that they have done so. I'd like to thank them from my whole family. Little Doug was a great kid. He was my hero."