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Vintage Postcard and Ephemera Show and Sale

June 8, 2013 - 10:00am - 3:00pm
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July 27, 2013 - 10:00am - 4:00pm

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Tuesday Night at the Theater - Wild Horse from Shangri-La

By The Open Eye Theater
2/26/13 - 9:43 am

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

Tuesday Nights at the Theater - The Letter Writer

By Amiebh
2/13/13 - 12:11 pm

The Open Eye Theater 's Tuesday Night at the Theater presents "The Letter Writer". Rebellious teen Maggy Fuller unexpectedly receives a life-changing letter in the mail and tries to track down the writer. Presentation is Tuesday, February 19th at 7 p.m. at 959 Main Street, Margaretville. Call 845-586-1660 or visit www.openeye.org. No admission but donations for the New Roof Fund welcomed. Tuesday Movie at the Theater is co-produced and sponsored by The A.S.H.R.A.M. Center, Margaretville, NY

FEBRUARY FANTASIA: a show about Love

By bodyworx
2/12/13 - 9:34 am

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

February Fantasia February 16 at 7 and February 17 at 3

By Amiebh
2/11/13 - 8:10 pm

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

New Kingston's Plummer Wins Conservation Award

By David J. Krajicek
10/10/12 - 11:17 am

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

Snow day!

By Julia Reischel
3/8/13 - 10:15 am

Schools are closed across the Catskills this Friday morning, and it looks like a snow globe out there. The Hudson Valley Weather Facebook page reports that the snowfall ranges from 1 to 10 inches deep across the region.

We want proof! Share your snow photos with us, and we will add them to our slideshow above. Read more

Two-year moratorium on hydrofracking passed in Assembly

By Lissa Harris
3/6/13 - 10:02 pm

Above: Screenshot of a video from a Wednesday morning press conference by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and fellow Assembly Democrats on a bill that, if passed into law, will place a two-year moratorium on fracking in New York State. Source: The Albany Times-Union's Capitol Confidential blog. Watch the full video below.

A bill placing a two-year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in New York State passed the Assembly by a wide margin on Wednesday, March 6, and is now headed for the Senate, according to several news reports.

If signed into law, bill A.5424, which has local Assemblyman Kevin Cahill as one of its sponsors, would suspend gas drilling permits in the Marcellus and Utica shale until May 15, 2015, and require the state to complete a review of the public health impacts of hydrofracking before any permits can be issued. Read more

Permanent Verizon cell service comes to Margaretville, with AT&T not far behind

By Julia Reischel
3/6/13 - 5:53 pm

Above: The location of the new cell phone tower in Arkville. Screenshot from SBA Communications' SBA Sites mapping tool.

A new cellphone tower in Arkville is live and broadcasting Verizon 4G LTE service across the village of Margaretville and the rest of the town of Middletown, according to a press release issued today by Governor Andrew Cuomo.

The town of Middletown has had Verizon cell service since the fall of 2011, thanks to a portable cell phone tower on a truck bed that was brought to the village to provide connnectivity in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene.

Last fall, according to the Catskill Mountain News, a Florida company called SBA Communications built a permanent cell tower on a piece of land off County Rte. 38 in Arkville that is owned by Peter Molnar. Read more

Cuomo announces $25 million in grants to build more broadband

By Lissa Harris
3/5/13 - 10:51 pm

Utility poles near Binghamton. Photo by Flickr user Enoch Ross; photo published under Creative Commons license.

Rural utility companies call it the "last mile problem": Even in places where there is a network nearby that carries data, the final connections that bring service to individual houses are the most difficult and expensive to build. In the rural Catskills, where houses are far from one another and remote from population centers, many homes and communities still lack access to high-speed internet or cable television.

Some of those areas may soon get new broadband access. On Tuesday, New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the awarding of $25 million in grants to fund the expansion of broadband networks in underserved parts of the state, through the Connect NY Broadband Grant Program. Read more

In store for the post-bankruptcy Daily Freeman: Layoffs and union-busting

By Lissa Harris
3/5/13 - 2:59 pm

The latest local casualty of the crisis in the newspaper industry: Jobs and wages at the Kingston-based Daily Freeman, whose corporate parent, the Journal Register Company (JRC), is emerging from bankruptcy for the second time in four years.

In February, the JRC went on the bankruptcy auction block, and was sold for $122.15 million to the sole bidder: A group called 21st Century CMH Acquisition Co., a subsidiary of former JRC owners Alden Global Capital. In a bit of corporate sleight of hand, the ailing news chain's owners were able to shed debt and obligations to workers through the bankruptcy process, then essentially buy the business back again. Read more

Delaware County board passes anti-SAFE Act resolution

By Lissa Harris
3/4/13 - 12:11 pm

In a near-unanimous vote, the Delaware County Board of Supervisors voted on Wednesday, February 27 to pass a resolution opposing the SAFE Act, New York State's new gun control law.

The resolution that was passed (embedded below) is a slightly different one than the resolution that was initially brought forward by Deposit supervisor Tom Axtell.

Board chairman Jim Eisel, supervisor of Harpersfield, told the Watershed Post that at Wednesday's meeting, two supervisors objected to the wording of several items in the initial resolution: Marge Miller of Middletown and Dennis Valente of Davenport.

"[Miller] felt there were some inaccuracies in it. She moved to table it, and Dennis Valente seconded it," Eisel said.

Rather than send the resolution back to committee and delay a vote by another month, Eisel said, he opted to take a recess and rewrite the resolution on the spot. Read more

News from Margaretville Businesses

The Catalog Outlet, Inc.

Tamarack log style bedroom set
New youth bedroom set, now in stock!
New upholstery collection now in stock!
The Catalog Outlet's Memorial Day Furniture & Mattress Sales Event