The Catskill Chronicle

LIBERTY – On September 22 and 23 over twenty Sullivan County youth workers participated in the Advancing Youth Development (AYD) training at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Sullivan County. The professionals who took the training are engaged in youth work throughout the county with agencies such as the Boys and Girls Clubs, Sullivan ARC, the Center [...]

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MONTICELLO – Legislature Chairman Jonathan F. Rouis and Vice Chairman Ronald Hiatt release the following statement on September 30. “As we begin the serious task of preparing the 2010 Sullivan County Budget, we felt it was important, as the Vice Chair and Chair of the County Legislature, to set the appropriate tone for the weeks [...]

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Story and photos by Carol Montana There was plenty of applause to go around on Thursday, September 24 when the Sullivan County Carecorps held a luncheon to thank the many organizations and volunteers who come together to make Sullivan County a better place. The effort was started about nine years ago by the Recovery Center, [...]

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  MONTICELLO – The Kiwanis Club of Monticello held their 64th Annual Installation Dinner at the Blue Horizon Diner and Restaurant on September 21st. The new officers for 2009-2010 were sworn in by Lieutenant Governor Lou Morse. Shown in photo are: Rose Raimond- 2nd Vice President; Jack Leshner – President; Mischa Leshner – lst Vice [...]

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Story and photo by Ted Waddell [MONTICELLO] – It all started with a photograph, a haunting image that spoke of the pain and suffering that war leaves in its bloody wake. Not one of those iconic classic images by Roger Fenton, Matthew Brady and crew, James Nachtwey, Robert Capa, Carl Mydens, Henri Huet, Larry Burrows [...]

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[JEFFERSONVILLE] – Thunder 102 and the Villa Roma Resort are joining forces in an event entitled, “The Face of Breast Cancer Concert at the Villa Roma.” Kevin Dowell, Director of Sales and Marketing for the Villa Roma Resort, came up with the idea of a fundraising concert. “When one of your employees gets diagnosed with [...]

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Story and photos by Carol Montana Eleven years ago, 25 people – give or take – got together to celebrate their love of antique farm tractors. Two of those people, Al Hall and Carl Denman, went on to co-chair the Antique Tractor Show & Swap Meet, an event that just recently celebrated its 10th year. [...]

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Story and photos by Ted Waddell [ABRAHAMSVILLE,PA] – Willow Wisp Organic Farm hosted an open house on Saturday, September 19, an event that attracted about 150 folks during the afternoon -  people from both sides of the river who were interested in organic farming and community-supported agriculture (CSA). In 2007, Greg Swartz and Tannis Kowalchuk [...]

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Story and photos by Ted Waddell [YULAN] – It was a great day for a parade, but there wasn’t one. The Annual Von Steuben Day Parade has been a popular fixture at the crossroads in Yulan for years, but the local fire department decided to pull the plug this year, citing lack of attendance. Reports [...]

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  Sheriff Mike Schiff (left) thanks Alliance Energy VP Joe Klimaszewski (right). [MONTICELLO] – The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office recently unveiled it’s brand new, state of the art, Marine Law Enforcement Patrol Boat. The 18 foot Guardian class Boston Whaler sports a 150 horsepower motor and an unsinkable hull. But how could the Sheriff’s Office [...]

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Story and photos by Ted Waddell [LIBERTY] – A dingy basement lit by a couple of dim bulbs dangling from a peeling ceiling, a two-man crew waiting for their next job. An unseen upstairs presence sending enigmatic messages downstairs by the grungy dumbwaiter. The ever-increasing tension between the two characters creates a sense of foreboding [...]

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Story and photos by Carol Montana Kelly Desmond and Elaine Graff concentrate over a fierce game of Scrabble, while Carmela Brandin waits patiently to play the winner. It’s the fourth and final day of the 18th Annual Sullivan County Senior Games, a series of competitions that drew seniors from all over the county. The games [...]

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Story by Leni Santoro – Photos by Leni Santoro, Ted Waddell and all of You [PHILADELPHIA, PA – HANCOCK, NY] – I can’t believe it’s been a week and a half since the Light Up the Delaware River Party on September 6. I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to gather my thoughts on [...]

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  [FALLSBURG] – For the past five years, the Fallsburg High School Alumni Association (FAA) has sponsored an All Classes Reunion. The latest event, a luncheon held on September 12 in the high school cafeteria, was one of the most special because of the gratifying turnout of over 100 alumni from as far back as [...]

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Story and photos by Ted Waddell [MINISINK] – The Upper Delaware Writers Collective (UDWC) and the Green Heron Poetry Project presented “Hope in the River – Celebrating the Return of the Green Heron” on Sunday afternoon, September 13. It was held at the Sullivan County residence of the Margolis Brown Adaptors Company on the New [...]

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  The Starlight Ballroom on Sunday, September 13; day 3 of ATP New York and the Super Furry Animals are on stage.  Story and photos by Jason Dole [Monticello] – I just got back from ATP New York, and boy, are my ears tired. Same goes for the rest of me. It’s been one hell [...]

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  Nelson Brizuela Paz, sits on the lap of Head Start Nurse Tammy Carlson while Fallsburg Lions Club member Stuart Wizwer takes a reading and Larysa Dyrszka of Bethel Lions looks on. – Provided photos     [FALLSBURG] – Amblyopia, or lazy eye, is the loss of an eye’s ability to see details. If it [...]

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Story and photos by Ted Waddell [LACKAWAXEN, PA] – “I believe that a reality without war is absolutely necessary for our culture right now,” said Tannis Kowalchuk, artistic director of NACL Theatre in Highland, NY. On Sunday, September 13, she led a group of white-clad women and girls in performing “Butorides” an outdoor dance in [...]

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Story by Sandra Acome – Photos by Leni Santoro The recently-renovated Rivoli Theater in South Fallsburg is a pleasing venue for the Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop’s (SCDW) production of Agnes of God, written by John Pielmeier and directed by Lori Schneider-Wendt. For one seeing the play for the first time the story was riveting; the actors, [...]

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  Concert goers at ATP New York hang out by the pond at Kutsher’s. Story and photos by Jason Dole [MONTICELLO] – ATP New York is rocking the weekend away over at Kutsher’s in Monticello, NY. It’s a rock festival without the muddy fields and sun burn. It’s more like a weekend summer camp for [...]

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