The Catskill Chronicle

Gloria Sanabria is defined as ‘homeless’ because she is living in temporary housing. She is paying for her own room after being cut off from local social services for “not following the rules”. Story and photos by Ted Waddell SULLIVAN COUNTY – “The job market was pretty good until about six months ago,” said 48-year [...]

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MONTICELLO – The Sullivan County Legislature announced today, December 29, 2009, that New York State Commission on Corrections Chairman Thomas A. Beilein will attend a public meeting about the proposed County Jail facility on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 6:00pm in the Hearing Room of the County Legislature. “As we continue to move forward with [...]

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LIVINGSTON MANOR – Tragically, in October of 2009 Livingston Manor resident and businessman Willie Taggart, a carpenter and general contractor, was severely injured when the ladder from which he was working fell causing him to drop from roof level onto his back. Willie has been hospitalized since the incident undergoing treatment and therapy for various [...]

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Story Ted Waddell – Photos provided by Steve Lungen Lungen up by the DMZ with an M16 and a command radio at the ready. – From the wartime collection of Steve Lungen. ROCK HILL – Sullivan County DA Stephen F. Lungen was never one to wrap himself in the proud colors of the American Flag [...]

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Story and photos by Ted Waddell Sharon Dodd, a homeless mother of two with her 4-year old son Fredrick, who attends Project EXCEL. SULIVAN COUNTY – “I don’t want to be living like this forever,” said Sharon Dodd, a 44-year old mother of two who lives in one small room with her kids at the [...]

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Story and photos by Ted Waddell Deanna Defreese is a single mother of six; of which five live with her between two cramped rooms. She is pictured here with her 4-year old daughter Trinity, a student at Head Start. SULLIVAN COUNTY – If your idea of a homeless person is a raggedy-assed bum sleeping on [...]

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Seth Wegener, Catherine Peters, Drew Maier, Dylan Reno, and Sam Sedlack – Santa’s Elves and Assorted Characters. JEFFERSONVILLE – Look, up in the sky. It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s the Starship Enterprise… No, that’s just Santa Claus and his new experimental warp-drive sleigh. His Science Elves loaded it with futuristic technology, and now [...]

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  MONTEBELLO, NY – Actors working for the Shadowland Theatre in Ellenville, N.Y., will have a much nicer place to live next year thanks to Provident Bank’s decision to donate a house to the non-profit regional equity theater company. “We’ve used the building to provide housing for our actors for about 10 years thanks to [...]

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Story and photos by Ted Waddell SCHS board member Barbara Viele in the exhibit space. HURLEYVILLE – As part of the Sullivan County Historical Society’s 23rd Annual Theme Tree Exhibit, the custodians of local history unveiled an exhibit titled “Victorian Era” in the main gallery. The centerpiece of the exhibit is a black dress once [...]

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Story and photos by Carol Montana Four or five weeks ago, NY State Assemblymember Aileen Gunther and her staff decided to have a holiday open house. It would also be a great time, they realized, to collect items for Operation Support Our Troops, a nationwide effort to send boxes of goodies and personal items to [...]

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Story and photos by Ted Waddell Kyle Barrett, trumpet, senior high band. LAKE HUNTINGTON – Sullivan West Central High School presented their 7th Annual Senior High Winter Concert on Tuesday, December 15; just in time for the holidays. The senior high band, under the direction of Ross Reynolds played five spirited works: “The Star Spangled [...]

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Story and photos by Carol Montana When you speak with Jeremy Gorelick, you get the feeling he’s never met a challenge he didn’t like. The newly elected chairman of the Sullivan County Chamber of Commerce, which just celebrated its 35th year, comes to the post with a solid background in business, finance and economics, having [...]

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White Lake, NY – Despite tough economic times, Bethel and Sullivan County residents showed great generosity at the Friends4Friends benefit/party at the White Lake Firehouse on Saturday December 12. The holiday celebration, aimed at helping Shepherd’s Food Pantry in Bethel, as well as the three local fire departments, raised $1,600 in cash and checks, $80 [...]

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Story and photos by Ted Waddell Erica Simone, soprano. FALLSBURG – On Thursday, December 10, the Fallsburg Central High School Music Department presented their annual winter concert. The junior chorus directed by Colleen Barber and accompanied by pianist Leon Hilfstein performed “Something Told the Wild Geese” arranged by Sherri Porterfield, and featured soloists Ashlyn Nardi [...]

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WALLKILL – The Town of Wallkill Boys & Girls Club, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Alexis Eggleton as the organization’s new Executive Director. The agency serves the Town of Wallkill, Pine Bush and Sullivan County and provides recreational and youth development services to over 1,200 children annually. She will assume the duties [...]

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Story and photos by Carol Montana Children squealed with joy as The Santa Express pulled into The Corner at Eldred on Saturday, December 12. And their parents and grandparents were delighted as well. Brainchild of Lou Monteleone, general manager of The Corner at Eldred, The Santa Express is a 50-foot lighted, musical sleigh, complete with [...]

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Compilation and photos by Carol Montana LIBERTY / MONTICELLO – Despite the first snow of the season, Thunder 102’s ThunderBlast, the holiday celebration and collection event for “Toys for Tots,” held at Monticello Casino & Raceway on December 5, collected hundreds of toys for the Marine Corps’ “Toys for Tots” campaign. Rocking this year’s event [...]

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  MONTICELLO – The Sullivan County CARECORPS Anti-Drug Coalition held a press conference on December 3 at the Government Center in Monticello to announce the Safe Holidays STOP Sticker Campaign. Coordinators of the organization are Carolyn Massey and Bob Korabik of the Recovery Center. Restricting sales of alcohol and tobacco products to underage youth in [...]

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MONTICELLO – On Tuesday, December 1, Community Unity held their 4th Annual Community Unity Luncheon and Dinner at Mr. Willy’s Restaurant in Monticello. The luncheon and dinner programs were held to honor one organization and two hard-working couples for their activism and generosity in the community. The luncheon program honored the Cooperative Federal Credit Union [...]

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Saint Nick and his merry band of helpful elves: Sharon McMan, Jason Parks, Nick Cristino. Story and photos by Ted Waddell WURTSBORO/WOODBOURNE – “It’s fulfilling a life-long dream,” said Jason Parks, who turned up at O’Toole’s Harley Davidson on Sunday in the guise of Saint Nick, before heading over to Woodbourne to hand out tons [...]

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  Members of SCVA and their families enjoy the festivities at Piccolo Paese Restaurante in Liberty Story by Phyllis Andrews with photos by Leni Santoro LIBERTY – The Sullivan County Visitors Association (SCVA) celebrated the holidays with its Annual Meeting held at Piccolo Paese Restaurante in Liberty on December 2nd.  Members and guests were treated [...]

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Rev. Kit Robinson, pastor of the First Grace Lutheran Parish in Jeffersonville, lights several candles during the vigil. Story and photos by Ted Waddell JEFFERSONVILLE – Sometimes one voice speaks for millions. On Saturday night, December 5, the First Grace Lutheran Church of Jeffersonville held a World AIDS Day ecumenical service and candlelight vigil to [...]

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By Carol Montana  LIBERTY – The informational town-hall meeting held at the Liberty Senior Center on Tuesday, December 1 was fairly calm until the topic of the solid-waste user fee came up. County Manager David Fanslau, Legislative Chair Jonathan Rouis, Legislator Jodi Goodman and Commissioner of Management and Budget Joshua Potosek began by explaining to [...]

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Melissa B., one of the drug court graduates shares the moment with a friend. Story and photos by Ted Waddell MONTICELLO – “I can remember a time in my life when I didn’t care whether I lived or died. Praying to God for him to take me while asleep and hating him when I opened [...]

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Story and photos by Ted Waddell   James Sullivan as “Stanley” and Dana Preibe as “Winnie” meet “Buster,” portrayed by Valerie Mansi (center). LIBERTY – “Not Much to Say” a new play in three scenes by Paul Austin, founder and artistic director of the intimate-space Liberty Free Theatre, where the motto is “everyone welcome, always”, [...]

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  Barbara Hadden, 3rd from left, presents a check for $10,000 to Susan Diamond of the newly formed SullivanArc Foundation. She is joined by daughter Susan Hadden, far left, and son Steven Hadden, far right. Both are recipients of SullivanArc’s services. MONTICELLO -  SullivanArc, a not-for-profit organization supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in [...]

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Story and photos by Ted Waddell Dana Priebe as “Luellen” a young mother trying to get her son back from ‘the system’, lashes out at “Mary”, a social worker portrayed by Rebecca Robbins. LIBERTY – “Final Placement”, a one-act play by Ara Watson made it’s debut at the Humana Festival, and in the years since [...]

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Left to Right – Employees Sarah, Michael Ramlochan, Alana, Stewart and owner Dave Ramlochan on Thanksgiving night. Story and photos by Leni Santoro PARKSVILLE – On Thanksgiving Day traveling from one place to another on the highways and byways of America has become almost as traditional as the turkey itself. Many travelers will stop in [...]

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Story and photos by Ted Waddell   14-year old Harrison Whitford. NORTH BRANCH – Open Mic Night is a regular Friday evening feature at the historic North Branch Inn. Last Friday was no exception, as 18-year old Graham and Harrison Whitford, 14, the teenage sons of Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford and Karen Whitford, a photographer, [...]

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