The Catskill Chronicle

  Lori Rubinstein-Fleck (front row – 3rd from left), a guest lecturer at a Monticello Academy of Finance class, shown here with student entrepreneurs. MONTICELLO – Recently, Monticello Academy of Finance Advisory Board Member and Founder/Creative Director of RubyFlecks Creative Consulting, Lori Rubinstein-Fleck, visited a Monticello AOF class to guest lecture about the power and [...]

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Chamber members present check to teachers at the annual Chamber membership meeting in December 2009. From left, Chamber President Christopher Andreola, LMCS art and music teachers Christina Desmond, Val Taggart, Jessica Mall, Chad Miller, and Chamber Officers Van Morrow, Lisa Lyons, and Carolin Walton-Brown. LIVINGSTON MANOR – Livingston Manor’s Trout Parade is Sullivan County’s premier [...]

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Sullivan County Sheriff  Mike Schiff (l) congratulates Sgt. Luis Alvarez (r) on receiving the NYS Sheriff’s Association Carl Draxler Award. MONTICELLO – On Tuesday, February 23, 2010, The New York State Sheriffs Association bestowed its prestigious “Carl Draxler Award” upon Sergeant Luis Alvarez of the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Patrol. The Carl Draxler award is named [...]

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  Liberty Rotary Club’s president Jack Strassman (right) presents a donation to Habitat For Humanity of Sullivan County President Patricia Pomeroy (left) and Habitat member Judy Brennan (center). LIBERTY – At a recent Liberty Rotary Club meeting at Charlies Restaurant (Formerly Cobblers), Rotary members found out that Habitat For Humanity of Sullivan County is beginning [...]

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MONTICELLO – Sullivan County Sheriff Mike Schiff warned citizens on Sunday of two scams currently being perpetrated in the county. The first scam involves a telephone caller posing as a Direct TV salesman offering an upgrade in the satellite service. The caller offers a "special deal" for $9.95 to upgrade the number of channels the [...]

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Sullivan County District 7 Legislady Leni Binder (R) was among those who welcomed the new district superintendent, Larry Thomas, as students from the Culinary Arts department  served an impressive array of hors d’oevres specially created for the occasion. Story by Carol Montana, Photos by Leni Santoro LIBERTY – Thirty years as a teacher and principal [...]

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MOUNTAINDALE – The Mountaindale Community Development Project and Big Sky Productions proudly present a staged reading of John Ford Noonan’s hilarious play, A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking on Saturday, March 6 and Sunday, March 7. A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking was originally seen Off-Broadway with Eileen Brennan and Susan Sarandon. The [...]

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Claire Coleman with one of her early oil portraits. Story and photos by Ted Waddell LIVINGSTON MANOR – “It’s PUNK with an ‘L’, it’s edgy but fun,” said Claire Coleman of “The Plunk Shop”, her new store on the main drag in Livingston Manor. Coleman said she wanted to incorporate an onomatopoeia in the name [...]

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The lead guitarist in “The Here and Now” is a blur of motion. Story and photos by Ted Waddell LIVINGSTON MANOR – In 1969, Darlene Roberta “Dar” Simpson was a junior in Livingston Manor Central School’s Class of 1970 when, as 11th graders the class decided to hold a fundraising Battle of the Bands. After [...]

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HARRIS – Join WSUL 98.3 / 95.7 and WVOS 95.9 as they join forces to raise money for the Cardio-Pulmonary Department of Catskill Regional Medical Center. This year’s 32nd Annual Heart-a-thon will take place at Catskill Regional Medical Center’s Garden Level Food Court on Saturday, February 27 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This year’s [...]

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The first curtain revealed a 1951 Ford farm tractor, Pictured with Tara Berescik are John Jarbine and Kevin Stanly from Johnson’s Toyota, along with superintendent Thomas W. Palmer. Story and photos by Ted Waddell GRAHAMSVILLE – Talk about a switcheroo! Instead of getting a new 2010 Toyota Tundra pickup truck, it looked like that – in these [...]

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  David Dann, was one of the hosts for the on-air 20th Anniversary broadcast.  Story and photos by Ted Waddell  JEFFERSONVILLE – It all started with a dream by a dam site. On February 12, 1990 Glenn Wooddell took a deep breath, switched on his mike, cranked up the sound board and announced to the listening [...]

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  YOUNGSVILLE – Catskill Mountainkeeper – the leading advocacy organization dedicated to the Catskill Mountain Region – has hired Aaron Bennett as Regional Director for Greene, Ulster, and Delaware counties. A lifelong resident of the area, Bennett was previously employed for more than 11 years by The Catskill Center for Conservation and Development – most [...]

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A few of Tri-Valley’s FFA members. Story and photos by Ted Waddell GRAHAMSVILLE – The theme of FFA Week 2010 (February 20-27) is “Lead Out Loud”, and members of the national organization, founded in 1928, realize that success in life is not attained by sitting quietly in the background. In order to reach their personal [...]

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MONTICELLO – Sullivan County Manager David P. Fanslau sent letters on January 29, 2010 to Orange County Executive Edward Diana and Ulster County Executive Mike Hein regarding the ability of their respective counties to provide guaranteed cell space for a fixed amount of inmates, both short-term and long-term. The Sullivan County Jail has portions that [...]

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“Folk Plus,” with Angela Page airs every Saturday at 11 a.m. and is just one of the many programs available to WJFF listeners. JEFFERSONVILLE – Sullivan County’s only public radio station, WJFF 90.5 FM, will celebrate its 20th anniversary on Saturday, Feb. 13 with a special 3-hour live broadcast and open house. Current and former [...]

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NARROWSBURG – Nineteen Sullivan County non-profit organizations received $20,000 in Decentralization Grants (DEC) for 2010 cultural programming at a special awards ceremony held on Saturday, February 6 at the Delaware Arts Center in Narrowsburg, NY. Assemblymember Aileen Gunther was on hand to present the award checks. And in the photo on left Gunther is shown [...]

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Story and photos by Ted Waddell MONTICELLO– Times are tough for 20-year old Matthew Mann and his girlfriend Christina Conklin, 34, and even more so for nine-month old Ryan. Especially when they got a notice from the landlord kicking them out of the apartment at 33 St. John Street that they were sharing with one [...]

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Monticello, NY: (Pictured left to right) Kaytee Warren, Chief Professional Officer of United Way of Sullivan County receives a gift of $1,000 for Project Care from M&T Bank Branch Managers, Eileen Mershon, Roscoe, Timothy Brosnan, Liberty and Sean Soliva, Monticello. The contribution was in addition to M&T’s annual corporate support and is designated for the [...]

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Photos by Lori Rubinstein-Fleck Monticello, NY – The 2nd Annual Great Sullivan FoodRaiser proved to be the success it promised and then some. More than 350 guests attended the seven-hour non-stop music festival at Mr. Willy’s Restaurant in Monticello, NY with proceeds topping the $10K point. “What a great event! Even in such a difficult [...]

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All’s well that ends well. RCS Superintendent John Evans holds his kindergarten diploma from Roscoe Central School. Story and photos by Ted Waddell ROSCOE – It’s a good thing for Roscoe’s new superintendent that the statute of limitations on elementary school misdeeds has run out, or at least he hopes so…Once former superintendent Carmine Giangreco [...]

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ROSCOE – The Roscoe Rockland Chamber of Commerce is the recipient of a $200,000 grant from the New York State Housing Trust Fund and the Office of Community Renewal. The grant is part of the agency’s Main Street Program and is designed to assist communities in downtown renewal with an emphasis on façade improvements, capital [...]

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