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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MONTICELLO – Sullivan County Manager David Fanslau has issued an update on the impact of the Winter Storm: Fanslau said, “The State of Emergency that was placed into effect from 5:00 PM Thursday through 12:00 PM Friday, and extended as a Limited State of Emergency until 5:00 PM – shall expire at 5:00 PM.  The [...]

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MONTICELLO – Sullivan County Manager David Fanslau has issued an update on the impact of the Winter Storm for Friday: Fanslau said, “A State of Emergency has been placed into effect from 5:00 PM Thursday through 12:00 PM Friday.  The Division of Public Works and the County Sheriff have been instructed to take whatever steps [...]

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MONTICELLO – Sullivan County Manager David Fanslau has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Thursday and Friday: Fanslau said, “The National Weather Service in Binghamton has advised Sullivan County Officials through a briefing that the Winter Storm for Thursday and Friday will produce near blizzard conditions.  There will periods of very heavy snow, 1 to [...]

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NY-ALERT – Affected Jurisdictions:  Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Otsego, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, Yates Counties A Winter Weather Message has been issued by the National Weather Service in Binghamton. A major winter storm will continue to develop today (February 26, 2010) off the east coast and will impact [...]

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MONTICELLO – Sullivan County Manager David Fanslau has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Thursday and Friday: Fanslau said, “The National Weather Service in Binghamton has advised Sullivan County Officials of an impending Winter Storm for Thursday and Friday.  There will periods of very heavy snow, 1 to 3 inches in an hour, with a [...]

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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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NY-ALERT – Affected Jurisdictions: Delaware, Oneida, Otsego and Sullivan Counties The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a winter storm watch which is in effect from late Wednesday night through Friday evening. A winter storm warning remains in effect till 7 p.m. Wednesday. Occasional light snow, mixed with rain at times, will continue across [...]

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NY-ALERT – Affected Jurisdiction – Sullivan County, NY Heavy snow will develop late this afternoon and evening. An area of heavy snowfall will move into the Pocono and Western Catskill regions between 4 and 6 p.m. late this afternoon. Rain may still mix with snow in valley locations. By 6 p.m. all snow is anticipated [...]

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MONTICELLO – Sullivan County Manager David Fanslau has issued a Winter Storm Warning effective 4 p.m. this afternoon to 1 p.m. Wednesday afternoon: Fanslau said, “The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a Winter Warning effective 4 p.m. this afternoon to 1 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. A low pressure system is moving northeast along 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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