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MARGARETVILLE — For several years Jennifer Rhodes and her daughter Soren Rhodes dreamed about opening a candy store. Living in Brooklyn, they were inspired by the special trips they made to the City’s famous Economy Candy Store – one of the oldest retail candy shops in the country. Each visit was a joyful occasion. In fact, Soren celebrated her sixth birthday with a memorable trip to Economy. And,

ROXBURY — Just before noon on Friday, the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, people began to arrive at the Veterans Memorial in Roxbury. By the noon siren, there were some fifty neighbors, two newspaper reporters from two neighboring papers, three men from the American Legion, ten firefighters from Roxbury and Grand Gorge and Molly the dog. It was meaningful to see all, including Molly whos

Pursued by Maple Hill’s Arletta Phelan and Skye Swartz, Schoharie’s Evelyn Messner moves the ball downfield. Messner led the Storm with four goals and one assist in Monday’s 5-2 victory over the Maple Hill Wildcats.

ROXBURY — Labor Day weekend in Roxbury reached its traditional crescendo Sunday evening as neighbors and friends gathered at Kirkside Park for an evening of food, games, dancing and fireworks, bringing one of the summer’s final big community celebrations to a joyful close.Now in its sixth year, the Roxbury Community Potluck has become a late-summer tradition organized by Friends of Roxbury members

FLEISCHMANNS — With cool mornings beginning to hint at autumn, Fleischmanns made the most of one of summer's final holiday weekends Sunday as Main Street filled with music, food, art, yard sales and neighbors for the village's annual Labor Day Street Festival.Before noon, vendors hurried through last-minute preparations while residents arranged the traditional assortment of yard-sale discoveries a

One hundred and fifty years ago, along the Ulster Delaware Turnpike, before it was to become Route 28, lines of men called Gandy Dancers laid down wooden ties, crushed rock ballast and rails. They inched the rails into place. Soon after, they would straighten those same rails. The rails would be constantly pushed out of line by the immense crushing weight of trains rumbling over them. They tapped

HOBART - The toes were tappin' and the hands were clappin' on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in the village of Hobart, where an early full house was enjoying the Leatherstocking Jazz Orchestra.The mood was festive and the spirits were high as the sun came out to smile down on this humongous gathering of people enjoying local brews and sausage.Hobart Rotary Club member Andrew Flach was working the

BEDELL CEMETERY — This past Saturday, I had the honor of being invited to the unveiling of a marker dedicated to the memory of Revolutionary War veteran, Sylvenus Kelly. The Kelly family are indeed a remarkable group, among a remarkable group of families. I discovered a while back that there are families here in the Catskills with long memories. At screenings of "The Calico Rebellion," a film abou

MIDDLEBURGH - There are no students taking classes at the two Middleburgh schools, but that does not mean that it has not been a very busy summer in the district.Construction workers have been busy working on projects at the bus garage, elementary and high schools. Most of the work will be done before students return next month, though some projects will last into the beginning of the 2026-27 scho

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