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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

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

Story and Photographs by Lorcan OtwayGRAND GORGE — A new restaurant opened in Grand Gorge today. Time will tell if it is a pop up, or a long standing culinary institution which will become part of the family memories of generations of diners in our Catskill town. It is a partnership between sisters and cousins of a well loved and much needed business which serves this motoring hamlet. We all know

ROXBURY — Dear Neighbors, most know that I love to tell the stories of the people of the Catskills, their tough and creative lives. I love telling these stories because I have over the years had to tell the harder stories. I started in the occupied counties of Ireland in the mid-1970s. I then did general reporting in NYC, from crime to fashion journalism. I photographed fires, arrests, streets blo