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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

TANNERSVILLE – The Hunter-Tannersville Girls Varsity Soccer Team defeated Gilboa-Conesville-Roxbury 5-4 during their first official Delaware League game, which took place at home in Tannersville on September 8.H-T’s Girls Varsity Soccer Coach Bobbi Schmitt said, “I thought our girls played a great game! We’re consistently moving forward and building on what we do each day to become a better team.”

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

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

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

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

MARGARETVILLE — The tantalizing smell of wood-smoke fills the air as meats sizzle in the big smokers outside of the clubhouse at the Meadows Golf Center in Margaretville. It’s Saturday night and Duane Wilkins, a master at turning out Southern-style barbecue, is on the job, over-seeing the wood-smokers. The fun and good eating is underway.  Barbecue lovers of all ages are heading to The Meadows Gol