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Sullivan BOCES holds graduation for Rubin Pollack Education Center students
LIBERTY – Sullivan BOCES held its commencement ceremony for the Rubin Pollack Education Center at the Clubhouse at Villa Roma on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Family, teachers, and school administrators honored the fourteen graduates for their educational achievements. Susan Schmidt, Deputy Superintendent at Sullivan BOCES, welcomed guests and opened...
Advice from the experts on fireworks safety
LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — Most nights leading up to Independence Day feature fireworks bursting in the sky across northeastern and central Pennsylvania. Chuck Karam, owner of Bulldog Fireworks in Dickson City, says the days leading up to the Fourth are the busiest days of the year. "Although we're open...
Back to Woodstock, with Wi-Fi: Women return after 55 years to glamp and relive the famous festival
BETHEL, N.Y. (AP) — Beverly “Cookie” Grant hitchhiked to the Woodstock music festival in 1969 without a ticket and slept on straw. Ellen Shelburne arrived in a VW microbus and pitched a pup tent. Fifty-five years later, the two longtime friends finally got back to the garden,...
Barn Fire in Bethel New York Bring Community Together
Last week when the call came in that there was a fire at Russell Farm a community came together to fight that fire and be there for each other. Initially what I saw on social media were videos of the flames and smoke which quickly became posts of a community coming together to help each other.
Radio Catskill Announces New Board Members and New Officers
(Liberty, NY — June 26, 2024) — The Radio Catskill Board of Trustees today announced the appointment of four new members and new leaders to serve as officers. Gerard Finn, Owner, Finn Accounting and Tax; Jill Fruchter, Independent UX Design Researcher & Customer Experience Strategist at Field Notes Consulting; Tanya Kalivas, Head Legal (US) for Neuroscience and Immunology at Novartis Pharmaceuticals; and Illya Marritz, Reporter at The Boston Globe were elected at the June Board of Trustees meeting.
Our fireworks fantasy is Fido’s nightmare
Mike Stura operates Skylands Animal Sanctuary in Wantage. When it comes to farm animals, you name it, he’s rescued it, from roosters to pigs to horses. He saved a very special calf named Jimmy, the reason he started the sanctuary. Surprisingly, when it comes to fireworks, his animals don’t...
MADISON TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES: Trustees Seek To Gather Signatures For Kunkle Post Office
Madison Township Trustees held their regular bi-monthly meeting on Monday June, 24th. Present at the meeting were: President Mark Schmucker, trustees Rodney Baker Sr. and Terry Huffman, Fiscal Officer Debra Maneval, Township Fire Chief Jon Baker, Fire Captain Jordan Hunkapiller, township maintenance Tony Carpenter and community members Austin Douglass, Jr. Dennison and Dan VanArsdalen.
Edward Chillik
Edward L. Chillik, Sr. of Hurleyville, NY a retired telecommunications employee at Bayview Custom Communications in Ronkonkoma, NY and a long-time area resident, died Tuesday, June 25, 2024, at Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern, NY. He was 88. The son of the late Louis A. and Edna Shumaker Chillik, he was...
Bethel Woods Adds New ‘Delicious’ Feature For 2024 Concert Season
If Bethel Woods fans had to answer a question of what is missing from this groovy site, it might be hard for them to think of anything. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is the home to the Woodstock Music Festival which took place on August 15, 1969. This three-day music festival brought in around 500,000 people to these peaceful grounds.
Back to Woodstock with Wi-Fi: Original attendees glamp, relive Upstate NY festival
BETHEL, N.Y. (AP) — Beverly “Cookie” Grant hitchhiked to the Woodstock music festival in 1969 without a ticket and slept on straw. Ellen Shelburne arrived in a VW microbus and pitched a pup tent. Fifty-five years later, the two longtime friends finally got back to the garden,...
Utah Jazz take Filipowski in second round of NBA draft
WESTTOWN- Former Westtown resident Kyle Filipowski was selected by the Utah Jazz in the second round (32nd overall) of the NBA draft on Thursday. Filipowski was projected to be a first-round pick but slipped into the second round. “I feel like I ended up in the right spot, that’s what...
Fidelity D & D Bancorp chairman buys $11.4k in stock
In a recent transaction, Brian J. Cali, Chairman of the Board of Fidelity D & D Bancorp Inc (NASDAQ:FDBC), has purchased additional shares of the company's common stock. On June 27, 2024, Cali acquired 252.636 shares at a price of $45.2669 per share, totaling approximately $11,436. The transaction has increased...
Truck, police car collide in Scranton
SCRANTON, Pa. — A wreck involving a FedEx truck and a Dunmore police car collapsed a porch in Scranton. It happened at the corner of Paul Avenue and Ash Street on Wednesday afternoon. Investigators have not said what led to the crash that took down a porch. One person...
Hawley council will back skate park upgrade idea focusing on drug abuse prevention
Hawley Borough Council President Ann Monaghan, at council's June 12 meeting, indicated that council will be providing a letter of support for the concept of refurbishing the skate park carrying the theme of awareness of the problem of substance abuse and addiction and seeking help to overcome them. Bill Messinetti,...
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