Rental dilemma

MONTICELLO, NY — So, someone puts up a million-dollar house and settles into the peace of the country. But then the house next door gets turned into a short-term rental (STRs) with parties …

Please, Mr. Postman

HONESDALE, PA — It’s said that neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail shall keep the postmen from their rounds. So when bad weather looked imminent on a cold, dreary, overcast …

When political signs disappear

It was the Great Bipartisan Disappearing Sign Cluster. The cluster is—make that “was”—at the end of the bridge from Callicoon, in PA, just under the “Welcome to …

Coronavirus Updates

COVID-19 case with possible exposures

LIBERTY, NY – Sullivan County Public Health Services is alerting anyone who visited Autozone Auto Parts, 1985 State Route 52 in Liberty, on the following dates and times that they may have been …

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In the community

- Vacation to the market
  
  My COVID-19 test was negative, so I went and visited Olga and Carol at Roscoe Nursing Home. They are both doing okay and are hanging in there. …
- Annual bat week underway and more
  
  Annual Halloween week observance of Bat Week REGION — In observance of Bat Week, an internationally recognized weeklong focus to raise …
- 'Are candy wrappers recyclable?' and more
  
  Innovative ideas in the community October 29 to November 4

Opinion

- Buyer—ahem, voter beware
  
  It’s ironic to me, as I reel from the plethora of political messages, that it is the foundational law that makes our democracy that has the …
- A vote for newspapers is a vote for democracy
  
  Newspapers face another big election. It’s about them. While the United States is riveted by a most unusual presidential election, …
- Watching over the town
  
  There are many people who watch over the town. It starts on the town level with the town board: the elected officials who do the business of …

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Sports

Hornets sweep meet

HONESDALE, PA — The Honesdale Hornets cross-country squad celebrated its last homestand meet of the season by defeating the Buckhorns of Hawley’s Wallenpaupack High on Wednesday, October …

Chaos on wheels: mayhem rides again

KAUNEONGA LAKE, NY — A long-standing fantasy of this sports scribbler is to pick up a banged-up Lincoln Continental Mark V, a multi-ton heap of Detroit retro-iron, paint it matte black and add …

Demo derby trophy hunters

KAUNEONGA LAKE, NY — What better way to spend a sunny Sunday afternoon, along with more than 1,000 motorsports fans, than watching cars crash into each other until one driver crawls out of a …

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Monticello rally protests George Floyd killing

Three hundred people gathered peacefully on the lawn of the Sullivan County Courthouse in Monticello, NY to protest and draw attention to the injustice and violence that is routinely perpetrated on …

Over 50 gather in Narrowsburg for demonstration

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Honesdale proposed budget calls for no tax increase

HONESDALE, PA — For the first time in years, Honesdale Borough will not need to increase property taxes next year, according to the finance committee’s proposed 2021 budget. The …

Outdoors

river talk

Roads and fishes

the way out here

Down the rabbit trail

river talk

Colorful leaves, colorful snakes

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