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Once a year in the 1940s, Anna Cooper sat on a front porch in Pea Brook, NY and counted cars.
This was Car-Census Day, reported Ruthanne Nevin in The Echo (the Basket Historical …
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By ANNEMARIE SCHUETZ
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1/22/20
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Most of you know I am Cochecton’s tax collector, and we are getting to the end of January. If you did not make the January 31 payment, you cannot make payments, you have to pay in full. …
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By EILEEN HENNESSY
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1/22/20
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Maternal Health Awareness Day
HONESDALE, PA — On Thursday, January 23, Maternal Health Awareness Day, Wayne Memorial’s New Beginnings Birthing Suites staff and the providers of the …
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1/22/20
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Prior to the closing of the Delaware & Hudson Canal and Gravity Railroad in 1898, the only passenger service into the borough was via the Gravity, with Erie trains stopping at Tracyville a mile …
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By ANN O'HARA
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1/15/20
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I had such a great time at the high school on Sunday watching the Harlem Wizards play basketball against some of the teachers and staff. I have to tell you my neighbor Dan Parisi worked up a sweat …
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By EILEEN HENNESSY
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1/15/20
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What's going on in your community January 16 to January 22
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1/15/20
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SEEDS seeks part-time executive director
HONESDALE, PA — SEEDS (Sustainable Energy Education and Development Support) announces its search for an executive director to fill the position …
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1/8/20
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As the New Year settles in, winter still rages. It’s the perfect storm. Cabin fever sets in as holiday bills arrive. Money is tight! What are some tonics for a young family, a busy adult, or a …
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By GREG TRIGGS
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1/8/20
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The construction of the Delaware & Hudson Canal brought many laborers, management and entrepreneurs to the new town of Honesdale. It was being carved out of the laurel swamp at the confluence of …
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By ANN O'HARA
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1/8/20
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HONESDALE, PA — “A great and emotional experience” is how Sammi Green and Ryan Conklin described the birth of their son Jaxon, the first baby born at Wayne Memorial Hospital in …
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1/8/20
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Hello, I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas, and I am wishing you a very happy and healthy New Year. Wow 2020 it seems like I was living in 1959 only 60 years ago. Yep I am going to be 60 can …
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By EILEEN HENNESSY
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1/2/20
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It’s a wonderful time of year for events and deals in Honesdale and apparently has ever been this way: a “Great Clearance Sale” comes to mind of J.N.C. Bader’s entire …
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By MATTHEW LOUIS
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12/31/19
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What's going on in your community January 2 to January 8
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12/31/19
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REGIONAL — The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced that more than 1,300 boats were used in 2019 through its recreational boating program in the Catskills, …
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12/26/19
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It’s my last column of 2019. I have been so blessed throughout the year, between all of my loving family and friends who check in on me and make sure all is good. I have to say that 2019 was …
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By EILEEN HENNESSY
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12/23/19
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A very dapper Jim Purcell is pictured here, all decked out for the Narrowsburg, NY centennial in July 1953.
Jim was sporting a beard, because one of the centennial events was a contest to see who …
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From The River Reporter Archives
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12/23/19
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HARRIS, NY — The Aktion Club of Sullivan County recently visited the Skilled Nursing Unit at Catskill Regional Medical Center (CRMC). They socialized with and serenaded the residents with …
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12/23/19
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LIBERTY, NY — Sullivan 180 announced on December 19 a partnership with the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine and the Greater Hudson Valley Health System (GHVHS) to expand health care …
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12/23/19
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BARRYVILLE, NY
Barryville United Methodist Church
3405 St. Rt. 97
845/557-6216
Christmas Eve: candlelight service, 5pm
BEACH LAKE, PA
St. Bernard's Catholic Church
300 Catholic …
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12/19/19
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ALBANY, NY — The effort to hold opioid manufacturers and distributors liable for some of the damage the opioid crisis has caused in New York State started with municipalities. In 2017, Sullivan …
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By FRITZ MAYER
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12/18/19
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