Meet the new Upper Delaware NPS superintendent

BEACH LAKE, PA — Joe Salvatore sums himself up as “a simple man.” By that, he means a regular guy, the boy next door, someone you’d like to have a beer with. He’ll go …

Like a good neighbor, Roger Bisland is there

GLEN SPEY, NY — It may not have officially been “Roger Bisland Day” on Saturday, April 10, but a casual passerby would not have known it. That’s because friends and …

‘From the Wayne County side’

MILANVILLE, PA — Wayne County has more bridges than the year has days. Only a handful of them, however, reach across the Delaware River and connect residents to their …

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Coronavirus Updates

Rent owed

REGION — Tenants, remember this: No matter how badly the pandemic has hurt you, the rent is still due. You may not be evicted just yet for non-payment. The CDC extended the eviction …

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In the community

- What do you see when you walk around?
  
  Walking represents the foundation of our transportation networks. Yet, it’s often not designed around. Why is that and what does it look like …
- Alcohol awareness poster winners, trauma library and more
  
  Local students win alcohol awareness poster design contest MONTICELLO, NY — Each April, in recognition of Alcohol Awareness Month, Catholic …
- Visitation rights
  
  MONTICELLO, NY — Cat Scott wants to visit her mother. Lou Setren wants to visit his mother, too. Bert Kohn, the administrator at the Care …

Opinion

- Attestation
  
  I had my second Pfizer COVID-19 immunization this weekend at the SUNY Albany campus vaccination site and I am writing this column in a haze of …
- Infinite pools
  
  This week marks a little over a year since I left work one evening and received a call the next day letting me know I’d be working from …
- Never stop growing
  
  The great thing about gardening is you never stop learning. I have been tending a garden for more than 30 years in one place or another. But …

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Sports

Reflections on the mat

HONESDALE, PA — The wrestlers of Honesdale High pinned a 7-1 team record (5-1 league) this season. They then went on to compete at the District 2 AA tourney and also made an appearance at the …

Booters battle to a tie

LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY — It all boiled down to 35 seconds when, on Tuesday, March 30, the Sullivan West Lady Bulldogs (1-1-1) hosted the Lady Bears of Tri-Valley (0-2-1) in a girls’ varsity …

Bulldogs win homecoming game

LAKE HUNTINGTON, NY — The Sullivan West football team (2-0) defeated the visiting Bears of Tri-Valley (0-2) 16-8 during their under-the-lights homecoming game on Friday, March 26. Before the …

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Editorial

Exploring and restoring a river crossing

The public is being asked to weigh in on the fate of the Skinners Falls Bridge, the crossing between Cochecton, NY and Milanville, PA, which has been closed since October 2019. There are three …

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Leisure

Just call me artsy-fartsy

For those of you new to the area, have no fear. Art is alive and thriving here in the mountains. Granted, none of us have been visiting galleries recently, but they dot the landscape throughout the …

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Outdoors

the way out here

Teach ‘em young

river talk

Pick your park and celebrate!

river talk

Springtime serenade

Trick or Treat!

Though the festivities were different this year, Halloween 2020 still went on!

Nature’s aviators

For the complete story on these amazing Scott Rando photos, click here.

Reimagining Halloween

REGION — Ghosts and goblins, fairies and superheros headed out for Halloween in the year of the pandemic. While not the traditional Trick-or-Treat, communities reinvented their traditions for …

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