ELDRED, NY— The January 12 Highland Town Board meeting commenced as it had countless times before: with a pro forma request that, “All rise for the Pledge.” Meetings have been …
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By GREGORY HATTON
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1/20/21
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If you have not yet been to “Peace, Love & Lights,” the holiday light show at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, you do not know what you are missing. This past weekend, there were six …
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By Eileen Hennessy
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12/9/20
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What's going on in arts, leisure and community December 10 to 16
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12/9/20
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KAUNENGA LAKE, NY — If crashing cars into each other isn’t dangerous enough, there’s always the risk of fire and entrapment if things don’t go exactly as planned.
With that …
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By TED WADDELL
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12/2/20
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KAUNEONGA LAKE, NY — In a demolition derby, the champion is the last car running, a motorsports subculture-take on the old adage of a champion being “the last man standing.”
Back …
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By TED WADDELL
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12/2/20
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That age-old excuse has existed since the first one-room schoolhouse was attended by the first student who had a mongrel at home to blame for not handing in his (or her) assignment on time. Of …
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By JONATHAN CHARLES FOX
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12/2/20
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In the spirit of shopping local, merrymaking and offering helping hands November 26 to December 2
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11/25/20
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KAUNEONGA LAKE, NY — “I have a good wife who lets me do my thing,” said veteran modified driver John Cote of New Milford, CT. For the last 20 years, he has considered Bethel Motor …
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By TED WADDELL
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11/18/20
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BETHEL, NY — Arriving early for the October 28 wellness workshop on vision boarding, I enjoyed a few minutes of spectacular sunset views outside the conservatory at Bethel Woods Center for the …
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By LINDA DROLLINGER
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11/4/20
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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 …
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By TED WADDELL
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10/21/20
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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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By TED WADDELL
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10/14/20
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Metzger calls on FCC to reject Spectrum petition
SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY — Sen. Jen Metzger (SD-42) has called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reject a request made by Charter …
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9/17/20
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WHITE LAKE, NY — In order to pressure the Eagle Creek Hydro Power LLC to live up to its permit conditions, the Friends of Toronto Reservoir (FOTR) has enlisted …
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By TED WADDELL
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9/16/20
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On Monday, September 7, Rep. Antonio Delgado (NY-19) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand visited Bethel Woods Center for the Arts to push for the bipartisan Reviving the Economy Sustainably Towards a …
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9/9/20
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KAUNEONGA LAKE, NY — The passage of time flows across our world like vapors rising from on a misty morning.
And like the wind, the history of motorsports repeats itself—if not in …
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By TED WADDELL
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9/2/20
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What's going on in health and wellness September 3 to 9
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9/2/20
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KAUNEONGA LAKE, NY — Return with us now to the halcyon days of open-cockpit motorsports in America.
That bygone era when racers competed wheel-to-wheel in what are now considered to be …
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By TED WADDELL
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8/12/20
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KAUNEONGA LAKE, NY — On Sunday, July 12, Bethel Motor Speedway hosted a varied program of motorsports racing action on the local legendary quarter-mile asphalt oval.
Members of the Atlantic …
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By TED WADDELL
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7/22/20
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KAUNEONGA LAKE, NY — His dad is a former street-stock racer at Bethel Motor Speedway, and his mother is the track’s new official photographer.
So what could more fitting for …
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By TED WADDELL
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7/22/20
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KAUNEONGA LAKE, NY — NASCAR-sanctioned motorsports returned to our area in June with a series of practice sessions, followed by the official opening of the racing season at Bethel Motor …
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By TED WADDELL
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7/17/20
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