SMALLWOOD, NY — Corey Gips and Kara Silverman brought their pup, “Stitch,” to the new dog park in Bethel, and his expression alone (inset) is worth a thousand words. There was a ribbon cutting for the park on September 1, which is located in the Forest Reserve in Smallwood and open to the general public. For more on this and other happenings in the region turn to Jonathan Fox’s column on page 30.

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