MONTICELLO, NY — There will be a program titled “Monticello in the 1960s: The Heyday of The Catskills” on Thursday, September 3 at 6:30 p.m. at the Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library.

Monticello natives Marvin Rappaport and Steven Sharoff, in an informal chat, will recount the days when city mice and country mice came together in the idyllic mountain setting of Monticello.

Rappaport grew up in the hotel business in Monticello, spending his early winters in Miami Beach where his father managed several small hotels there for the season. A graduate of Monticello High and later a teacher there, he was chief of staff for Congressman Matt McHugh before joining the Anti-Defamation League. He also served as special counsel to Alan Gerry at Cablevision.

Sharoff was born and raised in Monticello during the Golden Age of the Borscht Belt. Growing up in the 1950s as one of two sons of the long-time Monticello Police Chief Jack Sharoff, he had a unique view of the time period. He graduated from Monticello High School in 1961 and went on to become an American historian working for the University of Maryland and as an administrator at Sullivan BOCES.

The program is free and open to the public; doors open at 6:15 p.m.