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Rain, rain go away! Bring on the warmer temperatures and long, warm days please. It seems like we blinked, and March & April were over and now we are into May. Mother’s Day is coming up, so …
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Jenn Powell
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5/9/23
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Come spring bugs, birds and bikes emerge. I own workhorses from the ‘80’s. Solid steel; in many places rusted. I’ll call them ‘vintage bikes’ because it sounds better. …
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Ramona Jan
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5/9/23
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May 9 – The Barryville Chamber of Commerce had a ribbon cutting last Saturday for another new business that has opened up in Yulan. It is a tattoo shop called “MJZ TAT2’S and it is …
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Paula Campbell
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5/9/23
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![‘Halsey Corners’ Home: Many people have passed this dwelling at the corner of 17B and Route 115 in Bethel (Pucky Huddle Road) and wondered how soon it will succumb to gravity. Its legacy as part of the Halsey Corners of West Bethel is nearly forgotten, because it likely had its beginning well over a century ago. In 1984, Bethel Historian Beatrice Schoch wrote: “According to Mr. Ralph MacArthur, who owns this building and in whose family it has been for many years before the little building was built, this was never a toll house. It was a wash house behind the barns that were used as a way station for teamsters hauling a distance too great for one team or without a rest. It was moved where it is now about 1900 and used for some years as a home.” The Halsey Inn, which stood across from this on 17B, was reportedly owned by two of Mr. MacArthur’s aunts at one time; his mother was a Halsey before marriage. In the 1850 U.S. census, David Halsey is listed as an innkeeper in Bethel, and the inn is depicted across the road on the 1856 Gates map and the 1875 Beers Atlas. The late Callicoon historian Charles S. Hick wrote in the Sullivan County Record in 1944 about the Halsey Four Corners (as the intersection had been known), adding that they were also known sometimes as the McArthur Four Corners: “Many of you remember the ruins of the old tavern and the numerous barns that were a part of the es­tablishment... Here the horses on the turnpike stage coach were changed at that time and the passengers were provided with meals [at the hotel]... Every one was served with a meal, fresh horses were hitched to the coach, and every one was on his way with as little loss of time as possible.”](https://alpha.creativecirclecdn.com/scdemocrat/medium/20230510-111842-05.09.23%20DTD%20Halsey%20corners%20FS_1597.tif.jpg)
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150 Years Ago - 1873
The “island” in the Delaware River was completely swept away by the late flood.
Mr. Charles Muller of Jeffersonville has recently produced an accurate and …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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5/9/23
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Congratulations to our very own Sullivan West Central School District for winning a ‘Best Communities for Music Education Award” through the NAMM Foundation (the NAMM Foundation …
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Sue Bodenstein
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5/5/23
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The covid pandemic taught us many things. During the pandemic there was a large decrease in flu cases across the country. With most people wearing protective masks when being in groups, the spread of …
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Hudson Cooper
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5/5/23
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Few Sullivan County residents have ever attained the success of Arthur C. Butts of Monticello– lawyer, assemblyman, judge, and published author– and yet there are only a handful of locals …
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John Conway
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5/5/23
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Recently I was reminded by my fiancé of Allysa Torey’s lemon tarragon chicken recipe. Allysa Torey is a cookbook author, Sullivan County resident, and previous owner of the world famous …
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Claire Stabbert
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5/5/23
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Greetings everyone, it’s been a while since I last wrote here. It’s not always easy to churn out an article. I’m looking forward to continuing and I hope the ideas will flow easily.
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Moshe Unger
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5/5/23
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I consider myself pretty much with it socially, but I have to admit I had never even heard of a gender reveal party, never mind taking part in one in my own family. But last Sunday, my grandson John …
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June Donohue
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5/5/23
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Happy Cinco de Mayo, the fifth of May. The full moon is tonight and after tonight I am calling it safe to plant outside. I’m getting asked almost twenty times a day now, when can I plant? …
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Jim Boxberger Jr.
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5/5/23
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Hard to believe we are heading into May! Memorial Day Weekend will be here before you know it and the unofficial start to Summer begins.
Here are a few upcoming local events that are happening …
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5/2/23
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