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As we step into the vibrant summer season, the team at the Sullivan Catskills Visitors Association (SCVA) are thrilled to share our recent engagements and upcoming events, just in time for …
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Sullivan Catskills Visitors Association
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7/2/24
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Recently I roasted small purple potatoes for Father’s Day, and they came out delicious. Using a good quality olive oil and lots of herbs while roasting on high heat is a method that can …
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Claire Burns
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6/28/24
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Here come the Beatles, not those Beatles, Japanese Beetles, and they want to eat your roses, trees and perennials. Coming up to the Fourth of July weekend like clockwork the brown shiny shelled …
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Jim Boxberger
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6/28/24
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In my previous column I explored my history of watching cartoons on television. My habit of watching Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig gave way to the likes of Mr. Peabody, Sherman, Dudley …
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Hudson Cooper
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6/28/24
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Some of these memories are from my husband’s childhood but I heard about them so often that I feel like I lived them myself. One was about the time when he and his friend, Bobby Schlosesser …
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June Donohue
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6/28/24
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While balancing a large garden salad on my lap, an even larger word salad was tossed from my laptop in a single breath. And it went like this:
“I am a trans-masculine fem, …
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Ramona Jan
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6/25/24
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Over the last few weekends, I have gone to quite a few farmer’s markets around Sullivan County, something that I can do now that I am retired. We have a good array of markets around the county …
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Jim Boxberger
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6/21/24
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The day started with more than a half hour’s drive to Honesdale, and a plan to get something framed, pick up an order at the bike shop, mail a package, buy a spool of thread, repair a garden …
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Ramona Jan
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6/18/24
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As I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to love salmon. It’s definitely an acquired taste. My father and I love it, and my mother and husband are not big fans. I guess not everyone can be …
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Claire Burns
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6/14/24
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If you suffer from seasonal allergies like my wife, Vicki, does, then this year has been a doozie so far. To try to provide some natural relief, we went looking for some bee pollen this past weekend …
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Jim Boxberger
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6/14/24
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Last week we celebrated one of the most popular food items in our country. Sorry to disappoint you, but it was not the McRib nor the newly introduced “Grandma McFlurry.” Just to bring you …
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Hudson Cooper
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6/14/24
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When my husband was a kid, his friends used to call him Jamsey. In fact they continued to call him that when they all became adults.
Although some of them flat out refused to grow up, I …
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June Donohue
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6/14/24
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1. Are you trying to take over the world?
No, I am not trying to take over the world. As an AI language model…I don’t have intentions, desires, or consciousness…The goal of …
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Ramona Jan
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6/11/24
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Folks, I’d like to take a few minutes to talk with you about your mulch.
First, let me say that I’m pro-mulch. Have been most of my adult life. Some of my best friends use mulch. But …
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Barry Lewis
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6/7/24
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The Bicycle Ballyhoo began in ‘75 in an elevator at The Hotel Bretton Hall on 86th and Broadway, when Didier Bacri turned to me and said, “You should get a bicycle.” And I did. …
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Ramona Jan
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6/4/24
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I’ve realized that the older I become, the more I am turning into my mother. As a kid, I was very anti anything that tasted like or resembled an egg. At every birthday party, my mother would …
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Claire Burns
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5/31/24
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Well, No Mow May paid dividends this year. Last week I caught a swarm of bees in the bee trap I had set up at the store. I’ve now moved them to my bee yard in my garden at home and hopefully …
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Jim Boxberger
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5/31/24
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Most of you probably recognize that line from the movie “The Wizard of Oz.” In the film, a tornado touches down in Kansas and sends Dorothy and her little dog Toto on a soul-searching …
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Hudson Cooper
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5/31/24
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People who know me well are aware that I feel I must have at least one banana a day or I cannot function. So when my friend John Bale, who now lives in Conneticut, saw a truck full of bananas turn …
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June Donohue
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5/31/24
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The Sullivan Catskills Visitors Association (SCVA) is pouring its heart into promoting our award-winning destination to locals, neighbors, and both regional and domestic audiences. Over the past …
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Sullivan Catskills Visitors Association
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5/31/24
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In 1960, when I was four, the word ‘memorial’ had no meaning. Put it with ‘day’ and it meant, parade. Memorial Day Parade. What was it for?
A clue may have been found in …
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Ramona Jan
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5/28/24
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I’m often asked why I keep writing about the Catskills.
Why I share stories about those days when tens of thousands of folks would be drawn out of the city and up to the mountains on the …
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Barry Lewis
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5/24/24
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The dictionary defines a humdinger as “a remarkable or outstanding thing of its kind.” Well, this is the time of the year, when in our neck of the woods, we welcome back the humdingers of …
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Hudson Cooper
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5/24/24
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It’s time of year in nature when babies are born and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) wants you to learn, “If You Care, Leave It There”. The DEC …
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Jim Boxberger
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5/24/24
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