I saw an announcement that Shirley Reuter has died. I did not know her personally, but Shirley Reuter was an important person in the history of the Town of Highland. Ms. Reuter along with her husband … more

Well, when Martha Worzel gives me a call to just “to clarify something” I sure enough left something out of my column. And I sure did. Without going into the details of our conversation … more

Writer, book author and musician Mike Edison is spending some special time this summer to get himself and us “back to the garden “as Joni Mitchell sang sweetly in her song Woodstock so … more

If you are anything like me sitting around wondering what the heck is going on with the Barryville Diner spot at the junction of route 97 and 55 I have some answers for you. I recently had the … more

One of my favorite local charities is the Food for Families and Friends Program run by the Knights of Columbus Council 12571. The Council does not get funding from the Catholic Church and must raise … more

I got a call from Martha Worzel who is a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion. She wanted me to remind everyone that the Ladies from the Auxiliary will be out in front of … more

Let the Founding Fish Festival begin! In my last column I outlined all the festival’s music events but there are many other free events happening all along the seventy miles stretch of the … more

There is an exciting and fun new festival that is happening along the Scenic Byway area. Did you know that we have a “Founding Fish”? Yes, and that fish is the shad- a larger version of a … more

Last Saturday a group of about fifty volunteers (including this columnist) gathered in Barryville to spend a few hours picking up roadside trash. This is the second year that the Barryville … more

A group of veterans from New York finally got their chance to fly to Washington DC last week after the Covid pandemic forced the Honor Flight Network to be postponed for the last two years. The … more