Birthday wishes to the lovely Patricia Burns, Jerry Cohen, Hunter Frangipane, Meredith Levine, Matt Kukas, Linda Friehling, Nikki Zedek, MaryEllen Lang, Darrin Raynor, Jake VanEtten, Andrew Dollard, Ken Cohen, and Milly Gold. Belated wishes to Joan Lake. Happy anniversary to Ariel and Dan Catalano.

Our condolences to Pam, the family and community of Chet Smith (Rock Hill) who passed away last week.

Sympathy to the families of Kristo ‘Kris’ Krekun (passed May 5th) and Shirley Mednick Kantrowitz (May 5th).

Bethel Departments, meeting links, minutes, newsletter, Parks & Rec: townofbethelny.us.

Follow Bethelroundtable.com, ‘Lake Association of White Lake, NY’ (Fb), Sullivan180.org.

Bethel’s P&R (bethelparksandrec@gmail.com, 845-583-5360): P&R is hiring. Register In-Person at Bethel Recreation Center for Summer Camp. Returning Campers: Tues, 13th, at 6-7:30pm. Open Registration: Wed, 21st, at 6-7:30pm and Sat, the 30th, at 11-1pm (Duggan KLFMMarket).

Keep fit outdoors: Smallwood Forest Reserve, www.trailkeeper.org, sullivanoandw.com, and alltrails.com.

NYS Burn Ban expires May 14.

SC Dept of Public Health (Fb or sullivanny.gov). Sr Fitness Class (2xmo) at Bethel Sr Center on Mondays- 26th at 10:30-11:30am. Also, Liberty Sr Center on Wednesdays-14th and 28th at 11:30-12:15pm.

MoveSullivan.com offers Monday Bethel bus service.

Support White Lake’s Shepherd’s Pantry (845-583-5885). Jeff Bank branches are hosting local pantry Food Drives and are accepting St Jude ‘Boot Cancer Card’ donations until the 16th.

SC Litterpluck: Free disposal coupons at Town Hall for trail, road, and waterside debris until 10/31 (845-807-0287).

Participate in the SC Food Scrap Recycling Program (Kassie.thelman@sullivanny.gov).

Register for ‘The NY Citizen Preparedness Training Program’ at SCES Training Center on the 20th at 6:30pm (www.prepare.ny.gov).

Mark your calendar for the May 25th Bethel Lions Club Pancake Breakfast at KLFD from 8a-12n.

Register for the June Rhulen Rock Hill Run & Ramble (rockhillrun.com).

Apply for the July Emergency Services Youth Academy (14-16yo) (www.esyacademy.org).

Vendor registration for the August Bagel Festival (thebagelfestival.org).

Business Watch: Support local business, now more than ever. Already contemplating the pain, small businesses, local entrepreneurs and we, the consumers, are affected by recent tariffs on a range of goods from car parts to coffee and alcohol ingredients. In the arts, the NEA funding cuts have reached local organizations, NACL and Farm Arts Collective.

Use the Bethel Business Association Member resource list: www.bethelnybba.com. BBA thanks new members (application online). The ’25 BBA GUIDE is in the works! Place your ad today. The next BBA Mixer is planned for the 22nd at 5pm at Woodstock Way Groovy Eatery (trivia entertainment follows).

An attractive Driftwood Ranch video is showcased in the recent SCVA Sullivan Catskills marketing campaign.

Hiring: Friends and Bethel Woods. Kauneonga Lake has commercial space for rent.

Golf! Tee off at: Swan Lake Golf & Country Club, Villa Roma, Resorts World Catskills, Sull Co. Golf Club, Roscoe Mtn Club, Tarry Brae, or Lochmor.

The Legends LPGA Golf Tournament comes to RWCatskills-Monster Golf Club in June. FMI:(anb@scva.net).

Woodstock Way Groovy Eatery hosts ‘Trivia Night’ on Thursdays at 6:30pm. WWGE offers a Psychic Medium, Jenna Fontanez, on the 17th from 2-4pm and Dinner & Music with ‘Steve & Chris’ from 6-9pm. On Sunday, the 18th, enjoy Brunch at 11a-2pm with entertainment: ‘Debbie Fisher’.

Attend the Parksville Art Center’s Film Fest and Awards on the 17th at 6pm.

Stop by Callicoon Market on Sundays, 11-2pm.

Arts & Culture: Council of the Arts has returned to Kauneonga Lake ARTSPACE! Stop by, become a member and support BCA.

Bethel Woods (bethelwoodscenter.org): Plan programs, concerts and visits to the Museum. Headliners coming soon: 24th: Dave Matthews. 29th: Luke Bryan. Register now for the Tri-State NY June 7-8 Spartan Event Weekend/Race at BW (race.spartan.com). 

Crawford Library (ebcpl.org): View the RN Community Room Joe Poon Art Exhibit: “Secondhand Advice” through June 14. Attend Chair Yoga on the 14th at 2pm.

CAS (catskillartspace.org) hosts ‘The Kramm, Schwartzberg, Silas Exhibit’ through June 21.

DH Conservancy (delawarehighlands.org) Van Scott Nature Reserve: Register for May events.

DVAA (delawarevalleyartalliance.org): Gallery Exhibit: Bobby Abate and Sherry Rossini’s exhibits are offered from the 17th to June 22nd. Opening Reception is Saturday at 4-6pm.

DVO Arts Nest hosts Open Mic on the 13th at 6pm. The AN Gallery hosts Alzamora and Lockwood’s “Imaginative Interlude” exhibition through the 31st.

Eldred Preserve-Homestead Restaurant. Book tickets now for popular future Cabaret shows.

Forestburgh Playhouse (FBplayhouse.org) is coming to life for the season. Get tickets.

HPAC-Tango (hpacny.org) offer dance, film, workshops. Enjoy ‘Spring Festival’ on the 17th, 12n to 4pm (free).

Film: “Thunderbolts*” screens on the 16th -18th (Fri 6pm, Sa 3pm, Su 2pm). Tango Cafe is open- new look and menu.

Narrowsburg Union offers the NU 5-Gallery Exhibit.

Shadowland Stages is hosting Borscht Belt Museum’s Comedy Club ‘One Night Only’ on the 17th at 7pm.

VAPA of Sullivan Co (libertysoulstage.com) begins performances in Liberty in June.

WCAA Gallery (waynecountyartsalliance.org): The Jeff George ‘DENT’ exhibit and ‘Inspired By Song’, an original gallery collaboration between WCAA member artists and Yarnslingers, runs until June 14.

Yasgur Road Productions (yasgurroadcampground.com) is gearing up for the season and the August 14 Reunion.

SUNY Sullivan’s “The MET: Live in HD” (Sunysullivan.edu). Next presentation: 17th- Strauss’s ‘Salome’.

Announcements NA this week: Callicoon Movie Theater (the callicoontheater.com), NACL (nacl.org), NCA (nesinculturalarts.org), or SCCO (Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra-FB).

Suz sez, “Cardinal Robert Prevost. Now Pope Leo XIV, first American pontiff. Awesome.”