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Story | May 10, 2024

Delaware League Standings - 10 May 2024

Delaware League Varsity Boys Baseball (5 league games) *Gilboa/Windham 5-0 11-2 SKCS 4-1 7-3 Charlotte Valley 2-2 3-8 Jefferson/Stamford 1-3 3-7 Margaretville 1-4 1-5 Roxbury 1-4 1-7 Delaware League Varsity Girls Softball (6 league games) Windham 5-1 8-1 Charlotte Valley 5-1 12-3 Roxbury/Gilboa 4-1 9-5 HTC 2-3 3-5 SKCS 2-4 2-7 Margaretville 1-5 1-7 Stamford/Jefferson 0-4 0-9 Delaware League Varsity Boys Tennis (10 league matches) HTC 8-0 8-0 Windham 6-1 7-3 Margaretville 5-4 5-5 Jefferson/Stamford 4-5 5-6 Roxbury 2-7 2-9 Andes 0-8 0-8

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Story | April 25, 2024

LEGISLATURE STUFF - Divers Bulkheads Pilings, Oh Boy

CATSKILL - Much of what is being done at Catskill Point will remain unseen as crews from C.D. Perry & Sons do underwater work to save the historic site from further eroding and falling into the Hudson River. A tight deadline of early May is expected to be met by the company after the Greene County Legislature, this past winter, bit the financial bullet, com

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Story | April 25, 2024

LEGISLATURE STUFF - Respectful Bowing to Aging

CATSKILL - This isn’t the only time elderly citizens are respected and revered although official recognition has a certain ring to it. Greene County Legislature members, at a recent meeting, proclaimed May as “Older Americans Month” for a multitude of reasons. They were detailed in a document read into the record by Edward Bloomer, chairperson of the legis

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Story | April 17, 2024

LEGISLATURE STUFF - Doing Things the Right Way

CATSKILL - It may not mean much to everyday citizens but it matters a lot that the Greene County Sheriff’s Office received Accreditation on the new jail during a county legislature meeting, earlier this week. And actually it is deeply significant for we mules of taxation, according to New York State Sheriff’s Association executive director Peter Kehoe. Keh

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Story | April 17, 2024

HANCOCK DRUG POSSESSION CASE - 17 April 2024 - 17 April 2024

DELHI - Delaware County District Attorney Shawn J. Smith announced that Jennifer L. Williams, 44 of Port Crane, New York, pleaded guilty to Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Fifth Degree and was sentenced to 5 years of felony probation supervision by the Honorable John L. Hubbard. On February 21, 2023, Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputy Luc

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Story | April 17, 2024

HANCOCK DRUG POSSESSION CASE - 17 April 2024 - 17 April 2024 - 2

DELHI - Delaware County District Attorney Shawn J. Smith announced that Jennifer L. Williams, 44 of Port Crane, New York, pleaded guilty to Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Fifth Degree and was sentenced to 5 years of felony probation supervision by the Honorable John L. Hubbard. On February 21, 2023, Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputy Luc

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Story | April 17, 2024

Stamford Library Writers Group Members to Take Part in Fenimore Art Museums Write Out Loud

STAMFORD - Stamford Library is proud to announce several members of the Stamford Library Writers Circle have been selected to participate in the Glimmer Globe Theater’s 2024 performance of Write Out Loud on Saturday, April 20 at 7 p.m. Writers Circle Members T.M. Bradshaw, Christine Hauser, and Rick van Valkenburg will join a roster of 22 regional authors w

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Story | April 12, 2024

LEGISLATURE STUFF - Rejecting a Recheck

CATSKILL - No mention is made of the New York Citizens Audit group in a resolution rejected by the Greene County Legislature, earlier this week, calling for a line-by-line, statewide scrutiny of the 2022 election. But the measure, offered by legislature chairman Patrick Linger, came closely on the heels of a visit to the legislative floor by the NYCA in Feb

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Story | April 12, 2024

LEGISLATURE STUFF - Tip of the Hat to Volunteers

CATSKILL - A few moments of respectful attention were given to a group of people who don’t do what they do for that reason, during a recent Greene County Legislature meeting. Lawmakers were visited by representatives of the county Human Services Department (Aging & Youth), including Volunteer Coordinator Ruth Pforte. They were there to honor Global Volunte

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Story | April 12, 2024

Schoharie County Poet Katrinka Moore to Lead Workshop at WWhitman Books April 20

SCHOHARIE - Co-sponsored with Middleburgh Library, W.Whitman Books, located at 304 Main Street, Middleburgh, NY, will present local poet Katrinka Moore leading an entry-level workshop on creating poems, Saturday, April 20 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Katrinka Moore is the author of five books of poetry, including “Diminuendo” and “This is Not a Story”, winner

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Story | April 5, 2024

LEGISLATURE STUFF - Perfect Time for Pilings

CATSKILL - Not this summer but next, there is very likely to be a new Justice Center wing on the Greene County courthouse as crews are wasting no time setting the groundwork. Greene County Legislature members, along with project engineers and architects, held their initial Construction Team meeting, last week. Future sitdowns will be held regularly, simila

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Story | April 5, 2024

Kevin Berner and Bluebirds at the Gilboa Museum on April 17

GILBOA — The bluebirds were in danger toward the end of the 20th century. Ray Briggs, an agriculture and conservation teacher at Cobleskill High School, founded and was the first president of the Schoharie County Bluebird Society, and that society was crucial in reestablishing our bluebird population. Kevin Berner, a professor at SUNY Cobleskill, joined Ray

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