Wurtsboro held an unscheduled meeting on 2009-10-20, postponed from the week before. It took place at the same time as the Mamakating town board meeting, but we managed to cover both simultaneously and get recordings of each.
The regular Wurtsboro Village business was over in a few short minutes. The remainder consisted of a joint session […]
The September village meetings for Wurtsboro & Bloomingburg both lasted about 7 minutes. Bloomingburg then spent about an hour planning for the upcoming mid-October Fall festival, featuring a parade and “haunted house. Wurtsboro’s public comment went on for an extra 20 minutes with former mayor Bob Whitehead discussing problems at the Horizons senior citizens home […]
This exhibition brings together the work of nine extraordinary artists, each expressing the excitement and beauty of our relationship to and responsibility for the flora and fauna that surround us.
The artists use painting, sculpture and photography to explore the lands we have chosen to preserve, and the animals with which we share the planet. The depth of the art […]
A snail crawls Tuesday morning across the tarmac outside Super G-Mart in Wurtsboro, followed by a trail of slime. Stay tuned for an update revealing who is the slowest lawyer in town — after my pending house closing, or the end of time — whichever comes first.
The Wurtsboro & Mamakating bicentennial events are scheduled for this weekend. Hopefully the weather will hold out.
Friday, August 28: Kick-Off Party for County Firefighters’ Assoc. begins at 6pm. Antique Firematics Apparatus Competition at 7pm. The Rausch Brothers perform at 9pm.
Sat. Aug. 29: Sullivan County Firefighters’ Association Parade & Bicentennial Celebration. Line up at 1pm with […]
[the following article was published in a recent edition of Ancient American magazine]
Bill Maher, Jr. has been living with an enigma for about thirty years. The ancient bronze cup with mysterious inscriptions occupies his desk at home, serving as an improvised pencil holder. Maher found the artifact as a boy, cutting firewood in the […]
The results of the three-way mayoral race in Wurtsboro village are in. Incumbent Michelena “Micky” Maher was re-elected by a wide margin. According to the Times Herald-Record, Micky got 203 votes, compared to Paul Champagne’s 28, and Bob Whitehead’s 24.
Barbara Piper beat out Robert H. Hawkes for village trustee, by 211 votes to 34.
That’s a […]
The following text comes from “The Journals of Washington Irving, Hitherto Unpublished,” 1919, Bibliophile Society (Boston, Mass.), edited by William Peterfield Trent (1862-1939) and George Sidney Hellman (1878-1958)
http://www.archive.org/stream/journalsofwashin03irviuoft/journalsofwashin03irviuoft_djvu.txt
After leaving Kingston half-past ten drive through Hurley then to Marlboro town enter into beautiful valleys between Shongo Mountains and Alleghanys former cultivated in some places to summits hamlets gleaming on sides.
Clouds […]
Inspired by Bob Whitehead’s imaginitive “Babe Ruth” campaign poster (due to be unfurled next week in Wurtsboro’s three-way mayoral race), we decided to have a little bit of fun with the baseball theme. The cursive typeface, sometimes called “Ballpark Weiner,” is actually a knockoff from Monotype Script Bold, standard with the Windows XP operating system. […]
Patricia Irene Auer Moore, a longtime resident of Wurtsboro, NY, passed away on February 8, 2009, at O.R.M.C., Arden Hill Campus in Goshen, NY.
“Pat” was born March 11, 1928, in Brooklyn, NY, the daughter of the late John Clancy Auer and Elizabeth Egan Auer.
A longtime resident of Wurtsboro, NY, she married Thomas C. Moore in […]
Monticello Central School District superintendant Patrick Michel spoke at the Feb. 3rd Mamakating town board meeting, about a possible closure of Emma Chase Elementary School in Wurtsboro.
The situation has been caused by a fiscal crisis at the state level, resulting in a $3.5 million shortfall in state funding to the Monticello school district. The bottom […]
Today’s Times Herald-Record featured a sensationalized article about tumultuous disputes at a recent meeting of the village board in Monticello, our Sullivan county seat.
At issue is the sudden replacement of Monticello village manager John Barbarite with Zachary Kelson. In the past, Kelson has served as attorney for the village Wurtsboro, and also the Mamakating planning board. He has been the […]
Below is an press release sent out by Linda Tintle of Wurtsboro. Our only question is whether this milestone is marked in “dog years,” or human years? Can we get a “woof-woof!”
The Hudson Valley Veterinary Medical Society celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of its formation at its November meeting in Fishkill, NY. The occasion was marked by the […]
A public hearing was held on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, at the Wurtsboro Planning Board meeting in Village Hall. Duane Roe gave an overview presentation for Kaufman Farms West, a 72 unit townhouse project proposed for 85 acres on the west side of Pennsylvania Avenue, just south of Emma Chase Elementary School.
All of the dwellings […]
Over three hundred people lined up on Wurtsboro’s Sullivan Street on a brisk Black Friday evening to witness the triumphant return of Michael Roosa’s holiday light show, “Dance of the Lights.” Roosa owns Wurtsboro Electric Service in town.
Two years ago, Roosa set up a complicated electronic display, using a computer to synchronize music to a flashing array of decorative […]
The Winter Holiday Show, November 28th through January 4th, at the Red Eft Gallery, 159 Sullivan Street in Wurtsboro, NY, is a true celebration of the arts and the season.
A gallery full of decorative, functional, and fine art including painting, photography, sculpture, ceramics, wood, jewelry and more, to be seen, enjoyed, and given to friends and loved ones, all under […]
The new Mamakating Library held a ribbon cutting ceremony today at 3pm. Barbara Semonite, president of the board of trustees, met the press and public. Developer Shalom Lamm, who purchased the building and is donating space to the library district, also attended the event.
Inventory was moved over from the former location at Bloomingburg village hall […]
Tonight’s Wurtsboro village board meeting had a packed house with standing room only. Residents brought their complaints of a local barber shop, which has several arcade games and a pool table. The proprietor was accused of allowing local youth to make noise and litter in the residential neighborhood near Pine & Sullivan Street.
Later, after the crowd cleared out, developer […]
Outdoor Christmas displays often become popular local tourist attractions. A sign outside the Canal Towne Emporium promotes Wurtsboro’s evening holiday light show.
A popular holiday lighting display, synchronized to music, will be making a comeback on Sullivan Street in Wurtsboro this coming holiday season. Lyman Holmes of the Canal Towne Emporium announced the plans last Spring, […]
Sullivan County attorney Ira Cohen spoke at the Wurtsboro village board meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 14, about his proposal to offer county tax collection services as part of an inter municipal arrangement.
Wurtsboro has a number of taxable parcels in the village with arrears. One property hasn’t paid any taxes since the mid-1970s, officials said. Under the new deal, software […]
Prison labor today began moving books out of the old Mamakating Public Library at Town Hall in Bloomingburg, to the new location at 158 Sullivan Street in Wurtsboro. A brief announcement was made by Barbara Semonite, president of the library district, at last night’s Wurtsboro village board meeting (Tues., Oct. 14th, 2008). Semonite also serves as village trustee.
The renovated […]
The “No Parking Any Time” restriction on First & Sullivan Street in Wurtsboro turned out to be a long-standing hoax. The improper sign was promptly removed, after revelations at the Sept. 8th village board meeting.
“Parking on First Street” agenda item was raised because of visibility problems near the fire house. Some of the younger firefighters […]
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