Neversink News

Stephen Crane, who penned "Tales of Sullivan County," will be celebrated with his most popular work, "The Red Badge of Courage," when the film screens at 7 p.m. Saturday.

The Sullivan County Volunteer Firefighters Association recently held its 50th annual Past Presidents' Dinner at the Neversink Fire District Social Hall.

ROXBURY _ A noncommercial educational FM-radio station will soon be broadcasting from the hamlet of Roxbury.

Central Hudson spokesman John Maserjian reports that power has been restored to 1,100 customers in the city and town of Newburgh.

Civil War historian and Cuddebackville resident Juanita Leisch Jensen will give her illustrated talk on "New York Women in the Civil War" and display her exhibit, "Armed With Needles," at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Neversink Valley Area Museum.

Charles Blume said he never noticed how narrow the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge was until he had to pull over last week to deliver a baby.

An Ellenville couple were injured Monday when the motorcycle they were riding struck a car that had pulled into their path on Route 42.

I recently had a chance to test-fish Cloudveil's new Crystal Creek wading pant and 8x Gripper rubber boots.

The Tri-Valley Lions held their annual Journey for Sight walk May 2 at the Grahamsville Fairgrounds, concurrent with Tag Day in Grahamsville and Neversink.

This week the Sonicbids Spotlight is thrust on a dark corner of Brooklyn, lighting up a band that dwells in percussive, reverberated shadow.

Firemen are being kept busy responding to brush fires springing up throughout the area.

Hike name: 3,610-foot Balsam mountain. Location: Central Catskills. Length: Six miles round trip.

Remember life without celebrity culture? Neither do we. Today, celebrities are on our televisions and computers and plastered across the supermarket checkout.

Is it just me, or does it seem as if Sullivan County has spent each of its first 200 years trying to get casino gambling? It HAS been a while.

Here come the judges - the power line judges. The officials who will rule on the huge power line proposed for this region are tentatively set to visit potential New York Regional Interconnect sites the third week in April, and perhaps the first week in May, according to the Public Service Commission.

Naturalist Betty Boomer knows what creatures are under the ice because she takes her trusty nets and pokes around in the melted edges of local ponds to find out firsthand.

OK, dog owners, lie down on the couch. We're about to plumb the depths of your psyche and explain why you've named your dog Max or Buddy or Molly or Maggie or Jake.

Vital tools that can predict local floods - and possibly save lives - will soon fall victim to New York City budget cuts.

The Time and the Valleys Museum will sponsor a self-guided tour of local maple syrup operations on March 21 as part of New York State Maple Weekend.

RICHARD Lloyd, who played guitar alongside Tom Verlaine in the influential New York punk/new wave band Television in the 1970s, is in SA to produce a new album by gothic/alt-country singer-songwriter Jim ...