MTC Announces the Launch of MTC Mobile

MARGARETVILLE – MTC, a trusted provider of high-speed broadband, cable TV, and landline phone services, is  excited to announce the upcoming launch of MTC Mobile, a new mobile service designed to complement its broadband  offerings. The service launched as of May 1st, 2025. MTC Mobile plans to bring seamless connectivity, exceptional value,  and unmatched convenience to their customers! 

With MTC Mobile, customers can now enjoy: 

• Bring Your Own Device with Nationwide Coverage: With our commitment to flexibility and customer  convenience, you can bring your own device, keep your existing phone number, and enjoy reliable nationwide  coverage. Whether you're at home or traveling anywhere in the U.S., stay connected with the convenience,  confidence and freedom you deserve. 

• International Travel Data Plans Available: Easily choose from any country from our comprehensive list and  prepay for data on a daily or weekly basis. 

• Affordable Data Packages: Get 30gb of data for just $30 per month per line. This means you can stream about 30 hours of video, listen to 100 hours of music, browse for 50 hours, scroll social media for 40 hours, and watch  10 full-length movies without using up all your data in a month! It’s a strong data plan for a balanced mix of  entertainment, browsing, and staying connected every day. 

• Integrated Broadband Discounts: Bundle your mobile service with an MTC high-speed broadband package and  receive a $5 discount on your mobile bill per month. Certain restrictions apply, call for details. 

• Device Store with Trade-In Options: Choose from the latest mobile devices and take advantage of trade-in options for your old phone for great allowances. 

“We’re thrilled to expand our services to include mobile connectivity, offering our customers the convenience of  managing all their connectivity needs in one place,” said Glen Faulkner, General Manager, MTC. “MTC Mobile is  designed to deliver the same high-quality service our customers have come to expect from us, now with the added  benefit of mobility.” 

MTC Mobile’s launch underscores MTC Cable’s commitment to innovation and enhancing the customer experience. By  combining mobile service with high-speed broadband, MTC aims to deliver a seamless and affordable connectivity  solution for modern lifestyles. 

For more information, visit www.mtctelcom.com or contact our customer service office at 1-877-727-2288. 

About MTC 

MTC is a leading provider of high-speed broadband, cable TV, and voice services, dedicated to delivering cutting-edge  technology and exceptional customer service to communities in the Central Catskills Region. With a focus on innovation  and customer satisfaction, MTC is committed to keeping customers connected.

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MUSINGS OF A LOCAL By Iris Mead - COMMUNITY SPIRIT IN THE CATSKILLS

There are times when an idea can grow and blossom and become a successful endeavor enjoyed by the community and looked forward to again.  Such was the Spring Tea held last May at the Margaretville United Methodist Church Social Hall.  The Hall was turned into a tea room with individually designed tables by the committee members.  Beautiful tea cups, saucers and luncheon plates adorned each table.  Lilacs were the flower of the day as they were in blossom and used throughout the venue.  Long-stemmed roses also added to the beauty of the tables.  And food!  A buffet table 12 foot long held varied finger foods, tea sandwiches, quiches, and sweets.  Many trips were made to that table throughout the festivities.  

This success story is an example of how a group of community members came together with an idea of offering the area a new social event.  Plans came together as the date approached, flyers were posted, social media postings made and, most importantly, by word-of-mouth.  When the day arrived, the tables were sold out and the chatter and laughter that filled the space made all the planning and hard work worth it.  Working together as a group made this possible and offered an opportunity for a new event in the area.  On May 17, this successful community endeavor will happen again at the same location from 1:00-3:00.  Reservations can be made at 845-586-4736.

The spirit of a community depends on the willingness of its population to offer opportunities and participate in many different types of activities.  In the Catskills, we are fortunate to have a variety of options for socialization from live music venues, plays and concerts held at area schools, outdoor hikes, mountain climbing, book clubs, church dinners and meeting up at one of our many breweries and distilleries.  Live music has become popular in the area with the emergence of the many famous musicians who now call the Catskills their home and share their talent at local venues.  So, take the time to explore what is being offered and support the many community events that occur in our own backyard.

 

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Pine Hill’s Wellington on List of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places

WASHINGTON – The National Trust for Historic Preservation today unveiled its annual list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places, which includes a Catskills mainstay. 

Across the United States, compelling, meaningful historic sites are at risk, whether from natural disasters, underutilization, neglect, or lack of awareness,” said Carol Quillen, President and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. “Each site on this year’s list has inspired passionate supporters from their surrounding communities to work together to save these cherished landmarks and repurpose them for the public, now and into the future. Their leadership shows the power of preservation to create stronger communities, energized local economies, and a healthier environment for everyone.”    

Since first debuting in 1988, the list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places has proven to be a highly effective tool for shining a light on the threats facing our nation’s greatest treasures. Due to the efforts of the National Trust and its passionate supporters, the 11 Most Endangered list has often provided the decisive force needed to preserve important cultural landmarks. Now in its 38th year, the ongoing initiative has galvanized public support behind more than 350 sites to date with only a handful lost.  

Built in 1882, The Wellington Hotel (first known as The Ulster House Hotel) is one of few surviving examples of the large-scale wood-frame resorts built in the Catskills region of New York in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Hotels like the Wellington were significant to the development of tourism as a major resort industry in the Catskills. At one time, the Wellington was one of fourteen hotels in the hamlet of Pine Hill.

Today, Pine Hill still relies on tourism as its economic driver, but the Wellington’s condition has undermined its ability to serve visitors or the community. It has been deteriorating for years, and the foundation is in danger of collapse. Temporary stabilization measures are not projected to last more than a few years. Saving the Wellington will require foundation replacement, flood mitigation measures, and a fire suppression system, as well as major rehabilitation of the interior and exterior. Full restoration costs are estimated at around $7 million—an amount hard to reach for a small community of 339 people.

In 2022, the Wellington went up for sale. Twenty community members concerned about the building’s future banded together to raise funds to purchase the hotel, clean up the property, and begin investigating feasible reuses. A community-based multi-member LLC now called Wellington Blueberry is pursuing plans to rehabilitate the Wellington using Federal and State Historic Tax Credits. Based upon community needs, the Wellington will house a grocery store and café, with 10 workforce apartments. The project is supported by the Town of Shandaken, Ulster County, Restore NY, and nonprofit housing developer RUPCO, Inc. However, the coalition requires significant additional funding towards the $7 million needed to not only save an important historic property but also activate the Wellington Hotel to serve its community while providing a model for other projects in rural areas.

To learn more about the places on this year’s list and find out what you can do to help preserve them, go to www.SavingPlaces.org/11Most. 

 

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New Kingston Valley Association’s Annual Town-Wide Yard Sale

The New Kingston Valley Association’s Annual Town-Wide Yard Sale will take place Saturday May 24 from 9am till 2pm on Main Street in New Kingston. 10-15 tables filled with treasures are expected.  Also, a raffle, sale of NKVA merchandise, and sign up for future events. 

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A Conversation about ...Drowning Worms and drowning Lands

By Jean Thomas

This last week has been very wet. My rain gauge measured six inches over the three days from Saturday through Monday. Two inches a day is pretty heavy rainfall. The rain is predicted to continue through the rest of the week with a hint of a clearing by Friday. That's a lot of moisture in a short time. There are already flood warnings being posted as I write this on Tuesday. My morning walk was punctuated by tiny worm corpses covering the blacktopped areas. This is, of course, common after any moderate to heavy rain. The water floods their shallow tunnel homes and they die. They don't go to waste... the insect population appreciates them as food.

My busy brain zipped from thinking about drowned worms to considering flooding in general to the phrase “drowned lands.” I had heard the phrase to describe an area in Columbia County owned by the Columbia Land Conservancy, and to describe an area further downriver. I have also occasionally heard it to describe the towns and villages forced underwater by creating reservoirs, or, in some other states, a side effect of dam building. So what's the deal?  

One definition of drowned lands, the one I'll be using, is this: areas subject to seasonal flooding over a long period resulting in large marshlands. A side effect of this activity is often rich black soil from sediments accumulating.

]Starting with the reservoirs, there are all sorts of legends and traditions involved, but I'm going to exclude examples created by man. Other cases are caused by natural events, so let's look at them.        In Columbia County, the Drowned Lands Swamp Conservation area is a popular hiking resource. It's about 114 acres of swamp and “swamp-adjacent” land. It has not been “improved” and remains a source of much information about the ecology of swamps. The main historical claims to fame are the fact that it was a popular place during prohibition and the fact that the black flies are especially ferocious. 

Down river from Columbia County is the Wallkill Drowned Lands. History buffs can revel in the maneuvering done by farmers and politicians in the 17th century. Orange County in New York and Suffolk County in New Jersey saw decades of arguments and strife and shady deals committed as opposing factions known as the “Beaver and Muskrat War”. The object, of course, was to rearrange the huge swampy area for the best use (read profit). This was clearly perceived differently by the opposing factions. Some of the Drowned Lands extended into Ulster County, as well, but didn't seem to be as politically colorful. I'm including a link for those who want to read a fascinating history of the Beaver and Muskrat War: https://www.albertwisnerlibrary.org/Factsandhistory/History/DrownedLandsoftheWallkill.htm

All this historical stuff aside, the phenomenon of Drowned Lands is an interesting one on many other levels. My experience leads me to believe (unscientifically) that there are many small swamps scattered here and there all around the state wherever water flow is seasonally erratic. Many of them contain skeletal forests, drowned by the upheaval in their environment. They remain because there is no current commercial or farming use for the land, and often foster unusual combinations of flora and fauna in response to the changes in environment. The first to colonize, by the way, seem to be the blackflies, so beware! 

 

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THE CATSKILL GEOLOGISTS BY PROFESSORS ROBERT AND JOHANN A TITUS - The Willows II: Geology on the Trails

Last week we visited the Willows, a late 18th Century farmhouse along the Hudson River, south of Athens. We found the old farm to have been developed on fertile soils which, in turn, developed from the sediments of Glacial Lake Albany. This week let’s go exploring the Willows’ property and start seeing what other geological features might be seen there. There is an extensive trail system at the Willows. See the map they have produced. We started out at the house itself and headed to the southeast on the Red Trail. That took us down a relatively gentle slope toward the river. Soon we noticed a shallow canyon to our right. Surprisingly, there was no water in it. There had been some recent rain but not enough to generate or even sustain a stream. The floor of the canyon lay above the water table, so, of course there was no stream here. But how could a canyon be present when there is no stream in it? Good question! This is what geologists call an intermittent stream. It’s seasonal, only active for a short period of time during the rainiest time of the year and perhaps even only during the rainiest years. When it does rain enough then the flow is seen, but it does not last for long. That’s the “intermittent” part of the story.

                                                                           

We were seeing something that we would see again a number of times on our hike. We found our way to the Yellow Trail and hiked north. We would find at least five intermittent streams along the way. See our second photo for the one we liked the most, well to the north. We had found a pattern; much of the post glacial geological history at the Willows was one of intermittent stream formation. What had been going on? When we got down to the bottom of that first one, we saw that it was pretty big and pretty wide. That suggested that there had once been a time of much higher streamflow. Continuous, not seasonal, flow may well have eroded this, the lower part of the canyon. Our hypothesis had taken us back to very late in the Ice Age when a warming climate had produced large flows of eroding waters. But we just weren’t entirely sure that we were right. Our second hypothesis was that this was simply the product of long periods of minor intermittent flow. Which hypothesis is right? How exactly had these channels formed? We just haven’t decided yet. That’s typical of how the scientific method works; it takes time to work out such solutions. Go and look for yourself and see what you think.

                                                                       

 

 

In the end, we are introducing one of those geological terms that you should know: the intermittent stream. They are common all over the place, wherever you are likely to travel, and you should become aware of them. From now on, you should be able to spot them when you see them. You should know what they are and understand how they formed. There, you are just a bit smarter than you were five minutes ago.

Contact the authors at randjtitus@prodigy.net. Join their facebook page “The Catskill Geologist.” Read their blogs at “thecatskillgeologist.com.

 

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Whittling Away with Dick Brooks - Mother’s Day

Her name was Margaret.  She was a child of the Great Depression.  She never graduated from high school.  She left school in her senior year to help support her family.  Her father died before she was ten leaving her mother to raise six children on her own, not an easy task in those rough economic times.  She spoke of the kindness of strangers who helped; the train engineer who dumped coal from his speeding engine so children could walk the tracks with a basket and know that they would be warm for a few more days, the church ladies who delivered cast off but cleaned and patched clothes, baskets of food that appeared on special occasions out of nowhere.  All the family members contributed what they could to the meager coffer.  The older brothers learned how to fish and hunt not for sport but for sustenance.  Her mother took in washing and they survived.  Margaret left high school to work in a TB sanitarium in Saranac Lake.  There she met a young man named Wendell fresh out of the Civilian Conservation Corp.  They had a lot in common, he had lost his mother when he was ten and had left school to help his family by sending home his monthly wages form the CCC camp where he was a cook.  They married and rented a room in a house near the sanitarium.  They moved to south, Wendell got a job in a dye plant and Margaret produced and cared for their first child.  Another move to the south and Wendell went to work in the Brooklyn Navy Yard as a boiler maker.  A second son arrived during the war years.  The war ended and they moved back north to Malone where eventually two more children made an appearance, another son and a daughter.  They moved out to the country on an old farm and Wendell went to work in Massena for Alcoa Aluminum.  Their children grew and thrived, never knowing hunger and with the security of knowing that their parents were always there.  

It’s tough at my age to face the fact that I’m now an orphan.  Margaret died recently and hopefully is now reunited with my father who passed several years ago.  They were never separated in life and it’s comforting to think that they are now back together.  I’m sure that God is glad to have Mom there to help keep Dad in line.  He wasn’t exactly an easy person to live with.  He liked being in charge and made Archie Bunker look like a screaming liberal when it came to a life philosophy.  Mom could always calm him and keep him semi socially acceptable.  She was born to be a mother and she did the job well.  If it was small and weak, she loved it and fed it.  Ours was always the house where the kids hung out and she loved it and them.  Her friends were her friends forever and she kept in touch with them.  She was in her glory when the grandchildren started arriving and was never happier than when she had some of her flock around.  Warm and soft hearted, she was always reminiscing about something one of her little ones had done and usually shedding a tear or two while doing it.  She passed softly and sweetly, just as she had lived.  Well done Mom, a useful life, well lived and filled with love.  Miss you.  Happy Mother’s Day.  Love you.  Thanks.

Thought for the week—Moms are forever.            

 

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Why Art? - Subversive Placebo

Jaanika Peerna GLACIER ELEGIES

Through an aesthetic “shock” art can have the capacity of suspending our typical reactivity. 

Cloaked in an aesthetic context ecologic dangers or other implied threats, reactive anxieties or hyperbolic feelings can be modified by an art experience. In this way art is of critical value to the unconscious. The subtle shock (or aesthetic, sublime trauma) momentarily suspends our typical behavior – sensually, emotionally, neurologically. 

As such, art becomes a place holder for feeling safe in chaotic circumstances – A “placebo” for well being.

There are many functions served by a “placebo.”

Placebo

“A placebo is a substance or treatment that looks like an active drug or therapy, but contains no active ingredients.” (AI sourced)

One of the works of Estonian artist Jaanika Peerna is a shard of ice, an actual fragment of a melting glacier that is passed amongst her audiences, like a “glacier placebo.” 

Her GLACIER ELEGIES empower participants to invoke and advocate for climate reparations, spiritually if not directly. 

Jaanika invites remedial engagement in advance of apocalypse. 

Subversive Placebo

Alluding to (anticipated) catastrophe through art.

Jaanika, subverts that which many see as inevitable by applying creative intervention to the corporate agenda – the actual subversive effect of industrial pollution.

Art can help avert problems that artist visionaries foreseeby creating a “subversive placebo" effect.

Another way that subversive placebo in art might be considered is when the art is used as a placebo (or placeholder) of an apocalyptic crisis.

Art that references element/s of social criticism or engagement serving topics of inequity, environment, human rights, etc., it introduces a new aesthetic or “placebo effect” into the conversation.

From Institute for Cultural Activism International’s zoom event annoucement for Sunday May 4th’s 3:30pm interview with Jaanika Peerna. (See link below):

“When thinking of Jaanika Peerna, images of her performing those solemn, loving elegies to the foreboding meltdowns of towering icebergs and glaciers flood our minds. Yet, how many of us know how deeply effected she was to sing in solidarity with the Estonian resistance movement as a young child, against the Russian occupation and how that would precipitate her helping found an art school and inform, perhaps, her other community based works?

Jaanika’s studio work may be less known than her public art and role as Estonia’s cultural ambassador. Repetitive forms, lines and layers echo the rhythmic movements of sound, ice and water, voices and history, the dips and peaks of seismic waves or the floating ice mountains.” 

This aspect of 21st Century Cultural Activism represented by artists like Peerna and other I.C.A.I. featured guests differs from the confrontational art of the 1970’s, a different time. 

If we seek to create dialogues embracing a cross section of society, community engagement in art rather than alienation, is critical element.  

Cultural Activism as Mediation

Just as art becomes a safe space or placebo for vulnerability and openness in chaotic situations, so does meditation when examining trauma. 

As with the “safe space” of art, evoking a calm mental state to analyze trauma, a meditator generates a state of deep and aware relaxation. They then dwells on the motivation to meditate and observes their conditioned behavior, deconstructing reactive patterns, without reacting.

As art is a placeholder mediating reactivity to chaotic content, serenity in meditation, is not the goal, but the means to unpacking problems. 

Ego–Centric Vs Eco–Centric 

When the flight or fight aspects of survival mechanisms occur in art or meditation, thanks to the safe place/placebo effects in both situations, reactivity is sublimated allowing for both interior understanding and social dialogue. Then inner ecology transforms outer ecology.  

To Participate in Jaanika Peerna’s TUNING FORK interview Sunday May 4th at 3:30PM EDT click www.studioicai.org

 

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Local Business Focus - DELIGHTFUL BITES BY NINA

By Anita Devine

 CAIRO - What an appropriate name for this gem of a bakery located at 597 Main St., Cairo.  Delightful Bites specializes in Artisan custom cakes, cupcakes, pastries, scones, cookies,wedding cakes made from scratch using all local simple ingredients.

Nina Heath, born and raised in Cairo, is the owner/Pastry Chef of this unique establishment and is a graduate of Schenectady Community College Culinary School. 

Her love of baking started at a young age and even though she originally attended college for Photography and also Art Conservation baking was always in the forefront of her mind.  Nina worked for a Pastry Shop in East Greenbush, but when her mother became ill, she came home to help take care of her.  In doing so, she applied for her private home processor license and started baking out of her home and selling her scones, cookies and her famous crumb cake (her Grandmother's recipe) at the Olana Visitor's Center.

Her dream of owning her own bakery became a reality when her best friend's Grandmother's shop on Main Street, Cairo was up for sale.  The shop was originally known as the Calico Hen Fabric Shop.  It was a perfect fit and Nina opened her Delightful Bites By Nina Bakery in August 2019.  Since then, her establishment earned the recognition of being the #1 Retail Artisan Bakery in Greene County. 

Nina will soon offer fresh made bagels to her generous list of delectable treats. 

It was a pleasure meeting with Nina, a warm and friendly person whose talent is on full display in her Delightful Bites Shop.  Bakery Hours : Thursday & Friday 10 to 4, Saturday 9 - 3, Sunday 9 - 2.  Phone: 518-822-7166 facebook.com/delightfulbitesbynina

 

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Local History by Dede Terns-Thorpe - Times Union—January 7, 1964

 Mother’s Day Dedication to Hunter’s past 30-Year Historian, Justine Legg Hommel.

“Mark Hommel, 15 of Haines Falls received an award for his victory in Sunday’s ice-skating races at Rip Van Winkle Lake in Tannersville.” The jointly sponsored program was made possible by Tannersville Village and the NYS Youth Commission. The judges were Jim Flahive (recreation director of Tannersville), Joseph Graver, John Leach, Julius Warm, and Rick Carter. All had a great time.

ROWENA MEMORIAL SCHOOL GRADUATES 8:00 PM TOMORROW (AL GLUECK).

The following announcement was found in an undated newspaper clipping of the Rowena School’s 8:00 p.m. graduation ceremony on June 17th. The class motto was "V for Victory."  The class flowers and red and white school colors suggest it was a graduation held during World War II. Hopefully, some names will be recognized by families in Palenville.

The Program: Mrs. Raympmd Place sang Marines' Hymn. The school joined together at certain times to sing America, God Bless America, The Alma Mater, and The Star-Spangled Banner.

Rev. John Van Heest did the Invocation. Eleanor Edwards read the Class Motto, and Janet Haines the Prophecy. Al Glueck was the Valedictorian.

Janet Haines read the Class Prophecy, and Harold Edwards the Class Will.

Reverand Wilhelm Haysom read the Address, and Rowena's Principal, George D. Koerner, read the Awards.

George I Saxe awarded the Diplomas and Prizes.

Albert Salluce ended the evening by singing, “There Are Many Flags”.

The Benediction was by Rev. Vam Heest.

The graduation was held for the 3 students graduating. 1965 Catskill Recorder

Fire Razed Tannerville Food Store. The store was destroyed in the early morning yesterday. Firemen from three communities—Tannersville, Haines Falls, and Hunter kept the blaze from spreading to the downtown district. Tannersville Fire Chief William Reich Jr. said the three-story frame building that housed the grocery store was a total loss, and the cause was still unknown.  It was discovered about 3:30 a.m. by a passing baker, who called the fire company.

The store was owned by Thomas Tomara and his family.

Thanks so much for reading. Stay dry, be careful, and stay safe.

Dede Terns-Thorpe Town of Hunter Historian

 

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Acra Nutrition Center Update

ACRA — Check out the Nutrition Site menu offerings in the Greene County Roundtable. There are also some special events being held there. Find Roundtable at this website: https://www.greenegovernment.com/departments/human-services-greene-gov/news-events and the center is located at , Old Route 23, Acra.

Thursday, May 22, at 11:30 am. Nutrition Education with Nicole Gehman. Also, consider having lunch at noon. Planned meal for 5/22: Seafood,

Pasta Salad over Mixed Greens, Coleslaw, Cold Bean Salad, and Fresh Fruit.

Make reservations by noon on 5/21 to (518) 622-9898.

Thursday, May 28, Bingo

 

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Annual Father’s Day Car Show Returning to Tannersville

TANNERSVILLE — Tannersville is hosting its annual Cruisin’ on the Mountaintop Father’s Day Car Show for the 27th year in a row, with hot rods, street rods, rat rods, custom and classic cars, antique and vintage automobiles, trucks, muscle cars, and motorcycles on display all along Main Street. Tannersville’s Village Mayor Lee McGunnigle cordially invites everyone near and far to attend, “Join us at this spirited event which brings automobile artistry and engineering to our beautiful mountaintop village. Families get to celebrate this together while enjoying everything Tannersville has to offer.”

With cars of all types lining Main Street, this is a family friendly, destination event offering free attendance and live music by Whiskey Cross featuring Just James at 12pm. Attendees are encouraged to make a day or a weekend of it, and take advantage of the vendors, shops, bakeries, cafes, eateries, and restaurants lining Tannersville’s Main Street. Greg Thorpe from Thorpe’s GMC, a longtime, local sponsor of the car show understands the boost events like this give to the village, its local economy, and its community, saying “Thorpe’s GMC is honored to be the longest-running sponsor of the Cruisin’ On The Mountain Top Father’s Day Car Show. As a family business that’s been part of Tannersville for generations, this event means a lot to us. It’s more than just a car show—it’s a celebration of community, tradition, and our shared love of classic cars. Watching it grow over the years has been truly special, and we’re proud to support something that brings so much joy to our Mountain Top Community.”

Information for Car Show attendees:

- Attendance is free

- Main Street will be closed to traffic approximately 9:30am-4:30pm from the traffic light to the top of South Main Street with local detour being via Railroad Avenue & South Main Street.

- Parking will be available in the Municipal Lot on Tompkins Street with overflow parking at Tannersville Lake and at Village Hall (via Spring Street and Park Lane).

- Live music at 12pm by Whiskey Cross, featuring Just James

- Top Sponsors: Thorpe’s GMC and Pancho Villa’s Mexican Restaurant

Information for Car Show participants:

- Registration to show a car is open, pre-register for $10 or enter on the day of show for $15. The first 100 entries receive a T-shirt, dash plaque, and goodie bag

 

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Cairo Golden Agers Meets at the Acra Community Center

Wednesday, May 14: meeting at 1:30 pm. Join this friendly group to hear topics of interest to local seniors. Consider having lunch prior to the meeting. Planned meal for 5/14 at 11:45: Fish Florentine, Scalloped Potatoes, Broccoli, and Pineapple Delight. Make reservations by noon on 5/13. (518) 622-9898. Suggested contribution of $4.00.

Planned daytrips:

Wednesday, August 20: Lake George Dinner Theater. $90 per person. Show: Guys on Ice. Lunch choices: Chicken Francaise, Salmon, Pork Chop, or Pasta Primavera. Call Pam at 518.821.8048 or Patty at 518.821.6508.

Wednesday, October 1: Lake George Dinner Theater. $90 per person. Show: Incicdent at Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Lunch choices: Chicken Francaise, Salmon, Pork Chop, or Pasta Primavera. Call Pam at 518.821.8048 or Patty at 518.821.6508.

CAIRO GOLDEN AGERS meets the 2nd Wednesday, 1:30 p.m. at the Acra Community Center. Contact: President Pat Asaro, 518-821-6508. Membership dues are $5 annually.

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Catskill Silver Linings Senior Citizen Club

Upcoming meetings or events:

Thursday, June 12: meeting starts at 1pm. Guest speaker: Barbara Bravo who will speak about the Saugerties Artists Studio Tour.

Ongoing: Signup for daytrips. Call Sigrid at 518.943.0644 and leave a voice message.

Planned daytrips:

W, 5/21: Kingston, NY. Sold out

Tu, 6/17: Villa Roma – Tribute to the Beach Boys. Head count will be called in Mid-May. If planning on attending and have not already reserved, please call Sigrid as soon as possible @ 518.943.0644.

F, 7/25: Beardsley Castle and Erie Canal Cruise. Sold out.

Tu, 8/12: Aqua Turf – Theme: Song, Dance, and Romance.

Tu, 9/9: Aqua Turf – Theme: Doo-Wop.

Tu, 9/16: Springfield MA. Choose to spend the day at MGM casino or Big E.

Tu, 10/7: Bennington, VT. Bennington Museum, lunch, guided step-on tour, time on Main St.

Th, 11/6: Brownstone / Ace in the Hole – Tribute to Smokey and Al Green

The Catskill Silver Linings Senior Citizen Club meets at Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St, Catskill, NY, typically on the second Thursday of the month at 1 pm. The entrance is around back. Meetings are open to those living in the area; we have attendees from throughout Greene County. Membership is open to those 55 and older. Dues are $5 per year.

Looking forward to seeing you soon.

 

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