To the Editor – May 2023
Re: “From Dingle Hill — The Coyotes,” by Peg DiBenedetto, April 2023 I grew up on a farm in western Kentucky. My family established the farm in 1805. My father was a farmer, and he grieved whenever he lost a single chicken, lamb, pig, or calf. He went to great lengths to provide secure housing for…
FINDING BURROUGHS – May 2023
Starting on Saturday May 27, The Hunting Tavern Museum in Andes, New York will present “Finding John Burroughs,” an exhibit inspired by the work and life of the great American naturalist John Burroughs, featuring paintings and sculptures by Delaware County artist, Patrice Lorenz.
AUTHOR DONATES MEMOIR TO THE ANDES LIBRARY – May 2023
In The Fuller Hill Kids Deborah L. Gladwell has given the reader a heartfelt memoir about her childhood in Corbett, including schooling in Downsville and visits to Finkle family in Andes.
THE WAY WE WERE – May 2023
Speeding in Andes, the new creamery making baby food, E.H.Winner is the champion fisherman, Governor Smith will break his oath to support the constitution if he does not repeal the Mullan-Gage Law.
THE WAY WE WERE – February 2023
Death announcements, February temperature statistics and other interesting tid-bits.
BOOK REVIEW: The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson – January 2023
A work of tremendous scope and ambition, this novel dares to imagine what it would take to protect the entire world from environmental collapse.
CATSKILLS CHARACTERS – December 2022
The mural in the library is coming along “slowly but slowly,” as my husband would say. It’s the Catskills, after all. No “New York minute” around here! Rip Van Winkle is just waking up in the scene after sleeping 20 years. Hopefully I won’t take that long!
LIVE-WIRE STUDENTS CREATE A LIVING FENCE – June 2022
By Buffy Calvert A living fence now surrounds the outdoor garden plots on Andes Central School grounds. For two weeks Ed McGee’s 7th and 8th grade science students and Sharon Tucker’s elementary art class have been hard at work removing sod and digging a trench 18 inches deep, extending the arc of the arbor previous…
GARDEN THERAPY: Perdy Persicarias – Fleeceflowers – June 2022
This article by Mel is all about “Fleeceblowers – or Persicarias”
BOUNDARY LINE ADJUSTMENT ON BUSSEY HOLLOW ROAD APPROVED; POTENTIAL CATSKILL HARVEST CARBON-NEUTRAL GREENHOUSE SENT TO PUBLIC HEARING – June 2022
Town of Andes Planning Board Meeting
PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON PROPOSED TRANSIENT RENTALS LAW; POTENTIAL TOWN GAS STATION SITES STILL LOOK PROMISING – June 2022
Town of Andes Board Meeting
DEP POLICE GIVES HELICOPTER ORIENTATION TO ANDES FIRE DEPARTMENT – June 2022
The DEP Police showed their newest helicopter with its state-of-the-art technology to the Andes Fire Department and discuss ways the two organizations can work together in a state of emergency.
LIBRARY NOTES – June 2022
By Pamela West-Finkle Summer is here! Yay! We made it through another Catskill Mountain winter. I’ve heard that phrase and said it to myself every year. I am happy to announce we have an action-packed Summer! In celebration of our Summer Reading Program “Oceans of Possibilities” and the 100th Anniversary of our library, I plan…
BOOK REVIEW: Briefly noted – Earthly Remains by Donna Leon – June 2022
As the New York Times critic Marilyn Stasio has said: “Donna Leon can do no wrong . . . [Earthly Remains] is one of her best.”
THE WAY WE WERE – May 2022
How many of the older inhabitants remember the winter of 1873-4??? Read all about it.
OLD TOWN HIGHWAY GARAGE IS OFFERED FOR SALE VIA SEALED BIDS Audit shows $124,000 Increase in Town General Fund – March 2022
Hamlet sidewalks, streetlamps, frozen water lines, mechanical issue at transfer station, and much more.
THE WAY WE WERE – March 2022
Town clerk issues a marriage license but left without tying the know – and other mini stories.
MOUNTAINEER TRACKS – March 2022
The third quarter began on January 31st. I am pleased to report that nearly 75% of our 5-12 students were named to the Superintendent’s List, High Honor, or Honor Roll for the second quarter.
MUSINGS ON TENNIS – November 2018
Gino plays tennis on Andes’ courts, enjoys it, but realizes he doesn’t play like his 25-year-old self did.
