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PREVIOUS YEARS’ ARCHIVED PRESS RELEASES
More local newspapers posted online
More than half a century of the Roxbury Times and 12 more years of the Catskill Mountain News have been added to the New York State Historic Newspapers website, created and administered by the Northern New York Library Network in partnership with the Empire State Library Network.
HSM wraps up busy year with some old fashioned music
MARGARETVILLE – The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown concluded its programming season November 4 with a musical tribute to a home-town composer from the turn of the last century. Following its annual meeting and luncheon, held at the Catskill Watershed...
Vintage Waltz To Be Played at HSM annual meeting Nov. 4
The annual meeting of Historical Society of Middletown members and friends will be held Saturday, Nov. 4 at noon at the Catskill Watershed Corp. on County Road 38 (Arkville cut-off road). PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE – the event will NOT be held at the Margaretville...
HSM holds Oct. 21 Program on Deciphering Surveys and Deeds
ARKVILLE – Rick Brooks, a long-time surveyor and historian of his trade, will present “The Hardenburgh Patent, A Surveyor’s Journey” Saturday, Oct. 21 at 3 p.m. in the Catskill Watershed Corp.’s auditorium on County Rte. 38 (Arkville cut-off road). Admission to the...
Great Middletown fires topic of illustrated talk
ARKVILLE – Fires that transformed the business districts of Margaretville, Arkville and Fleischmanns, and laid waste barns, hotels and other structures in the countryside, will be the subject of a slide presentation by local historians Diane Galusha and John Duda...
Cemetery Tour: Turning Lemons Into Lemonade
MARGARETVILLE – Our 10th Living History Cemetery Tour was an example of making lemonade from lemons, or in this case creating a special theatrical experience despite a weekend of wet weather. The June 17 tour was moved from Margaretville Cemetery to the comfort of the...
Cemetery Tour Reservations Open
MARGARETVILLE – Reservations for the Historical Society of Middletown’s 10th Living History Cemetery Tour are now open. The popular tour will be held Saturday, June 17, 2023 at Margaretville Cemetery. Rain date is June 18. In addition to the one-hour walking tour,...
Sat., June 17, 2023 — 10th Living History Cemetery Tour
Meet six people from Middletown's past on a one-hour guided walk through Margaretville Cemetery. Walking tours offered in six time slots from 4-6 p.m. Reservations required. Details to come. If you would like to be an at-large, silent vignette player, call Diane...
Historical Society names 2023 Cemetery Tour cast
March 28, 2023 MARGARETVILLE – The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown (HSM) has announced cast members for its 10th Living History Cemetery Tour to be held Saturday, June 17 at Margaretville Cemetery. In addition to the walking tour, offered in six time...
Building update, new trustees highlight annual meeting
Two new trustees – Alana Siegel of New Kingston and Michael Fairbairn of Millbrook – were elected to the Board of the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown at its 18th Annual Meeting October 22. Long-time HSM President Diane Galusha was also re-elected to a...
Rare books program October 22
A family Bible worth $350,000. A first-edition classic found at a flea market. A 500-year-old German book of woodprints stored under a bed for 40 years. Mark Twain’s personal book collection, many with penciled comments, questions and witticisms, stashed in barrels in...
New Kingston photographs of Irene Fay Oct. 1
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown will revisit a unique time in New Kingston Valley history, one documented by photographer Irene Fay, in an illustrated talk Saturday, Oct. 1 at 3 p.m. at the New Kingston Presbyterian Church. “World of my own: The New...
Cauliflower Festival is Sept. 24
The 18th Cauliflower Festival will be held Saturday, Sept. 24 from 11 to 4 in Margaretville’s Village Park, sponsored by the Central Catskills Chamber of Commerce. Pure Catskills, the Catskill Forest Association and the Historical Society of Middletown will be key...
Walk the historic Double Horseshoe Curve
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown will hold another of its popular History Hikes Sunday, Oct. 2 when historians John Duda and Diane Galusha will lead a walk on the former Ulster & Delaware (U&D) Railroad tracks from Highmount to Pine Hill....
Family Day at Old Stone School
Family Fun Day at the Old Stone Schoolhouse in Dunraven, two miles west of Margaretville, will be held Saturday, Aug. 20 from 10 to 3. In case of heavy rain, the free event will be held Sunday. While there is no admission fee, donations towards the upkeep of this...
The Catskills in a Basket!
This treasure trove of items made in or about the Catskills is the HSM raffle item this year. “A Tisket, a Tasket: The Catskills in a Basket” was assembled by fundraising volunteers Jackie Purdy, Anne Sanford and Marilyn Pitetti. The large wicker laundry basket...
Theater photos, memorabilia sought
The Galli-Curci Theater in downtown Margaretville turns 100 this year and organizers of an anniversary celebration are turning to the public for help in locating photographs and memorabilia.Photographs of the theater, especially its interior; early playbills,...
Pepacton Cemetery Tour is July 9
A walking tour of Pepacton Cemetery, where the remains of 1,525 people from burial grounds in the Pepacton and Cannonsville Reservoir basins were moved in the 1950s and ‘60s, will be held Saturday, July 9 at 10 a.m.The cemetery, maintained by the NYC Department of...