News 2025
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Scavenger Hunt Explores Margaretville
MARGARETVILLE –A visual Scavenger Hunt of downtown Margaretville invites curious residents and visitors to explore Main Street by identifying architectural and sign details.
HSM Hall Available to Rent
MARGARETVILLE –The program hall of the Middletown History Center on Cemetery Road in Margaretville is available to rent for special functions.
Margaretville Lauded by State Legislature
The Margaretville Village Board will meet Thursday, May 8 at 4 p.m. to read from a NYS Legislative Resolution honoring the village at the 150th anniversary of its incorporation. The Resolution was passed by both the Senate and the Assembly March 20, and the village was to be honored on the floor of the Senate in Albany May 6 with Village representatives present.
Folk artists spotlighted in HSM exhibit
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown (HSM) will shine a light on two folk artists whose work will be exhibited at the Middletown History Center this year. Basket maker Karl Amor (1906-1992) and metal sculptor Joseph Schoell (1907-1993) practiced their...
HSM will clean headstones during May
Memorial Day is right around the corner and the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown wants to help you pay tribute to your loved ones by offering a unique headstone cleaning service.
Margaretville celebrates 150th birthday in 2025
The Village Board will observe the milestone when it meets May 8, the day a public vote in 1875 approved the formation of a system of governance for what had been an unincorporated hamlet. An illustrated program, to be held Sunday, July 13 at 2 p.m. at the Middletown History Center
The celebration will begin with a 2 p.m. ribbon cutting on the doorstep of the expanded facility which includes an archives and reading room named for HSM benefactor Nicholas J. Juried.