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HSM Hall Available to Rent

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.

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Margaretville Lauded by State Legislature

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.

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Folk artists spotlighted in HSM exhibit

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...

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HSM will clean headstones during May

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.

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Margaretville celebrates 150th birthday in 2025

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.

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