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Cruise-In, BBQ, Music and a Free Movie August 30!
CRUISE-IN PHOTO GALLERYClick for a larger view of each image...Main Street, Margaretville will be rocking Friday, evening, August 30 when a Cruise-In, a benefit chicken barbecue and a free movie launch the Labor Day Weekend with a bang. The event, co-sponsored by the...
Grange is topic of August 23 talk
GRANGE PRESENTATION PHOTO GALLERYClick for a larger view of each image...“The Grange, Revisited,” a talk on the history, organization and activities of the ‘Patrons of Husbandry’ will be presented at the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown hall, 778 Cemetery...
“Ghosts on the Land” is August 17 program
“Ghosts on the Land: How Hardscrabble Farmers Changed History,” will be the topic of a program presented by the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown, 778 Cemetery Road, Margaretville on Saturday, Aug. 17. Admission is by donation. Essayist Jennifer Kabat of...
Melodrama brings campy fun to HSM
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown will play host to some mid-summer silliness on Wednesday, August 14 at 7 p.m. when “It Happened in Middletown” will be performed by a troupe of local thespians directed by Marge Miller. The playlet will be staged at the...
HSM at Halcott Fair, seeks Grange stories
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown will greet friends and neighbors at the Halcott Fair Saturday, July 20 from noon to 4 p.m. The annual event will take place in the Halcott Grange hall where the Greene Valley Grange once met and held dinners, dances and...
Cemetery Tour was a smashing success!
CEMETERY TOUR PHOTO GALLERYClick for a larger view of each image...The 7th Living History Cemetery Tour, sponsored by the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown, takes place Sat., June 22 (rain date June 23). This year’s tour is at Margaretville Cemetery, on...
Seeking info on schools, Grange, ’60s
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown is searching for photographs, historical information and personal stories to add to its archives and to use in upcoming programs and exhibits. Of particular interest this year are materials and memories pertaining to...
The Past is Personal: Two Workshops
A pair of Saturday workshops April 6 and 13 will teach participants how to search for their ancestors, and then how to write about what they’ve found. The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown will sponsor these workshops, to be held from 1 to 4 p.m. at...
Casting call for Cemetery Tour!
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown is looking for local players to portray several former residents at its annual Living History Cemetery Tour to be held Saturday, June 22. Four men and four women are yet to be cast. A variety of non-speaking players,...
Donor issues campaign challenge to HSM
Architect’s rendering of planned archives facilitityA generous donor to the campaign for a Middletown History Center is challenging other history lovers to match his contribution by the end of 2018. Nicholas J. Juried has pledged $50,000 towards the construction of an...
The Revolution comes to Pakatakan
“The Revolution Comes to Pakatakan” will be the topic when the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown holds its Annual Meeting and Luncheon Sat., Oct. 27 at Noon at the HSM hall, 778 Cemetery Road, Margaretville. Charles Yaple, author of Jacob’s Land:...
The Devil Wagons are coming!
The 2nd Annual Catskill Conquest Pilot Rally Commemorating the 1903 Automobile Endurance Run will be held Saturday September 22. View more than 30 vintage vehicles Saturday morning at the Maurice D. Hinchey Catskill Interpretive Center, 5069 State Route 28, Mount...
Cauliflower Festival is Sept. 22!
The Fifteenth Annual Margaretville Cauliflower Festival will be held rain or shine Saturday, Sept. 22 from 10 to 4 in the Village Park, Margaretville. This free festival, sponsored by the Central Catskills Chamber of Commerce, is focused on the agricultural heritage...
Family History Day Sept. 8
Explore, share and celebrate your family’s heritage at the Historical Society of Middletown’s first Family History Afternoon Saturday, Sept. 8. This free event runs from 1 to 4 p.m. at the HSM hall, 778 Cemetery Road, Margaretville. All are welcome. Genealogist and...
Program on photographer Art Kane July 21
The life and work of Art Kane, one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century, will be discussed in a program hosted by the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown (HSM) Saturday, July 21 at 7 p.m. at the HSM hall, 778 Cemetery Road, Margaretville....
6th Living History Cemetery Tour July 7
George W. Hubbell, who established this ice cream emporium on Wawaka Lake, s one of 11 people to be portrayed in the tour on July 7.The sixth Living History Cemetery Tour presented by the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown (HSM) takes place Saturday, July 7...
Skis, Trees and the Triple Cs
Hardy Margaretville enrollees set off on a CCC work mission.The Civilian Conservation Corps, a Depression-era program that put millions of young men to work repairing environmental damage and building parks and trails, will be discussed Saturday, June 9 at 10 a.m. at...
HSM announces 2018 schedule of programs
The Historical Society of Middletown has a busy schedule of talks, tours and special activities planned for 2018. The season will start with a friendly battle of wits when HSM sponsors its first Trivia Challenge Saturday, May 5 at 7 p.m. at its hall, 778 Cemetery Rd.,...