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PREVIOUS YEARS’ ARCHIVED PRESS RELEASES
CMNews, cemetery listing add to historic resources
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown (HSM) is happy to announce that a new database of headstone inscriptions from the Margaretville Village Cemetery, and five more years of vintage Catskill Mountain News have been posted online. Web users can find the...
Vendors sought for Cauliflower Festival
The Ninth Annual Margaretville Cauliflower Festival will be held rain or shine Saturday, Sept. 29 from 10 to 4 in the Village Park, Margaretville. Space is still available for vendors, community organizations and artisans. Visit www.cauliflowerfestival.com to find...
Historic Margaretville subject of slide show
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown (HSM) will host a slide show of historic images of Margaretville Wednesday, July 25 at 7 p.m. at the HSM hall, 778 Cemetery Road, Margaretville. Admission is $2; HSM members get in free. Halcottsville post card...
HSM seeks items for Flea Market table
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown (HSM) will have a table at the Margaretville Hospital Auxiliary Antique and Flea Market August 4 at Margaretville Village Park. Proceeds from the table will go towards renovations of the HSM hall. HSM needs a little...
Living History Cemetery Tour This Saturday
Ten area residents will portray people from Middletown’s past in a “Living History Tour of Margaretville Cemetery” to be held Saturday, June 30 by the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown (HSM). Rain date is July 1. Margaretville Cemetery is located on...
Cast named for Cemetery Tour
Ten area residents will portray people from Middletown’s past in an unusual fundraising event to be held Saturday, June 30 by the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown (HSM). In the “Living History Tour of Margaretville Cemetery,” costumed portrayers will bring...
Post Card Show June 16
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown (HSM) will host a Vintage Post Card and Ephemera Show and Sale Sat., June 16 from 10 to 3 at the HSM hall, 778 Cemetery Road, Margaretville. Admission is $3; HSM members get in free. Several vendors will offer old post...
“The Great Outdoors” at Historical Society Open House
MARGARETVILLE – Middletown residents and visitors have long had a love-hate relationship with the Catskills environment: While beautiful and generous in its abundance, its stony ground, weather extremes and flood-prone waterways can be unforgiving. In “The Great...
More old news
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown (HSM) is happy to announce that five more years of vintage Catskill Mountain News have been posted online. Web users can now search and browse the Margaretville-based newspaper from July 13, 1902 to April 28, 1961....
1950s CMNews now online
HSM is pleased to report that the latest batch of Catskill Mountain News microfilm has been scanned and posted online. They run from Sept. 2, 1949 through Jan. 28, 1955. What a wealth of history these newspapers contain! And they’re searchable!...
HSM has a new home!
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown (HSM), established in 2005, finally has a home of its own, thanks to the generosity of the New Kingston Valley Grange (NKVG). The Grange has donated its clubhouse and seven acres on Cemetery Road, Margaretville, to HSM...
“A Whisper in Time” at Fairview Library
January 3, 2012: An exhibit of nine framed photographs taken at the turn of the last century is now on view at Fairview Public Library, Walnut Street, Margaretville. The library is open Monday (except holidays), Tuesday and Friday 12:30-5, Wednesday 12:30-7, Thursday...
HSM reviews past year, looks ahead to a new move
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown held its Seventh Annual Meeting October 23, when it recognized several volunteers, reported on its activities over the past year, and elected an Executive Committee to lead it into 2012. Thirty-five members and guests...
Time and Time Again
Lake Switzerland, Fleischmanns, then and nowAn exhibit of 12 digital photo collages – blended images of historic and contemporary photographs – will be on view at the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown’s (HSM) Annual Meeting Sunday, Oct. 23 at the Old...
Call for Cauliflower Festival vendors: CANCELLED
The Ninth Annual Margaretville Cauliflower Festival hHAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO IMPACTS FROM TROPICAL STORM IRENE.
Honoring Civil War dead
Annual Memorial Day observances at Fleischmanns and Margaretville on May 30 will include a reading of the names of 35 men from the Town of Middletown who died during the Civil War. The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown (HSM) has prepared this tribute to...
History Hike
Hikers, nature lovers and history buffs are invited to tramp to the summit of Balsam Lake Mountain Saturday, May 14 in an outing sponsored by the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown (HSM). Laurie Rankin, volunteer coordinator at the Balsam Lake Mountain Fire...
Genealogy Lunch April 2
HSM hosts second Genealogy Lunch The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown, Delaware County, will host the second in a three-part series of Genealogy Lunches Saturday, April 2 at Fairview Public Library, 43 Walnut St., Margaretville. The event will begin at 11...