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PREVIOUS YEARS’ ARCHIVED PRESS RELEASES
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...
Friends of Cemeteries to meet March 19
Friends of Middletown Cemeteries will hold its annual spring planning meeting Saturday, March 19 at 10 a.m. at Fairview Public Library’s Community Room, 43 Walnut St., Margaretville. This informal group of cemetery lovers will discuss projects that might be...
HSM hosts first Genealogy Lunch
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown, Delaware County, will host the first in a three-part series of Genealogy Lunches Saturday, March 5 at Fairview Public Library, 43 Walnut St., Margaretville. The event will begin at 11 a.m. in the library’s Community...
Historical Society Plans 2011 Activities
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown, Delaware County, with six successful years of programming and preservation projects under its belt, is making plans for its seventh season celebrating local history. Members will receive a detailed calendar of events...
Paintings of historic sites offered at auction
A selection of original paintings of area historic sites will be auctioned Friday, Nov. 26 as a benefit for the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown (HSM). Silent bidding will commence at 3 p.m. on the second floor of The Commons, Main Street, Margaretville....
Historical Society launches new website
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown has launched a new website (www.mtownhistory.org). Designed by Joanie Merwin of Fleischmanns and constructed by CMS Internet Solutions, Inc. of Bovina, the site was funded by member contributions. It not only contains...