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By Matthew Perry on Wednesday, Jun. 29, 2011 - 1:53 pm
Above: Hugh Timoney, Lissa Sidoli, Angelina Fiordellisi, Peter Gaitens, Zena Gurbo and Patricia Buckley rehearse a scene from Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit at Franklin Stage Company. Photo by Steve Monosson.
Tonight, the Franklin Stage Company begins a run... Read more
By Lillian Browne on Thursday, Jun. 23, 2011 - 4:46 pm
Louis and Trish Pesout, with grandson Skylar Pesout, in front of a test wind turbine on their property in Franklin. Photo by Lillian Browne.
Wind power is coming to Franklin. A Houston-based energy company, Horizon Wind Energy, has erected two wind test... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jun. 20, 2011 - 10:51 am
Ten antique wagon wheels have been stolen in the town of Franklin, according to a press release from the Delaware County Sheriff's Office. Apparently, the wheels -- 1 white, 9 unpainted, all old -- were stolen sometime last week from a property on County... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 1, 2011 - 12:11 pm
The Viviana Hansen Gallery, a cozy little trove of works from local artists and lovingly curated antiques that has been a fixture of Delhi's Main Street for the last five years, has packed up and moved -- but not too far. The gallery recently announced... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 24, 2011 - 2:49 pm
The Delaware County Sheriff's Office is reporting today that a man driving home from Oneonta last night reportedly crashed into a house in Franklin, causing "substantial damage" to the residence.
The driver, 50-year-old Christopher R. Temple of Franklin,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, May. 2, 2011 - 9:44 pm
There's no story on its website yet, but the Daily Star has posted some amazing photos of a fire at Catskill Tractor in Franklin on Facebook.
5/3/11 Update: Today, the Star has full coverage. It seems that the fire didn't hurt anyone:
Wayne Worden, who... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Apr. 8, 2011 - 10:54 am
An image from Zena Gurbo's exhibit ,"The Book of Love: Three-dimensional Stories of the Whole-hearted." At the Bright Hill Literary Center in Treadwell until April 22.
Wondering how the book of love, as sung about by the Magnetic Fields, is illustrated? ... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011 - 3:52 pm
We just got an update from Treadwell resident Linda Norris about The Pickle Project, an exhibit about Ukranian foodways which Norris was seeking to fund via the website Kickstarter by February 1. (We reported on the project a few weeks ago.)
From a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jan. 21, 2011 - 3:01 pm
Linda Norris, an independent museum professional based in Treadwell, first set foot in Ukraine in the dead of winter two years ago. One of the first things she noticed was that it wasn't that different from January in the Catskills.
Over the months since... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 - 10:31 am
A convicted sex offender is free in Franklin, in the wake of legal complications over his sentencing that have yet to be resolved.
In May of 2009, Robert Becker Jr. -- who was convicted earlier that year of the sexual abuse of five students at Franklin... Read more
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