Library opening delayed a week

Staff Writer
Times Herald-Record
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MONTICELLO - More than 250 folks turned out in the frosty Sunday weather to help move books ranging from Shel Silverstein’s “The Giving Tree” to Donna Tartt’s “The Goldfinch” from the old Ethelbert B. Crawford Library to its new home a few blocks away on Broadway in Monticello. Many of those folks stayed for the ribbon cutting that followed.

But the long-awaited, new 11,000-square-foot library won’t actually be opening until next Monday, Oct. 26 - instead of its scheduled opening Oct. 19. That’s because the library says bookcases, computers and computer desks have yet to arrive at the $3.2 million building in the home of the former Davco variety store. Plus, security gates and checkout pads are not yet working.

“There are no simple workarounds to these issues, leaving us no other option than to delay re-opening until we can get the necessary items delivered, installed and up and running,” according to a press release from the library, which added: “Please bear with us as we work out these issues.”

Steve Israel

Renters can learn how to buy a home

LIBERTY - Local officials and the federal government are pushing for more renters to become homeowners with the Pathway to Homeownership Forum on Oct. 28.

The Village and Town of Liberty are co-sponsoring the event to help residents learn how to purchase a home through the U.S. Department of Agriculture loan program. Once they are qualified, a resident can buy a home and then make monthly payments that are less than it would be to rent a home or an apartment, according to Liberty Town Supervisor Charlie Barbuti.

The event will also have a translator for Spanish-speaking residents.

The town and village hosted a similar event last year; more than 40 people who were currently renting attended the forum, according to Barbuti.

It will be held at 7 p.m., at the Town of Liberty Senior Center, 119 North Main Street.

For information, contact Barbuti at Town Hall at 292-5111.

Andrew Beam

Mysteryland will return - on different dates

BETHEL - The electronic music festival Mysteryland is again returning to the original Woodstock festival site. But instead of staging its three-day bash over Memorial Day weekend as it did the past two years, the festival will be held the weekend of June 10-13 next year.

The reason, according to Bethel Supervisor Dan Sturm, is to avoid a conflict with another electronic music festival held Memorial Day weekend in New York City.

The change of dates should nearly double the attendance over last year's crowd of 15,000, said Sturm.

He noted that the Bethel Planning Board approved the return of Mysteryland at its meeting last week. The festival still needs town permits for noise and camping, he said.

Steve Israel

Sullivan spots in the spotlight of magazine

What do the Arnold House inn and restaurant in Livingston Manor, the Heron Restaurant and the Maison Bergogne shop in Narrowsburg and the Ba & Me takeout restaurant in Callicoon have in common?

They just made the November issue of Food and Wine magazine. A feature, "The Catskills' Next Counterculture," says the Catskills have become "a haven for forward-looking chefs, artisans and shop owners priced out of New York City."

The feature also focuses on a few other local spots: the Phoenecia Diner, the Kingston Wine Co. wine shop, and Phoenecia's Graham and Co. motel.

Steve Israel

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