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My dear readers, though I know you usually come here to read about my recommendations to you, I now am humbly asking for some of y’all’s recommendations. Next month, I will be in Cleveland with an out-of-state friend who is visiting for a weekend, and despite having lived in Ohio pretty much my entire life, I have […]

“Gimme is a dazzling ever-growing type family of multi-chromatic and variable display typefaces…” This is bonkers…letters made from Battleship pieces, Connect Four boards, playing cards, wooden railroad tracks, etc.

Bring Blockbuster Video back to your town/city by setting up a little free library of VHS tapes & DVDs. “Take a movie, leave a movie.” Love this.

Gloria Steinem’s final essay, posthumously published by the New Yorker. “When you’re lucky enough to have lived a long life, as I have done, your role as an older person is to remind us how far we have come.”

Mediaite: “According to data from Nielsen, an audience of 2.50 million viewers tuned in to Fox News from 9-11 p.m. ET Wednesday night, when the president’s address aired…” “They might have run up the score even further had they just stuck with regular programming. In August, Fox’s Gutfeld pulled in an audience of 2.51 million […]

“Gov. Ron DeSantis denounced President Donald Trump’s proposal to deliver $5,000 checks to Americans if Republicans hold their ground in the midterm elections, fearing the infusion of cash will only stir more inflation,” Politico reports. Said DeSantis: “If you are getting surplus revenue, you should cut people’s tax and return it to the people. What […]

“Top Republicans are scrambling to shore up their Senate map in Alaska, Texas and other red states — and are privately acknowledging they could very well lose in Georgia and North Carolina,” Politico reports. “As GOP lawmakers, candidates and party officials gather for their midterm convention in Dallas, their conversations reveal how the party is […]

“Republicans spent the first five hours of their midterm convention in Dallas warning about socialism on Wednesday before President Trump surprised many of them with an audacious trillion-dollar proposal to redistribute wealth,” the New York Times reports. “Mr. Trump’s call to send $5,000 to every adult American — but only if his party wins in […]

“Sen. Ted Cruz gave a red-meat speech at the Republican convention on Thursday in which he accused the Democratic Party of succumbing to ‘communists and Islamists’ who hate Christians, Jews, capitalism and America,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “It carried on a theme that speakers have echoed over the two days of the Dallas event, […]

“President Trump acknowledged on Fox News that he plans to block Democrats’ legislation if they retake the House and Senate after the midterms,” Axios reports. Said Trump: “I will end up being a blocker — I’ll block all their bad stuff for two years It wont be the same. I’ll be a blocker, what can […]

JD Vance knows better than to sell yet another false promise to the millions of Americans hurting in this unaffordable Trump economy.

The Woodstock Town Board has accepted the resignation of Custodial Department laborer Michael Innello, a convicted Level 3 sex offender who was hired last year and retained despite public outcry over his criminal history. His resignation takes effect Friday, Sept. 11. “This is a parting of ways,” Woodstock Supervisor Anula Courtis said. “He’s going to […]

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Meira Blaustein is preparing to leave the Woodstock Film Festival after 26 years spent building it from a four-venue gathering into one of the Hudson Valley’s signature cultural events. “It feels to be the right time,” Blaustein said. “We had a great run and the festival is only going to continue to grow from here.” […]

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The Shandaken Historical Society will mark the country’s 250th anniversary with its first Revolutionary War reenactment, featuring participants portraying life in an 18th-century military camp. The free event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 26 at Big Indian Park on Route 28, according to Historical Society Museum Director Joseph Prieboy. About […]

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Near the Slide Mountain trailhead and Big Indian Wilderness, a bright-red barn houses Ralph’s Bar and Bowling, a lively gathering place for residents, tourists, and pizza lovers. Inside, cowboy decor, taxidermied animals, and cow skulls line the walls and shelves. A vintage manual bowling alley sits near the entrance. Live music and dancing spill downstairs […]

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The Overlook has been named the 2026 New LION Business of the Year, earning national recognition for its public-service journalism, rapid growth, and work building a sustainable nonprofit newsroom in the Catskills. The award was presented Wednesday night at the LION Publishers Sustainability Awards in San Diego. The annual awards recognize independent news organizations across […]

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The Woodstock Town Board has accepted the resignation of Custodial Department laborer Michael Innello, a convicted Level 3 sex offender who was hired last year and retained despite public outcry over his criminal history. His resignation takes effect Friday, Sept. 11. “This is a parting of ways,” Woodstock Supervisor Anula Courtis said. “He’s going to […]

The post Woodstock Town Worker at Center of Hiring Controversy Resigns appeared first on The Overlook.

Meira Blaustein is preparing to leave the Woodstock Film Festival after 26 years spent building it from a four-venue gathering into one of the Hudson Valley’s signature cultural events. “It feels to be the right time,” Blaustein said. “We had a great run and the festival is only going to continue to grow from here.” […]

The post Meira Blaustein Looks Back on 26 Years Leading Woodstock Film Festival appeared first on The Overlook.

The Shandaken Historical Society will mark the country’s 250th anniversary with its first Revolutionary War reenactment, featuring participants portraying life in an 18th-century military camp. The free event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 26 at Big Indian Park on Route 28, according to Historical Society Museum Director Joseph Prieboy. About […]

The post Revolutionary War Reenactment to Bring 1776 Camp Life to Shandaken appeared first on The Overlook.

Near the Slide Mountain trailhead and Big Indian Wilderness, a bright-red barn houses Ralph’s Bar and Bowling, a lively gathering place for residents, tourists, and pizza lovers. Inside, cowboy decor, taxidermied animals, and cow skulls line the walls and shelves. A vintage manual bowling alley sits near the entrance. Live music and dancing spill downstairs […]

The post Tiny Kitchen, Big Pizza at Ralph’s Bar and Bowling in Big Indian appeared first on The Overlook.