April 2025 Edition
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Featured Stories
PepsiCo plant closing rocks Liberty
By Anahi Rodriguez and Manor Ink Staff
Liberty, NY – The news surprised everyone. The PepsiCo Foods plant in Liberty, employing close to 300 people, is closing. Some have described the announcement as “devastating,” both for the employees …
OSI completes purchase of 3,100 acres
By Manor Ink Staff
Town of Neversink, NY – The Open Space Institute, a national leader in land conservation efforts, has completed the purchase of 3,100 acres of forested property within the Town of Neversink. This property, known …
New district gets its official name
By Manor Ink Staff
Town of Rockland, NY – The newly elected seven-person Board of Education voted at its Mar. 18 meeting on a new name for the merged schools. After a review of survey results, the trustees voted five to two ...
County buses come to Manor
By Zoey McGee | Manor Ink
Livingston Manor, NY – Move Sullivan, the county’s public transit system, has added a new bus route to better serve residents in our smaller towns. Route E officially began service on Mar. 5, adding stops in Livingston ...
My View: Cell phones, NYSEG and college
By Rachel Zuckerman | Manor Ink
I know what you’re thinking. An opinion piece about Gov. Nancy Hochul’s proposed cell phone ban in schools by a teenager? She’s probably on her phone 24/7. Well, I am a teenager, and I have a cell phone, but I also …
The art of preservation and presentation
By Adriana Serafino | Manor Ink
The small hamlet of Parksville that lies between Liberty and Livingston Manor is slowly being revitalized into a happening location, not unlike the way it was in the 1960s. Many newcomers have bought up old buildings ...
Tastes of the Middle East in Liberty
By Zoey McGee | Manor Ink
Back in November, Eat 2 Live opened in a unit at the Beer World shopping center on Mill Street in Liberty. They are a halal grill serving Middle Eastern-style food with a wide variety of menu options, including …
Radio Catskill celebrates 35 years on air
By Manor Ink Staff
Liberty, NY – Tim Bruno was one of the voices heard over Power 92 in Bloomington, IN, where classic rock kept thousands of listeners tuned in around the clock. It was his first professional gig after high school …
Feathers mean warmer weather
By Zoey McGee | Manor Ink
This is the time of year when everyone is eagerly searching for tiny signs of spring. Some rely on a prediction from our favorite rodent in Pennsylvania, while others look for sprouting daffodils. But for me …
April puzzle answers
By Ink Puzzlemaster
Stuck? Can’t figure out that one word in the Crossword? Jumbled over the letters in the Jumble? Can’t complete that last line in the Sudoku? Fear not – the Puzzlemaster’s answers are just a click away …