September 2025 Edition
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Featured Stories
For a new school year, a new school
By Anahi Rodriguez | Manor Ink
Livingston Manor, NY – It’s the first day of school for both Livingston Manor and Roscoe students, but instead of being separate as they were for the last 86 years, students from both hamlets are now together …
Mongaup campground closed for the season
By Aidan Dusen-Bury-Dalto | Manor Ink
DeBruce, NY – A beloved campground, a staple for families and adventure-seekers, has announced its early closure. Mongaup Pond Campground, located just a few miles outside Livingston Manor …
Roscoe store aims to make homes of houses
By Leah Staudt | Manor Ink
Roscoe, NY – One visit to Sunday Home Roscoe furniture store in this hamlet could turn a house into a home. The variety of furniture – everything from antique to modern – is very eye-catching. The store ...
Manor eatery back in business
By Erick Slattery | Manor Ink
Livingston Manor, NY – The wait is over. Your order is officially in! Café 43 has reopened. As you first walk, in you are greeted in the welcoming atmosphere by Dawn Seeno, owner of the café. Seeno is a charming ...
It’s Taylor + Ace’s move 3.0
By Yides Gottlieb | Manor Ink
Roscoe, NY – Moving old things into a new home once again is something Charlotte Taylor has “aced.” She has switched stores twice in five years, and she hopes this latest relocation will be her last move …
A clothing shop for all musical tastes
By Rachel Zuckerman | Manor Ink
Roscoe, NY – Ever want to look into the past? For clothes, hmm? Well, the Underground Fashion Outlet, or UFO, in Roscoe is the perfect place for you to go. From the outside, it’s an unassuming storefront on a quiet ...
RCS Derby driver makes top 10
By Anthony Heusel | Manor Ink
Akron, OH – The International Soap Box Derby race is here! People from all over America, Japan and Canada have come to race in Akron, OH, for the annual championship. Livingston Manor’s Emma Gaebel …
Chicken fans come home to roost
Photos by Art Steinhauer | Manor Ink Mentor
Parksville once again has something to crow about. The fifth annual Parksville B’Kawk Festival arrived in fine feather on Saturday, Aug. 16, and crowds were the biggest yet, taking over a grassy plot on Main Street …
Three days when all the world comes to G’ville
Photos by Zoey McGee | Manor Ink
It happens to be New York State’s longest-running independent country fair, and this year marked its 145th redux. The Grahamsville Little World’s Fair took over the hamlet’s fairgrounds on Friday, Aug. 15, for three days …
Memories made real in everyday objects
By Teresa Tulipano | Manor Ink Mentor
Lisa Gartner is creating a strangely familiar universe in her Parksville studio. Gartner’s ceramic sculptures are meticulously copied, oversized representations of everyday objects. Their exaggerated size transforms …
September 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 …