Fleischmanns

By John Bernhardt
All summer long the baseball story around the metropolitan New York area has been the tale of two shortstops. New York baseball fans, and to some degree baseball fans around America, have been caught up in a firestorm of day-to-day drama and excitement generated by Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter and Met shortstop Jose Reyes. Jeter had the baseball world counting hits as he worked to put an exclamation point on a legendary major league career.

By Jay Braman Jr.
The last bit of red tape has been cut through and the Village of Fleischmanns is now the owner of the theater building on Main Street.
At least that is what it looks like.

Last week in United States Bankruptcy Court Bankruptcy Judge Diane Davis decided that the village did indeed properly take over the property when it was seized in a foreclosure action that started back in 2008.

Fleischmanns — Jeanne Palmer and Connie Mohar will appear on Sunday, Aug.14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Fleischmanns Market on Main, on Main Street in Fleischmanns.
Jeanne Palmer, a Roxbury part-timer is a musician and dancer for much of her life. As a choreographer and director of musical theatre she toured the world and now enjoys playing the fiddle with friends both in the city and in the Catskills.

By John Bernhardt
It was singing in the rain on the tennis courts in Fleischmanns last weekend. Nearly 50 tennis players danced between the raindrops as they worked through the brackets in five divisions of the 2011 Catskill Cup.

Rain forced intermittent play but spirits were high and most divisions advanced to the final rounds. The local tennis showcase will run its course this coming weekend with championship matches scheduled both Saturday and Sunday.

Fleischmanns — The Fleischmanns Market on Main is flourishing on Main Street at the gazebo every Sunday. More and more people come each week to enjoy the sweet corn, peaches, tomatoes, baked goods, tea, berries, squash, beets, peppers and lots more wonderful products including great conversation. The market runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Sunday.

Fleischmanns — Twenty children, ages 7-12, responded to the open call for drawings earlier this spring from the Fleischmanns First Art Project Committee. The drawings were reviewed and interpreted by the committee as inspiration for its first art beautification project, a mural on the concession stand at the Wagner Avenue ball field.

Fleischmanns — Zoom Gallery will open an exhibit of photographs by Danny Lowit on September 4. An opening reception will be held that day from 1-4 p. m. at the gallery located at 1033 Main Street, Fleischmanns. Refreshments will be served.

 There will be a showing of the film “Bienvenidos a Fleischmanns” at the Skene Memorial Library, Main Street in Fleischmanns on Sunday, Aug. 22 at 2 p.m.

Fleischmanns — Top-notch competition and off-the-court festivities were the order of the weekend at the second annual Catskills Cup Tennis Tournament on July 30-August 1 in Fleischmanns.

After Saturday’s competition, Wojciech “Rudy” Rogawski of Highmount was inducted into the Fleischmanns Tennis Hall of Fame.

Fleischmanns — The second annual Catskills Cup tennis tournament will be played in Fleischmanns’ Wagner Avenue Park from July 30 to August 1, with an evening of barbecue and free live music on Friday July 30 and a hall of fame dinner on Saturday, July 31 featuring the music of zydeco jam of L’il Anne and Hot Cayenne.