Portraits and Stories

Carol Smythe is a town historian of Grahamsville, NY. She sat down to talk about why she came back to this town after living away for decades.

Woodburne residents Margaret and Chris Helthaler share their views on what makes a community, the sorrow of letting go, and how the greater Neversink area could become a thriving community that cannot be automated away.

Interview with Piera Merrill and David Van Valkenburg 

Interview with Linda and Frank Comando

Interview with Patricia Wellington

Interview with Betty Shaver and Piera Merrill

Interview with Betty Shaver

Interview with Kristina Knott

Interview about Wild Cat Foundation

Interview with Patricia and Peter Eakins

Interview with Charles Breiner

Interview with Lucy Small

Interview with Coby Sontag

Interview with Frank Stapleton

Interview with Mary Lou Stapleton

Interview with Dorothy Muthig

Interview with Dennis Muthig

Interview with Diana Weiner

Interview with Marion Rubenzahl 

Interview with Charles Kelsey 

Portraits and Stories Podcast is a companion to a project with the same title that combines oral history with portrait silhouette cutting. It's a collection of stories told by the members of Rondout Neversink, watersheds of NYC located in the Catskills, 100 miles north of the city.