SUMMER SATURDAYS ARE BACK: This will serve as the final Summer Nights Live Outdoor Concert of the 2024 Summer Season. Come out to the weekly Farmers Market from 10AM-2PM in the Hancock Town Sqaure. This will be the formal end our exciting 20 week back-to-back season with a Healing Drum Circle to cleanse the body and mind by local instructor and business owner Rivka Willick from 4-5PM in the Hancock Town Square. Then from 5-7PM please join the Hancock Partners in welcoming the Crosstown Shuttle Duo, who are sadly replacing the Grateful Dead Cover Band: Grateful Upstate Toodeloo who have cancelled their appearance in Hancock NY after months of advertising, with no notice. We deeply apologize to the entire community for this inconvenience, and unprofessionalism this has caused. We are as upset as all of you. We are devastated that this has happened to the public after months of eagerly awaiting this band. Crosstown Shuttle Duo will be Live in the Hancock Town Sqaure Fair with outdoor shopping, food and family activities from 5-7PM. Enjoy some of Chuck's Smok'n BBQ Brisket & Pulled Pork from 4-8PM, all proceeds from the BBQ sales to benefit UHS Oncology Department needs. #visithancockny - Voted #1 Best Small Town in the USA by TimeOut New York!
Lifesaving Tips for Tree Stand Safety
Every year, hunters are seriously injured, paralyzed, or killed falling out of tree stands. Falls from tree stands have become a major cause of hunting related injuries and fatalities in New York. The proper use of tree stands, full-body harnesses, and safety lines will help to prevent these injuries and fatalities.
Hunting from a tree stand is a safe and enjoyable way to hunt as long as a few basic safety principles are followed:
Inspect your tree stand before using it. Replace any worn or broken parts.
Wear a full-body harness, buckle it securely, and use a safety line.
The majority of falls happen while hunters are climbing up and into their stand, or climbing down, so connect to the tree before your feet leave the ground and stay connected until you get back down.
Let someone know where your stand is located and when you plan to be home.
Use a haul line to raise your unloaded gun, cocked crossbow, or bow with quiver up to the stand. Never tie the haul line to the trigger guard.
Carry emergency equipment, such as a knife, cell phone, flashlight, and whistle in your pockets at all times (not in your pack hanging in the tree).
Strap Up Before You Go Up
SUMMER SATURDAYS ARE BACK: Please join the Hancock Community at the Hancock Town Square! Live music today is the Crosstown Shuttle Band from 2-4PM
Then stick around for our Field of Dreams - End of Summer Carnival this Saturday Sept 14th from 4-8PM with FREE family carnival Games, Bouncy House, GaGa Pit, Karaoke, and much much more! Chuck's Smok'n BBQ will be for sale during the carnival to help raise funds for UHS Oncology Dept needs as well! #visithancockny - Voted #1 Best Small Town in the USA by TimeOut New York!
SUMMER SATURDAYS ARE BACK: Please join the Hancock Community at the weekly Farmer's Market on Saturday Sept 14th from 10AM-2PM We will also have the last Town Sqaure Bingo "COWBOY & BUCKAROO BINGO" at 12 Noon! Live music this afternoon by The AVEnue Band. Then stick around for our Field of Dreams - End of Summer Carnival this Saturday Sept 14th from 4-8PM with FREE family carnival Games, Bouncy House, GaGa Pit, Karaoke, and much much more! This was rescheduled from a mid-summer rain-date, so this year the kids are in luck, and get two end of summer carnivals! WOHOO! Chuck's Smok'n BBQ Brisket & Pulled Pork will be for sale during th carnival to help raise funds for UHS Oncology Dept needs as well! #visithancockny - Voted #1 Best Small Town in the USA by TimeOut New York!
Bridge update 9/12
Br 163 Lordville is completely done! We are packed up, picked up, and moved out. I'd like to thank everyone for their patience. I know this wasn't easy for the all the residents and visitors in the Lordville area. This took longer than we would have liked, but it's done and this new bridge should last many many years with minimal maintenance.
Jim Thomas
EVENT TODAY: Please join the entire Hancock Community in welcoming the French Woods Performing Arts Festival today in the Hancock Town Square at 1PM with their German Band, and an amazing FREE Concert Performance.
SUMMER SATURDAYS ARE BACK: Please join the entire Hancock Community at the Weekly Farmer's Market in the Hancock Town Square from 10AM-2PM and for The AVEnue Band from 4-6:30PM in the Town Sqaure, and then enjoy“America Alive!” the annual French Woods Classic Band Festival Concert Performance & Scholarship Fundraiser. The best show of the year! Hosted in the Hancock Central School Auditorium at 7pm on Saturday Sept 7th. Conducted by David Soto and featuring award-winning tenor vocalist Timothy Stoddard. For those attending Summer Nights Live in the Town Sqaure from 4-7PM, we will adjourn a bit early so everyone can simply walk across the street to the school for this incredible performance. #visithancockny - Voted #1 Best Small Town in the USA by TimeOut New York!
WEEKEND EVENT ALERT: Please join the entire Hancock Community at “America Alive!” the annual French Woods Classic Band Festival Concert Performance & Scholarship Fundraiser. The best show of the year! Hosted in the Hancock Central School Auditorium at 7pm on Saturday Sept 7th. Conducted by David Soto and featuring award-winning tenor vocalist Timothy Stoddard. For those attending Summer Nights Live in the Town Sqaure from 4-7PM, we will adjourn a bit early so everyone can simply walk across the street to the school for this incredible performance. #visithancockny - Voted #1 Best Small Town in the USA by TimeOut New York!
Bridge update 9/5
Br 163, Lordville is now OPEN! There will still be flagging delays during the day as we finish up and install the guiderail but it is now open.
Bridge update
Br 163 Lordville. We are ready to pave today but Cobleskill put us off until tomorrow. We will let the school bus through in the morning, and afternoon if needed. Hopefully we’ll be done by the time the afternoon bus goes through. If all goes well tomorrow, the bridge will be open at the end of the day to all traffic. We will still have guiderail and cleanup to do so still expect delays and construction, but traffic should be able to get through.
SUMMER SATURDAYS ARE BACK: Please join the entire Hancock Community at the weekly Farmers Market from 10AM-2PM with concessions, great shopping and then stick around from 4-8PM with Live Music by Dave Keener4-5PM and then the Callicoon Station Band 5-7PM. Feat Chuck's Smok'n Hot BBQ with proceeds benefiting UHS Oncology.
Bridges update 8/29
This will be the last update for 67-21! Br 67-21 is now complete and will be 2 lanes non stop now. We are replacing pipes on the rest of 67 and that will continue for a bit, then we will pave most of the road.
163 Lordville the backfilling is complete, approach work is still needed. Cobleskill is currently scheduled to pave the bridge and approaches on Wednesday 9/4 and our hope is to have it open on 9/5. There will still be work (guiderail mainly) while it is open so there will still be delays during the day to allow our equipment and personnel to finish the work.
Come out to the HCEF Carnival today from 5-7PM Free to all at the Hancock Town Square. We hope to see you there! Featuring: School Supply Giveaway, Karaoke and Music, Face Painting , Games, Games and Games, Bounce House , Ga Ga Pit and Quality Refreshments. Thank you for all of the community businesses and volunteers for their support of this amazing event!
Including: NBT Bank, Emory United Methodist Church, Hancock Partners Bridgewater Church, Kaybirds, SFCU, and Read Louise Adelia Read Memorial Library!
Bridges update 8/28
67-21 guiderail should be completed today. Tomorrow we’ll remove the red lights and traffic will return to no restrictions there.
163 Lordville the deck was completed yesterday. We’ll now be backfilling the south approach. Once that is done we’ll reconstruct the roadway approaches. This will be a fair amount of work as the new deck is a bit higher than the old one. We will make sure the school bus can get through when school opens on 9/5, and hope to be able to at least partially open the bridge by (or near) then. It will not be complete by then so there will at least still be delays. We are still discussing internally how/when we can safely allow traffic while completing the work.
Summer Saturdays Are Back today August 24!Please join the Hancock Partners and the Hancock Farmers Market today in the Hancock Town Square from 10AM -4PM for our First Responders Day event celebrating our brave men and women who put their lives on the line each year keeping us safe here in Hancock NY! Bring the kiddos to explore the Fire Trucks learn about life saving equipment and techniques and get a chance to meet your Hancock Volunteer Fire Department and regional first responders! Live Music from 11AM-2PM by Lucas Maehara and 2-4PM by Jaimie Lilly! #visithancockny - Voted #1 Best Small Town in the USA by TimeOut New York
Bridges update 8/21
67-21 we are still working on the rail. The new 4 rail system takes time. Plus we are down a worker who just quit our guiderail crew.
163 Lordville continues to battle us the whole way. The concrete scheduled for today will not happen as Masters concrete plant in Starlight was struck by lightning and apparently did a lot of damage to the equipment there. They told us it will definitely not be supplying concrete this week with no promise as to when it might be up and running again. They will not bring us concrete from one of their other plants as they are too far away. Otsego Redi Mix is the only other concrete supplier that bids our work and they won’t deliver to Lordville as it is too far away. They couldn’t get us concrete until the end of next week anywhere anyway. Butts Concrete, Sullivan Structures and about anyone else we could find won’t deliver this far from their plant. Wayne County Ready Mix in Honesdale PA CAN get us concrete. They are scheduled for Monday with a (small) chance of being able to get us the 14 cubic yards we need this week. As soon as we can get it we will pour. On the bright side, the portion of the deck we can install is complete. We will backfill the north side of the bridge, and clean up the site while we wait for concrete. Down to just one crew there until we can pour concrete and finish that side of the bridge. The picture is from midday Monday.
Probably no update Thursday night/Friday morning unless we can get concrete. It’ll be quiet until then, but we’re doing everything we can. Need concrete to move ahead.
Bridges update 8/19
67-21 rail is going on. Should be done this week.
163 Lordville. Decking will start today. Can only do about ½ the bridge until the other backwall is poured and cured. We will be ready for concrete on Wednesday 8/21 but Masters concrete plant in Starlight got struck by lightning on Friday and they had electrical problem because of that. As long as they got that fixed we’ll have all the concrete poured on Wednesday. Once all the decking is on we have a lot of paving and rail work to do to finish up.
SUMMER SATURDAYS ARE BACK! Please join the community on Saturday August 17th in the Hancock Town Square from 10AM-2PM for the weekly Farmer's Market, and also join us for our 3rd Annual Rock Block Party with shopping, food and family activities from 4-8PM. Live Music from 5-7PM featuring George Kilby Junior - flying in from New Orleans to be with us especially for Hancock NY, and the Coolerators. This amazing band is gonna rock the house down, with performances spanning more than 20 years. This band really know how to bring the house down. THIS IS A RAIN OR SHINE EVENT, ONE OF THE SEASONS BEST BANDS! #visithancockny - Voted #1 Best Small Town in the USA by TimeOut New York
Bridges update 8/15
67-21 we are working on the rail. Everything else is done.
163 Lordville we are working on the second (last) backwall. We have concrete scheduled for Wednesday 8/21 to pour that. We should start the deck either tomorrow or Monday.
The end is near, but this bridge has not been an easy one.
67-21 bridge rail is being installed. Rain last week slowed us down but going good this week so far.
163 Lordville first backwall was finally poured. Not without issues as the first concrete truck showed up on the wrong side of the bridge and couldn’t make it to the correct side in time. Then the third truck broke down on the way to the job. We got him fixed enough to pour so all’s well that ends well. Both bridge crews are working on this now, hoping it goes smoother than the rest of the job. As nice as 67-21 went, this one is the opposite.
Picture of 163 (Lordville) attached.
