Lesley Doyel, Author at Main Street Magazine

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Echoes of the Past Resonate in Copake’s Bicentennial Exhibition at the Roeliff Jansen Historical Society

This July and August, Copake continues to celebrate its 200^th birthday. In many cases, this year’s celebratory events mirror those that took place in Copake’s past. This will be one of the themes explored in the 2024 Summer Exhibition at the Roeliff Jansen Historical Society. The exhibition, Mementos, Maps & Milestones: Copake at […]

By Lesley Doyel|2024-06-21T08:33:14-04:00June 20th, 2024|History, Main Street News|

Collecting Local History

When you really consider the everyday things around you, they start to seem like tiny miracles. – Amy Shearn

Next June 12 marks the 40th anniversary of the dedication of the “old Copake Falls Church” as home to the Roeliff Jansen Historical Society (RJHS) and Museum. The building itself, rescued from neglect and adaptively repurposed, turned 130 […]

By Lesley Doyel|2022-10-08T16:41:34-04:00October 8th, 2022|History|