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Mohican Community Theatre will present four performances at The Ohio Theatre in February

Leanna Uselton, left, Anna Wilson, Schuyler Hollenbach and Emily Roblin star as the March sisters in “Little Women,” presented by Mohican Community Theatre under the Loudonville Theatre and Arts Committee, with performances scheduled in February at The Ohio Theatre. Submitted

Mohican Community Theatre, under the Loudonville Theatre and Arts Committee, will perform the musical “Little Women” for four performances at The Ohio Theatre in February.

Based on the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott, written in 1868, the story focuses on the four March sisters — Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy — and their beloved mom Marmee at home in Concord, Massachusetts while their father is away serving the Union Army during the Civil War. Intercut with the vignettes in which their lives unfold are several recreations of the melodramatic short stories Jo writes. With a book by Allan Knee, lyrics by Mindi Dickstein and music by Jason Howland, the show has been praised by critics for its ambition in adapting such a well-known and timeless story for the stage.

Directing are MCT veteran actor Dennis Morgan and his costume extraordinaire Deaunna Morgan, who also will be the show’s costume director, and village director Sally Hollenbach will act as both vocal and technical director. Leading the show are Emily Roblin as Jo, Schuyler Hollenbach as Amy, Leanna Uselton as Meg and Anna Wilson as Beth. Supporting cast includes Laurie Cerniglia as Marmee, Mary Harris as Aunt March, Chase Tennant as Laurie, Nate Roblin as Professor Bhaer, Grant Hollenbach as Mr. Laurence, Keever Whitehead as Mr. Brookes, Charlotte Cerniglia as Clarissa and Evelyn Woodlee as Mrs. Kirk.

Performances will be Saturday, Feb. 14 at 7 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 15 at 2 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m.; and…

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According to those who’ve experienced it, some of the best spots for winter camping are popular national parks in the U.S., like Rocky Mountain National Park, Yosemite, and Death Valley, which is particularly pleasant in the winter months since it’s the hottest and driest park in the country. But you’ll also find wonderful winter camping at lesser-known places across the country, including the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Mohican Outdoor Center in Blairstown, New Jersey, which is open in all four seasons. 

Perched on the edge of a glacial lake near the border of Pennsylvania, the center is part of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, a sprawling 70,000 acres with forested hiking trails and lush mountain landscapes. About 40 miles of the Delaware River pass through it, as does a portion of the Appalachian Trail — both are easily accessible from the AMC’s Mohican Outdoor Center and its winter campsites. Guests can warm up at the nearby Visitor Center, which has a cozy fireplace open to the public. 

Explore the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Mohican Outdoor Center

Founded in 1876, the Appalachian Mountain Club, or AMC, is the oldest outdoor organization in the United States. The non-profit offers nearly 100 accommodations along the Northeast section of the Appalachian Trail (from New Jersey to Maine), including its southernmost facility, the Mohican Outdoor Center, which previously served as a Boy Scouts camp. Visitors can choose from campsites that can fit one to eight people (or as many as 30 people in group sites). Some are simple, set in the woods with shared picnic tables and fire rings (from $33 per night in winter), while others are more private and feature lake views (from $66 per night). 

Also available to reserve are cabins, starting at $126 per night, with bathrooms and outdoor grills. Some have screened-in porches, full kitchens, or fireplaces, too….

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This 90s film is “a timeless classic” starring Hollywood icon and British actor Daniel Day-Lewis.

08:00, 22 Jan 2026Updated 08:29, 22 Jan 2026

“Masterpiece” period drama is second coming of cinema on Film4 tonight(Image: )

An epic love story has been hailed as both an “underrated movie” and “a timeless classic” – and it airs on Film4 tonight.

The Last Of The Mohicans, released in 1992, stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, and Jodhi May, and brings viewers to follow an epic love story set against violence and betrayal.

The film sees frontiersman Hawkeye (played by Daniel Day-Lewis), adopted son of the Mohican chief Chingachgook, as he and his brothers protect British Colonel Munro’s daughters, Cora and Alice, through the treacherous wilderness during the French and Indian War. Soon, a passionate romance ensues between Hawkeye and Cora amidst brutal conflicts with vengeful Huron warrior Magua.

The Last Of The Mohicans has been hailed as “a timeless classic”(Image: )

The film focuses on their desperate journey to Fort William Henry, betrayal, siege warfare, and a tragic quest for survival and love against the backdrop of escalating colonial violence.

The Last Of The Mohicans might be over 30 years old but it’s become known for Daniel Day-Lewis’s intense method acting of living in the wilderness, as well as its attention to detail with the authentic use of Native American languages by actors like Wes Studi (who played Cherokee).

The film also featured massive, expensive sets with the Fort William Henry one alone costing $6 million (approximately £4.8 million), and Michael Mann’s demanding, realistic filming style, resulting in grueling conditions alongside many takes, and an Oscar win for Best Sound.

On Rotten Tomatoes, audiences…

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Mohican Winterfest brought a steady stream of visitors to downtown Loudonville on Jan. 15, even as unseasonably warm, rainy weather shortened the life of many ice sculptures. Professional carvers from Elegant Ice of Cleveland produced roughly 30 works on the park grounds, staging live carving demonstrations that remained a main attraction as the pieces began to soften.

The festival’s installations and hands-on demonstrations created a fleeting centerpiece that nonetheless kept families moving through the park and Main Street. Model-train exhibits and other family activities provided indoor and under-cover options that helped maintain turnout despite the damp conditions. For many attendees the appeal was as much about the shared experience as the sculptures themselves—the chance to watch artists at work and to bring children to a winter event in town.

The transient nature of the ice art was on full display. Warm rain reduced display time for several sculptures, underscoring both the artistic promise and practical vulnerability of ice as a medium. For event organizers and the local economy the outcome was mixed: the festival generated foot traffic that benefitted nearby shops and restaurants, but weather-driven shortening of displays limited the opportunity for sustained viewing and for vendors to capitalize on lingering crowds.

Public health and safety considerations also figured into the day. Wetter-than-usual sidewalks and park paths increased slip risk and made outdoor sheltering less comfortable for older residents and families with small children. The experience highlights the need for weather-responsive planning at community events, including clear pathways, covered areas, and coordination with first responders and medical services to protect vulnerable attendees when conditions shift.

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From a social equity perspective, downtown festivals like Mohican Winterfest function as low-cost cultural programming that can welcome households across income ranges. Ensuring those events remain accessible in variable weather means thinking ahead about…

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The 10th Romsey Mohican and Sioux Pack Cubs organised the appeal in support of Romsey Foodbank, collecting more than 691.5kg of food – more than last year’s total of 633kg.

A spokesperson for the 10th Romsey Cubs said: “The 10th Romsey Cubs would like to sincerely thank everyone who donated to the appeal.

10th Romsey Mohican and Sioux Pack Cubs collected more than 30 crates of food for Romsey Foodbank. (Image: 10th Romsey Scout Group)

“Their kindness not only helps Romsey Foodbank provide essential supplies but also inspires ongoing community involvement and pride.”

The appeal is part of the Cubs’ work towards the Community Impact Badge and the Chief Scout’s Silver Award.

They began by researching items most needed by the foodbank and then designed posters to encourage donations.

The Cubs delivered these posters around the Abbotswood and King’s Chase estates in Romsey.

Their efforts led to more than 30 crates of food being collected.

In 2024, Romsey Foodbank provided 627 seven-day emergency food packages, which totals more than 6,000 meals for people in crisis.

Community contributions like this help ensure the foodbank can continue to support those who need it most.

The Cub group said it was incredibly proud of the Cubs for their hard work, compassion and commitment.

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Despite rain and warm temperatures, visitors gathered Jan. 10 to watch artists transform blocks of ice into temporary works of art in downtown Loudonville.

The art of carving ice takes time to master, but once that happens, each artist is able to draw out sculptures that spring to life, if only for a short time. Dave Mast

For many years Loudonville has hosted the Mohican Winterfest, and it has taken place in frigid cold, almost sweltering heat, snow squalls, rainstorms and every weather imaginable.

This year on Saturday, Jan. 10, it was warm and raining, but that didn’t stop people from venturing in to watch ice carving professionals from Elegant Ice in Cleveland fashioning works of art on the park grounds near the square.

The professionals at Elegant Ice turn blocks of ice into stunning art, like this beautiful unicorn that was featured along Main Street in Loudonville during Mohican Winterfest. Dave Mast

Even in the rain, families and couples climbed out of their vehicles, umbrellas in hand, and ventured to the park, where Elegant Ice professionals used their skills to shape massive blocks of square ice into a dancing bear, a sailboat, a buffalo, a unicorn, an eagle or whatever design they could create from their arsenal of ideas.

It was neat to see young children hoisting blocks of discarded ice, exploring them, feeling the slickness, even touching their tongues to the ice pieces.

But above all, this adventure was about watching something as inanimate as a block of ice turn into art, as sculptors took a blowtorch to each piece, drawing out the beauty.

Mike and Whitney Ross from Eaton, near Dayton, have made a point of attending this event annually. Like many, they were taken by the beauty and elegance of…

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El Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Canarias ha cerrado la puerta a cualquier atajo societario para acceder a fondos públicos. En una sentencia firme, difundida por Canarias7, la Sala de lo Contencioso-Administrativo avala la decisión del Cabildo de Gran Canaria de denegar subvenciones a Mohican Canarias, al considerar acreditado que la mercantil operaba como continuación instrumental de empresas en concurso para eludir las prohibiciones de la Ley General de Subvenciones. El fallo confirma íntegramente la resolución del Instituto Insular de Deportes y refuerza un criterio que trasciende el caso concreto: la forma jurídica no puede vaciar de contenido la finalidad de la norma.

La sentencia revisa en apelación el pronunciamiento del Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo nº 2 de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, que ya había respaldado el decreto del presidente del Instituto Insular de Deportes levantando la suspensión del expediente de la subvención nominativa de 2018 y denegando el pago. El núcleo del razonamiento es nítido: puede presumirse la sucesión empresarial cuando concurren indicios consistentes de continuidad material, organizativa y funcional con mercantiles declaradas en concurso.

El TSJC subraya que su conclusión no nace de una valoración aislada del expediente administrativo, sino de hechos ya declarados probados en el orden social, que vinculan por el principio de cosa juzgada positiva. En particular, la Sala se apoya en un auto del Juzgado de lo Social nº 7 de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (febrero de 2020), que integró a Mohican Canarias en el grupo empresarial de Open Gran Canaria Nosolotenis y Open Island Events. Frente a ello, la apelación se limitó a reiterar alegaciones ya rechazadas sin combatir la fuerza vinculante de esas resoluciones.

Los hechos que el tribunal da por acreditados dibujan el patrón clásico de empresa “pantalla”: mismo domicilio social y administrador, ausencia de trabajadores en alta, uso de medios…

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The High Court of Justice of the Canary Islands has closed the door to any corporate shortcuts to access public funds. a final ruling, reported by Canarias7The Administrative Court has upheld the decision of the Gran Canaria Island Council to deny subsidies to Mohican Canarias, finding that the company was operating as a conduit for companies in bankruptcy proceedings to circumvent the prohibitions of the General Subsidies Law. The ruling fully confirms the decision of the Island Sports Institute and reinforces a principle that transcends this specific case: the legal form cannot negate the purpose of the law.

The ruling reviews on appeal the decision of the Administrative Court No. 2 of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, which had already upheld the decree of the president of the Island Sports Institute lifting the suspension of the 2018 earmarked subsidy file and denying payment. The core of the reasoning is clear: business succession can be presumed when there is consistent evidence of material, organizational, and functional continuity with companies declared bankrupt.

The High Court of Justice of the Canary Islands (TSJC) emphasizes that its conclusion does not stem from an isolated assessment of the administrative file, but rather from facts already established in the social jurisdiction, which are binding under the principle of res judicata. Specifically, the Court relies on a ruling by the Social Court No. 7 of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (February 2020), which incorporated Mohican Canarias into the business group of Open Gran Canaria Nosolotenis and Open Island Events. In response, the appeal merely reiterated arguments already rejected without challenging the binding force of those rulings.

The facts established by the court paint a classic picture of a shell company: the same registered office and administrator, no registered employees, use of the pre-existing companies’ resources and facilities, and organization…

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STOCKBRIDGE — Paradoxically, Stockbridge’s Indian burial ground signifies the presence of an absence. This sacred knoll overlooks the Great Meadow along the Housatonic River, once the site of a seasonal village that Mohican occupants called Wnathktukook, or “bend in the river.”

Today, it’s a golf course. Like manicured fairways and putting greens, the obelisk memorial installed here by white settlers’ descendants, marking this “ancient resting place” of “the friends of our fathers,” implies the area’s original Indigenous inhabitants have vanished. This is the landscape of the settler fantasy or myth of the disappearing Indian — a suburban pastoral evoking novelist James Fenimore Cooper’s romantic trope of the Mohican as America’s last remaining “noble savage.”

Yet the burial ground that best explains why most Mohicans left Stockbridge after the American Revolution lies 130 miles southward — in the Bronx. At the edge of Van Cortland Park’s “Indian Field,” a few yards from a New York City dog park, one finds another mass Mohican grave and memorial. This rock cairn, though, displays a plaque stating that here, on Aug. 31, 1778, “Chief Nimham and seventeen Stockbridge warriors, as allies of the patriots, gave their lives for liberty.”

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About this series: Revolution: Berkshires is a monthly, 12-part series exploring Berkshire County’s surprising role in the American Revolution. Too often, the story of America’s founding is told as if it began and ended in Boston, Philadelphia or Washington. But history is rooted in place, and here in the Berkshires, town meetinghouses, farms and village greens became laboratories of democracy where the principles of liberty and self-government took hold.

Through this series, historian Justin F. Jackson traces how ordinary Berkshire residents — farmers, merchants, ministers, landowners and newcomers — debated, resisted and acted in ways that helped…

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