A guided walk along the dried-up Delaware and Hudson Canal in the hamlet of Cuddebackville in the Town of Deerpark on Oct. 8 brought bittersweet feelings to the two dozen or so participants.
Heather Staerker, a longtime Cuddebackville resident, still remembered the opening day of the canal boat ride. Her 3-year-old daughter joyfully took her turn, and a local paper put a picture of her having fun on the front page.
