Wurtsboro Founders' Day Brings Summer Fun and Family Reunion

The Wurtsboro Founder’s Day Street Fair was held last Saturday, July 12th on Sullivan Street in Wurtsboro, NY. The annual celebration saw one of its biggest years yet with the 200th Anniversary of the village’s naming by William and Maurice Wurts.The street fair included over 100 vendors and featured live music, face painting, a birds of prey exhibit, an antique car show, and five new murals painted by New York-based artists.  But among the visitors to Wurtsboro on Saturday were also some very special guests - the descendants of George Wurts, the brother of the town’s namesake. Two branches of the same family, currently located in Massachusetts and California, were specially invited by the Wurtsboro Board of Trade and welcomed by Mayor Frank Sisco to enjoy the street fair and a weekend of activities honoring their lineage.Radio Catskill's Genevieve Hartnett went to the festival for the first time and got to learn more about Wurtsboro's culture, art scene, and unique history through a conversation with the Wurts families.