Brian Sweeney
Locust Grove President
Brian Sweeney is an Arkville native and has been a professional writer for more than 30 years. His creative work has won a number of prizes, including three first-place and three second-place awards from the New York Press Association for "humorous columns." Brian has written "Here's The Scoop," a column dedicated to the lighter side of life, for more many years in the weekly Catskill Mountain News. His writing career began at the News in 1981, shortly after Brian graduated from Siena College in Loudonville with a BA in English. He started as a reporter but was named editor the following year and remained in that position until establishing Locust Grove Enterprises.
It was Brian's observation that many businesses failed to properly promote themselves and this led to the decision to form Locust Grove Enterprises.
In 2007, Brian began a new phase in his life with his election to the Middletown Town Board. Through this post, Brian works to enhance and protect the Catskill Mountains that are so dear to his heart. Brian has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Greater Margaretville Chamber of Commerce and for Kirkside Retirement Home in Roxbury.
In his spare time, Brian is a Fantasy Baseball fanatic and also takes pleasure in renovating neglected buildings.
He and his wife, Carmel, enjoying spending nonworking hours at their mountaintop home (a former neglected building) near Margaretville. They are the parents of an adult daughter, Jessica.