Saugerties Writer’s Club is a supportive group
Discussion of the trials, tribulations and successes of being a writer are standard at these meetings, which members sometimes refer...
Saugerties Boys & Girls Club lets kids take center stage
When children head to the Saugerties chapter of the Boys and Girls Club after school in the evenings, they receive...
Geeking out in Saugerties
With friends and family in tow, nearly 150 people flocked to the Saugerties senior center to attend the Saugerties Library’s...
Saugerties elementary principal rides tricycle for reading after students meet her challenge
Since becoming principal, Osterhoudt has used eccentric challenges to inspire the children to complete the summer reading. She tells the...
Saugerties man creates his own funky ‘Little Free Library’
“Since I first saw one, I’ve fallen in love with Little Free Libraries,” he said. “I figured that there was...
Saugerties revamps kindergarten prep program
“The more we know about a child ahead of time, the sooner we can help.”
Saugerties gym is outward bound
The trainers and staff at IXL in Simmons Plaza were used to bringing people into the gym, but this summer...
Summer reading challenge begins at Saugerties library
In a time when civil discourse is becoming rarer, this year’s theme for the library’s summer reading challenge, Building a...
Saugerties bakery introduces weekly ordering service
Though using healthier and sometimes unusual ingredients, Sow Good Bakery is indeed making desserts: cookies, cupcakes, brownies. The owner says...
Lions Club supports all-volunteer vision screening in Saugerties
Volunteers use a device called the Plusoptix, is a hand-held computer that scans for vision problems, including astigmatism and eye...
Salt for your wounds: New Saugerties business offers alternative approach
Route 9W on the south side of Saugerties is probably the last place one would expect to discover the serenity...
Saugerties gets 12 ‘Little Free Libraries’
Residents can take a book or leave a book- it goes by the honor system, and isn’t organized like regular...
Mount Marion’s after-school Discovery Program lets kids learn by doing
“How can a person know that they love to sew if they’ve never tried? How can people know they love...
Bald is beautiful: Over 100 to shave heads for cancer fundraiser in Saugerties
To many, the idea of shaving off your hair in front of a packed audience might sound like the kind...
Efforts to stop oil pipelines discussed at Saugerties meeting
Representatives from Riverkeeper and Coalition Against Pilgrim Pipeline (CAPP) spoke to a group of about 15 local residents at the...
Where things stand on the Saugerties water chestnut invasion
(Photo by Joscha Feta) The history of the concerted effort to control the spread of the invasive water chestnuts, those...
Hitting the ice in Saugerties
(Photo by Dion Ogust) On a humid, late summer afternoon with temperatures shooting into the nineties, 11-year-old Gillian Lopez and...
First-day jitters are part of the kindergarten experience
(Photo by Dion Ogust) Sending your children onto that big yellow school bus for the first time can be daunting...
Riccardi’s ‘buddy bench’ teaches about kindness and including everyone
The bench (photo by Dawn Green) Riccardi Elementary School’s motto is “work hard and be kind,” so it’s fitting that...
Artists breathe new life into old Saugerties Odd Fellows Temple
Kelli Bickman (photo by Connie Bickman) Sitting behind a nondescript doorway on 220 Main Street in the Village of Saugerties...
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