Climate change got worse in 2024
Planting for the planet...
Rock & Snow screens doc on 10-year backcountry ski odyssey
Life has its ups and downs...
Drought watch in effect
The DEC has declared a drought watch for 15 counties including Ulster, Sullivan, Orange and Westchester...
An endangered treasure
One of the most beloved and iconic vistas of the 8,000-acre Mohonk Preserve, Duck Pond, is slated to be drained...
Former Quilted Giraffe in New Paltz restored as legal offices
When local attorney James Yastion went to renovate and restore 3 Academy Street in the Village of New Paltz...
Emerson Resort in Mt. Tremper unveils Brookside Wander stream buffer garden
What was once just a large, unsightly ditch and a patch of mowed grass along Route 28 in the Catskills...
Mohonk Consultations presents Indigenous women elders October 6
Just as land can hold memory of what happened on its soil, so too can the human body...
Progress on bike/ped path on New Paltz’s H. W. DuBois Drive
Construction is moving at a steady clip...
Preserving grand old trees is a long game for New Paltz
Summers in the Hudson Valley are hot...
Community surprises cancer survivor Zach Osterhoudt with truck glow-up
Ever since he was a young boy, Zach Osterhoudt has been fascinated by trucks...
Former deli owner’s second act is running Ulster SCUBA
After arriving in New Paltz in 1985 to study art at SUNY, Kathy Frizzel landed a job at Convenient Deli...
Costumed goose figurines unite New Paltz neighborhood
A gaggle of ceramic geese have landed in the Village of New Paltz and continue to enlarge their porch-dwelling and...
(Update) Minnewaska State Park to close tomorrow due to moth infestation
Minnewaska State Park will be closed to the public tomorrow, Friday, May 17 due to treatments for spongy moth infestation.
Russ Clune’s memoir The Lifer chronicles Gunks climbing history
We don’t choose where we’re born, but if we’re lucky, we find a place that feels like home...
Bike crash survivor Gabriela O’Shea to host a local Love Your Brain Ride for Resilience
New Paltz native Gabriela O’Shea will host a community bike ride on the River-to-Ridge trail in New Paltz...
OSI transfers stewardship of Osterhoudt Flats to Marbletown
This past week, the Open Space Institute (OSI) transferred a 93-acre parcel of land...
Block party will celebrate 50-year anniversary of beloved New Paltz businesses
There is a birthday block party taking place on North Front Street in the Village of New Paltz that the...
OSI adds 2.4-mile Ellenville segment to O&W rail trail
Focusing on creating 250 miles of connecting trail systems...
What is a pacer?
What is a pacer? Like with all things in ultrarunning, the definition of ‘pacer’ has been pushed to a new...
Replacement sought as Elting Library director Gillian Murphy resigns
The Elting Memorial Library in downtown New Paltz will soon be looking for a new director beginning this December.
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