With 20,000 tulips, Mohonk Mountain House prepares massive floral display
The mountain is ablaze in a wild palette of colors. Known for its 150-year-old gardening tradition and spectacular grounds, the...
Peak time for birders
Birdsongs and mating dances are in flight right now as migratory birds flock to the region and resident birds tease...
Minnewaska, Sam’s Point brace for Southern pine beetle attacks
The rare and beloved pitch-pine ecosystem is facing a threat brought on by global warming: the Southern pine beetle.
Antiques dealers are finding the future in the authentic past
The gilded age of the antique business may be behind us, but there is a burgeoning new love for old...
Ashokan Center keeps making maple syrup
The age-old tradition and livelihood of tapping maple trees for their sweetness is steaming up and about to synthesize into...
Town, Village of New Paltz team up to address climate change
We’re now in a new geological time period, the Anthropocene epoch: a term used to describe the most recent period...
It’s not the big bucks but the amount of ingenuity that make for the greatest parties
As someone who had little time and even less money, hosting parties has been nerve-wracking. I wouldn’t have hosted any...
Historic Huguenot Street to be featured on Travels with Darley
Tune in this week if you want to see the oldest incorporated street in America featured on PBS’s popular television...
35 years ago this week in New Paltz, Chez Joey’s & Thesis devastated by fire
Just after midnight on February 17, 1987, the New Paltz Fire Department responded to what its members thought would be...
Winter is prime time to spot hawks, owls & eagles in the mid-Hudson
Wherever you are in the Hudson Valley this winter, there is likely to be an array of hawks, falcons, eagles...
EHD virus takes high toll on local deer population
Usually abundant and at times what some would decry as a nuisance, the regional white-tailed deer population has seen a...
The stillness of winter
There is no quietude quite like what one experiences hiking in the winter. The air tastes refreshing, as though the...
New Paltz’s Henry W. DuBois Drive bike lanes face delays
The timeline for the proposed construction of a mixed-use bicycle and pedestrian lane on Henry W. DuBois Drive in New...
State COVID testing center to open this week at SUNY New Paltz
SUNY New Paltz has become the designated host for a state-run community PCR testing site for the COVID-19 virus.
Check out these New Year’s Day hikes in state parks
It’s time to lace up those boots, put that puffer jacket on, slip into some Bernie Sanders-styled mittens and hit...
A look back at Mohonk’s Undercliff/Overcliff Carriage Road Loop
One of the Mohonk Preserve’s most iconic routes is Undercliff/Overcliff, that oval-shaped 4.7-mile loop that takes visitors underneath soaring cliffs...
Longtime employee takes over New Paltz dry cleaners
Donna Murray might be new to owning the local dry-cleaning business, but she has been pressing, destaining and cleaning people’s...
New Paltz Fire Department prepares for move uptown
The Village of New Paltz Fire Department (NPFD) is eagerly awaiting the completion of its new firehouse, currently under construction...
A guide to locally sourced and renewable giftsÂ
In the Hudson Valley we are surrounded by natural beauty. Yet, too often, we can become complacent, almost dulled as...
Live Christmas Fair returns to Reformed Church of New Paltz
On Friday, December 3 at 5 p.m., early birds or evening owls could get an early tour of the Church’s...
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