Carrying the torch for pre-gentrified Woodstock
A much-loved Woodstock ritual has returned to the tucked-away cluster of downtown shops that was long known as Tinker Village...
Frances Marion Platt has been a feature writer (and copyeditor) for Ulster Publishing since 1994, under both her own name and the nom de plume Zhemyna Jurate. Her reporting beats include Gardiner and Rosendale, the arts and a bit of local history. In 2011 she took up Syd M’s mantle as film reviewer for Alm@nac Weekly, and she hopes to return to doing more of that as HV1 recovers from the shock of COVID-19. A Queens native, Platt moved to New Paltz in 1971 to earn a BA in English and minor in Linguistics at SUNY. Her first writing/editing gig was with the Ulster County Artist magazine. In the 1980s she was assistant editor of The Independent Film and Video Monthly for five years, attended Heartwood Owner/Builder School, designed and built a timberframe house in Gardiner. Her son Evan Pallor was born in 1995. Alternating with her journalism career, she spent many years doing development work – mainly grantwriting – for a variety of not-for-profit organizations, including six years at Scenic Hudson. She currently lives in Kingston.
A much-loved Woodstock ritual has returned to the tucked-away cluster of downtown shops that was long known as Tinker Village...
Gardiner Day is happening on Saturday, September 28, and the committee is looking for volunteers...
For those of us who care about preserving the Shawangunk Ridge...
With housing costs in Ulster County skyrocketing beyond the ability of many residents to pay...
Can one town ever have too many Mexican restaurants?
His mission: to compose the musical scores for three biographical snippets about presidential nominee Kamala Harris...
Flavors of the Neighborhood...
Among the most reliable summer pleasures of the mid-Hudson: the Saugerties Artists’ Studio Tour...
Something new and exciting has come to Benton Corners in the Town of Gardiner...
There once was a time when the location of “the ol’ swimmin’ hole” was intelligence shared among locals by word-of-mouth...
They plan to host it every Saturday through October...
In these times, when right-wing extremist groups such as Moms for Liberty are putting heavy pressure on school boards to...
When someone faces a diagnosis of breast cancer, their entire world upends.
Each year on July 1, a new member of the New Paltz Rotary Club takes the helm as president...
On July 9, a luminary of the Woodland Pond retirement facility in New Paltz, is turning 100...
A ribbon cutting was held last weekend for the new pump track at Majestic Park in Gardiner.
Some of life’s most important lessons are learned the hard way...
Local opposition to the enormous warehouse proposed by Modena Developers, LLC for 2021 Route 44/55 in the Town of Plattekill...
Celebrating the LGBTQ+ community...
With the last possible frost traditionally forecast for mid-May in the mid-Hudson, it’s now the prime time of year to...
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