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New Paltz’s Matt Maley vies in Food Network’s Gingerbread Showdown December 6
Matt Maley has hit the big time: He’s about to appear on national TV, as a contestant in Food Network’s Holiday Baking Championship Gingerbread Showdown.
Hiker-friendly outdoor outfitter and recreation hub opens in Hudson Valley
BaseCamp is located at Benton Corners in Gardiner at the intersection of Bruynswyck Road and Route 44/55.
Pop-up ice skating rink slides into Kingston
During the warmer months, the Strand in Kingston is a jumpin’ place. The waterfront neighborhood’s restaurants benefit from the allure
Beloved Hudson Valley equestrian business changes hands after 34 years
Lucky C Stables, a much-loved equestrian business located on Yankee Folly Road in Gardiner, is changing hands after 34 years of continuous operation by Gary and Susan Clark. By the time you read this, it’ll be a done deal, with the closing scheduled for Wednesday, November 10. The Clarks are retiring to their getaway house on Eagle Lake, near Ticonderoga, following a Thanksgiving gathering in Gary’s native Missouri with family they haven’t seen since before the pandemic.
Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center carries on
“She had such a presence; you just thought she was going to be there forever.” So says Maria Del Castilho, a licensed wildlife rehabilitator at the Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center in Hunter. She’s speaking of her mentor, Barbara “Missy” Runyan, who was the Center’s director up until her sudden death on October 6 at the age of 51. Del Castilho describes Runyan as “beyond dedicated. It was her life to take care of animals…She had cameras on the animals and would watch them all night.”
Geometric Signs & Design in New Paltz offers full-service signage expertise
After years of apprenticing with local artisans, signmaker Ryan Solomons has opened his own business, Geometric Signs and Design at 375 Springtown Road in New Paltz.
Gardinerites can thank COVID for lower Town taxes in 2022
In an era when where many towns have to adopt resolutions every year overriding the state-mandated cap on local property tax increases, Gardiner has a strong track record of keeping the annual increase below the limit. Remarkably, the Town Board has just approved a 2022 budget that actually reduces the town tax rate on Gardiner residents by .31 percent.
NPHS Drama Club performs comedy whodunit The Alibis this weekend
For reasons easily guessed, the Drama Club at New Paltz High School skipped its traditional fall-semester dramatic production in 2020. The 2021 spring musical – Sondheim’s Into the Woods – did go on, back in May, although the students had to project their acting and singing through clear plastic masks to reach a socially distanced audience.
Moonburger in Kingston offers drive-up vegetarian fast food
Dining-out options for vegans and vegetarians in the mid-Hudson are expanding, with several entrepreneurs now pushing the envelope of what