Disgruntled Chef in Gardiner introduces sit-down dinners on Fridays & Saturdays
Sit-down dinners have just come to the Disgruntled Chef, on Friday and Saturday evenings only, and downtown Gardiner won’t know...
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.
Sit-down dinners have just come to the Disgruntled Chef, on Friday and Saturday evenings only, and downtown Gardiner won’t know...
It’s an irony of the business world that publicity sometimes blossoms for companies that don’t really need it, because they’re...
When John Michelotti came to live in the Catskills about ten years ago, he was already a firm believer in...
You know you’re doing something right when a phrase you trademarked years ago suddenly seems to be everywhere.
When New Paltz farmer Sylvester (Pete) Taliaferro started thinking about retirement some years back, his initial assumption was that his...
Floyd Patterson, one of the best heavyweight boxers ever to enter a ring, spent decades of retirement as a trainer...
While not as famous an “arts colony” as neighboring Woodstock, Saugerties has been a haven for artists at least since...
Along the Shawangunk Ridge, last week was a rapturous one for raptors. On Thursday, August 3, the Mohonk Preserve announced...
In 1990, in a motel in New Paltz, a man in his early 30s who had grown up in that...
The way the New Paltz Rotary Club avoids this potential problem is by cycling responsibilities among its members frequently.
On Saturday, August 12, the fourth annual Hudson Valley Caribbean Carnival returns to Cantine Field in Saugerties.
Late summer through autumn is a festive time in the Hudson Valley. Some celebrations go on for a few hours,...
Shopping to adopt a pet cat is a bit like shopping to buy a house that will need to be...
In many summers prior to COVID, residents of New Paltz were able to enjoy free weeknight screenings of family-friendly classic...
Rebecca Miller Ffrench, founder and proprietor of Upstate Table in Kingston, didn’t start out intending to become a mover and...
The 1,500-square-foot central space of the circa-1870 Queen Anne-style building is currently in the midst of a spectacular transformation, soon...
“The world has changed, but excellent food stands the test of time,” reads the website for Kelly and Scott Nadler’s...
When the 159 graduating seniors of New Paltz High School and their loved ones gathered last Friday for their commencement...
The mid-Hudson Valley offers myriad choices of places to walk for pleasure. But for a family outing, sometimes it’s not...
The last time this publication featured an in-depth profile of Manna Jo Greene, it was the year 2000.
Independent. Local. Substantive. Subscribe now.