Gardiner Day returns to Majestic Park September 30
Gardiner Day, the annual free celebration of “Family, Friends & Fun” in downtown Gardiner, returns for the 34th time on...
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.
Gardiner Day, the annual free celebration of “Family, Friends & Fun” in downtown Gardiner, returns for the 34th time on...
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Something for just about everyone...
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You know you’re doing something right when a phrase you trademarked years ago suddenly seems to be everywhere.
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