Summer Shorts Film Fest debuts at New Paltz’s Denizen Theatre July 20-23
In many summers prior to COVID, residents of New Paltz were able to enjoy free weeknight screenings of family-friendly classic...
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.
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.
An Article 78 lawsuit against Gardiner’s Town Board and its building inspector/code enforcement officer Bruce Terwilliger was dismissed by Ulster...
As of a week ago, the new proprietors of the restaurant housed at New Paltz’s historic railroad depot didn’t even...
for the first time since Lisa Lindsley opposed her in 2017, incumbent Majestic has a challenger for the Democratic nomination:...
If you’re a longtime resident of New Paltz or Rosendale, you know all about Springtown Road being the “back way”...
One of the most respected and experienced American aikido masters — his rank is Seventh Dan, Shihan — Harvey Konigsberg...
Every generation, it seems, grapples with its own iteration of “worst current environmental catastrophe.”
Supporters of Gaby O’Shea’s Ride for Resilience gathered last Saturday afternoon at the River to Ridge trailhead to begin the...
A loving tribute to one of our area’s most beloved late artists…
Given its nature, a historical society – especially the oldest of its kind in New York State – might be...
At last week’s ECO-Action Champion award ceremony local leaders were honored for their commitment to climate action. Pictured left to...
In the 68 years since the New Paltz Regatta was founded by the Delta Kappa fraternity, the scale of the...
The Awareness Shop in New Paltz will be celebrating its 30-year anniversary on Memorial Day.
Since its opening in 2011, on the site of the old Cantine Paper Mill that burned down in 1978, Diamond...
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