Local group lays out plan to resettle 80 refugees in Hudson Valley
Against the backdrop of a presidential contest whose victor has proposed banning immigration from Muslim countries, a plan to resettle...
Student-designed restaurant now open at CIA in Hyde Park
As incongruous as it may seem, the meatball and the CIA have found common ground within the Institute’s curriculum. CIA,...
Ulster County Courthouse in Kingston is no ordinary place
The Ulster County Courthouse in Kingston is no ordinary place; it’s one of the country’s earliest bastions of democracy
The story of the potter’s field at New Paltz Rural Cemetery
We all die, of course. But some of us die far from home. Some of us die lost, without the...
The life-changing cinema memories of Woodstock Film Festival celebs
It’s a simple, and, I contend, the most revealing question that a moviegoer can ask of him or herself. It...
Former New Paltz basketball star comes home, bearing gifts for his hometown
On the recent occasion of Bruce McKinney’s seventieth birthday, he reversed the usual gift-giving process. Instead of receiving gifts, he’s...
Artist Dion Ogust’s photographs, paintings and prints on view in Woodstock
Photograph by Dion Ogust You can find her work hanging in the homes of some of the world’s greatest artists...
Dry, hot American summer
This summer’s heat has taken an expensive toll among farmers. Pete Taliaferro estimates it cost him an extra $2000 a...
Resistance to proposed new barge anchorages stiff
A boat brings a beam for the new Tappan Zee bridge down the river last month. (Photo: Phyllis McCabe) A...
Resistance to proposed Hudson River barge anchorages is strong… and getting stronger
New anchorage sites are being considered outside several Hudson River communities including Kingston, Highland, Milton, Port Ewen and Newburgh. On...
Vernon Benjamin completes his History of the Hudson River Valley
Vernon Benjamin will discuss and give readings from his new book, The History of the Hudson River Valley: From the...
Battle of the bricks over proposed Legoland in Goshen
(Courtesy of Legoland) Something big wants to settle into someplace small – something whose potential impact is being measured in...
Bearing witness to the unbearable in Newtown
In this 2011 photo provided by Mark Barden, his son Daniel Barden runs alongside a school bus in Newtown, Conn....
Girls, interrupted: Opera about abandoned Bennett College
The Bennett College for Girls (shown above) has been closed for nearly half a century. It was established in Irvington...
Ground broken for development at former Hudson River Psychiatric Center
An aerial view that shows the Hudson River State Hospital and a portion of the former Hudson River Psychiatric Center....
Hawthorne Valley Farm Store is not just about yogurt anymore
The Hawthorne Valley Farm Store is open seven days a week from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. The self-guided tour...
Falcon launches “Underground,” the pub below the club
Ned Moran and Tony Falco (photo by Rafael Quirindongo) Can you say “indefatigable”? Neither can I. But that’s what Tony...
Finding Father: Cambiz Amir-Khosravi’s Inheritance
Cambiz Amir-Khosravi’s father, Reza Gohli Amirkhosrovi, was a powerful, shadowy figure in the autocratic, West-friendly regime of Reza Shah. (Dion...
Spiral House in Saugerties publishes vegan cookbook
Tom Gottsleben and Patty Livingston Every cookbook ever written has what comic book writers call an “origin story.” There’s always...
Jan Sawka retrospective in High Falls
Jan Sawka in his High Falls studio Imagine a retrospective art exhibition that included not only an artist’s varied works,...
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