Heather Longyear’s Little School on the Farm
Heather Longyear fills Woodstock preschool void left by Supertots.
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At New Paltz’s Recovery Fest, former addicts celebrate the clean life
The sun shining down from a clear blue sky illuminated Hasbrouck Park in New Paltz like a flaming metaphor last Saturday afternoon, as people gathered for the first annual Recovery Fest.
Saugerties Chamber will auction off artist-decorated rocking horses
The Saugerties Chamber of Commerce will host the “Rockin’ Gala and Auction” this Saturday, September 16.
Beneficiaries of child health program gather at Phillies Bridge Farm for a graduation of sorts
Because the program is for children 5 and under, families transition out of it when the kids enter school. They’ve gathered at Phillies Bridge for the last 12 years at the end of the summer to celebrate good health at the source of much of the fresh produce they receive.
28th annual Gardiner Day goes off without a hitch
It was a full day of family-friendly activities and community camaraderie last Saturday at Majestic Park in Gardiner, as the 28th annual Gardiner Day went off without a hitch under sunny skies above.
Paltzonians gather at September 11th Memorial to honor the fallen, 16 years later
A Ceremony of Remembrance was held on Monday morning at the New Paltz Community September 11th Memorial to mark the 16th anniversary of the Al Qaeda attack on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
Woodstock Library program gets kids cooking for the soup kitchen
One of the Woodstock Library’s most popular workshops for children this summer was the cooking class led by Emily Sherry and Anthony Heaney, who run Provisions, the Tinker Street sandwich shop. On August 29, 14 kids, aged eight through 15, gathered in the kitchen of the Woodstock Reformed Church to make chicken soup, which was served the next day at the Daily Bread Soup Kitchen, held at Christ’s Lutheran Church down the road.
Majestic Park hosts 28th annual Gardiner Day Sept. 9
All the entertainment and activities are free, including pony rides, face-painting and henna tattoos.
New Paltz Historical Society bringing back appraisal event modeled after “Antiques Roadshow”
“What is it? What’s it worth?” will be held Wednesday, September 6 at 7 p.m. at the New Paltz Community Center.
Kingston church group helps moms-to-be in Zimbabwe
For the second year, six parishioners of St. James Methodist church and their church outreach director, the Rev. Jordan Scruggs, made the long journey across the globe to a community that we may only ever glimpse on a page of a college anthropology textbook, or a Nat Geo clip.