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Plumbers like Chris Armstrong must fulfill this high demand amidst a broken supply chain, rapidly rising inflation, and a severe...

People are still buying lots of homes in Ulster County in 2022, though in smaller numbers than in 2021. And...

One of the Hudson Valley’s most abundant resources is trees. But how much attention do we pay to them, aside...

When the lists of “New Vegetable Varieties for 2022” arrive each year on my computer screen and in my mailbox,...

There are a lot of constructive ways to deal with anxiety, but I have heard no one talk about construction...

The gilded age of the antique business may be behind us, but there is a burgeoning new love for old...

When you see art or read a book or listen to music, do you wonder where the painting, the words,...

I am a listmaker. I start writing things down on various pieces of paper or on the backs of envelopes....

Home improvement entails physically fixing up one’s house. But what about the emotional work of homeownership? One way to improve your...

Spring often brings a trail of small ants into the kitchen. They are easily dealt. I place sprigs of fresh...

Just as peas are the vegetable of spring and tomatoes are the vegetable of summer, so Brussels sprouts are the...

The story of lumber’s startling rise to a blazing-hot commodity begins just a month before. In March 2020 the price...

Sangi van de Nouweland said that “color is a language some do not speak.” A broker at Coldwell Banker Village...

Like most old houses, the bathroom was probably created out of what was a closet. A wall was moved to...

Like the Catskills themselves, the local real-estate market has its ups and downs. Right now, prices for single-family homes in...

Do you own a bucolic piece of land that you hope will remain bucolic long after you’ve passed? Do you...

Delaware County’s northern border is less than two hours from Kingston via Route 28. There are lots of opportunity to...

Ecologically, the “ideal” lawn is not much better than an asphalt parking lot.

When I told my best friend that I was writing an article on clutter cleaning, she told me that when...

Kathy Ruttenberg artist and ceramicist   Elizabeth Lesser writer, artist with words   Donald Elder painter