Sidewalks and pavers and more in Gardiner
The $1.5 million sidewalk projects currently underway in Gardiner include more than just “hunks of concrete,” said supervisor Carl Zatz. In fact, part of the New York Department of Transportation-funded sidewalk project that was awarded to Paul Colucci Excavation of Gardiner includes colorful pavers, 27 lampposts, landscaping and vegetation. “Yes, we are getting two new...
Frozen Caboose officially opens at Walkway entrance
This past Sunday, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held for the Frozen Caboose, an ice cream store that recently opened on Haviland Road near the entrance to the Walkway Over the Hudson in Highland. The owners are local Highlanders Joe and Jeannie Valentino, and the ribbon-cutting ceremony included representatives of the Lloyd Town Board, the Lloyd...
Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign plans symbolic canoe trip down Hudson this summer
The Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign is gearing up for a symbolic reenactment of the Two Row Treaty, which will include a 13-day canoe/kayak voyage along the Hudson River from Albany to New York City. The boaters will end their waterborne journey at the United Nations on Aug. 13, which is the International Day of...
Mike’s Hothouse and Country Store in Gardiner is a one-stop shop for gardeners
Mike’s Hothouse and Country Store, the family-owned-and-operated nursery located on Route 44/55 in Gardiner, started out as a small one-greenhouse operation that evolved into a three-greenhouse retail and market business, as well as landscaping services and flower arrangements for weddings/funerals and special occasions. Portia and Mike Cozzolino originally launched their greenhouse and landscaping business in...
New Paltz Reformed Church congregation bids farewell to retiring pastor
A young Wisconsin-born pastor with enormous heart and compassion anchored his tent here in New Paltz 28 years ago, never imagining that he’d stay this long, touch so many or lead a flock through their darkest and most celebratory times. Howard Major III was the subject of what he desires least: attention, praise, gratitude, tributes...
Ninth annual Pride March commemorates pioneering same-sex weddings in New Paltz
New Paltz was swirl of rainbow sombreros, balloons, flags and pride this past Sunday during the ninth annual Pride March that celebrated “Where It all Began,” honoring the decision of the Village of New Paltz’s then- and current mayor Jason West’s decision to marry 24 same-sex couples in 2004, Denise Jelley’s idea to spearhead the...
SUNY New Paltz theatre Arts Department veteran Paparone to retire
It’s the end of a beautiful theatrical era and the birth of a new Joe Paparone epic. The 43-year veteran of the SUNY New Paltz Department of Theatre Arts — which helped to birth such talents as John Turturro, Emmy Award-winner Michael Badalucco (The Practice), Cindy Katz and Chicago Broadway star Larry Yando — has...
Whole Foods to distribute Gardiner-made artisanal cheeses from Casa Del Caciocavallo
Casa Del Caciocavallo, a family-owned Italian cheesemaking business in Gardiner, will now have its hand-rolled organic cheese available for purchase in the entire Northeast region and in the specialty food store Whole Foods. While owners Fred and Cristina Destefano first opened their cheese business, made and rolled and aged on their family-owned farm, in 2003,...
Residents asks New Paltz Village Board to take action and remove Jason West as mayor
Village resident and former New Paltz village trustee Vici Danskin asked that the Village Board take “immediate action to relieve Jason West of the position of mayor,” after board members reviewed a file that she provided them alleging that the mayor committed voter fraud. Mayor West admitted to living outside of the village temporarily, while...
Jay Ungar and Molly Mason headline concert at SUNY New Paltz to benefit Elting Memorial Library
A benefit concert for the Elting Memorial Library’s children’s programming will headline Grammy Award-winners Jay Ungar and Molly Mason as well as Mike & Ruthy, Elizabeth Mitchell and You Are My Flower at the Studley Theatre on the SUNY New Paltz campus on Sunday, May 26. According to Raymundo Rodriguez-Jackson, a longtime employee of the...
Highland’s school budget passes; Miller and Gilmore win BOE seats
The voters in Highland have spoken by passing the proposed $38.5 million 2013-2014 school budget by a 62 percent majority — 968 in favor to 593 opposed. As for Proposition 2, which called for $200,000 to be spent on security cameras for the district’s bus fleet, the vote passed — 831 in support to 669...
Mid-Hudson Cross-Fit wins Bed Race at Highland SpringFest
Hundreds of residents and visitors braved the Irishlike weather this past Saturday for the second annual Highland SpringFest. The weather held until just before the signature events of the festival, the Waiters’ Race and the Bed Race, both of which had everyone cheering, lining the sidewalks and enjoying some old-fashioned community fun and competition. “There...