Mah-jongg players gather in New Paltz, Gardiner
An otherwise sleepy room in the New Paltz Jewish Community Center bustled with laughter, idle threats, gentle trash talking and a curious clicking akin to the sound of dominos falling over on Monday afternoon. Two tables with four players were rapt, transfixed with the strategy of what to do next with tiles adorned by Chinese...
Occupy movement comes to New Paltz; one arrest is made
The Occupy Wall Street movement has now come to New Paltz, where a half-dozen tents and approximately 30 occupiers have set up camp. And they have no plans of leaving, even as the temperatures drop. “I’ve been here every night,” said SUNY-New Paltz student Jackie Wolozin, 21, originally of Boston. “I wanted to learn about...
A mother of three copes with the stress of the Christmas season
I promised the kids that we’d have the wreath on Dec. 1, and by golly I was going to keep that promise. Off we went to the Wallkill View Farm Market. Of course, they wanted the biggest wreath with all the bling. Seamus wanted the one with the royal blue ribbon that was bigger than...
Eileen Hedley and April Warren end run as curators of Unison Gallery
After meeting during their journey through the SUNY-New Paltz Masters of Fine Arts program, local artists Eileen Hedley and April Warren together have co-curated more than 40 art exhibitions at the Unison Gallery at Water Street Market in downtown New Paltz. It has been a great run, but the two artists will curate their final...
Occupy protests come to New Paltz
A group of protesters took to the streets in New Paltz last weekend in a show of solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street group in Manhattan. Meeting in front of Village Hall, the protesters made their way to Chase Bank on Main Street to protest big, bailed-out banks and the inequity of wealth distribution in...
Downpour of support
New Paltz was hard-hit by flooding from Hurricane Irene: Some farmers lost everything, while the crops of others have subsequently been affected by harmful bacteria bred and spread by the water, resulting in a failed harvest. The homes of many residents were severely damaged by the floodwaters. Lack of flood insurance has proven devastating...
Larry Carr’s Pancake Hollow Primer
Haunted by Gulf War ghosts, Frank Closky is healed by the spirits and artifacts of the Hudson Valley. Closky is the drifter protagonist of “Pancake Hollow Primer” (Codhill Press, 2011), a new work of fiction by Laurence Carr. Carr, also known as Larry, is a Highland resident and professor of creative and dramatic writing...