New Paltz to hold Phool’s Parade on May 19
The annual Phool’s Parade will take place this Saturday, May 19 at 2 p.m. The art parade will begin at the New Paltz Middle School and end at Hasbrouck Park. Participants are encouraged to get as artsy and creative as possible. Dress up as an iconographic artist; decorate yourself as an art subject or famous...
Gardiner Cupcake Festival set for May 19 at Wright’s Farm
The Gardiner Cupcake Festival will take place this year on May 19 from noon to 6 p.m. at Wright’s Farm in Gardiner. The festival features a variety of cupcake vendors who combined will bring over 30,000 cupcakes. New to the festival this year is a cupcake-eating contest, in addition to the ever-popular amateur cupcake contest....
SpringFest in Highland to feature bike parade, bed race and waiters’ race
SpringFest 2012, slated for May 12 in the Lloyd hamlet, is poised to be an all-day extravaganza of fun, activities, hysterical bed races, waiter races, a kids’ bike parade, jumpy castles, face-painting, prizes, local food vendors and live music into the night. The day starts off at 10 a.m. with a “Blessing of the Bikes,”...
Water Street Market seeks artists for chalk festival
Remember when you were young and the pavement was your canvas? The Hudson Valley Chalk Art Festival is calling for local artists to participate in this year’s event. Water Street Market in downtown New Paltz is hosting The Hudson Valleys First Ever Chalk Art Festival from July 20-22. For three full days, twelve professional chalk...
New Paltz gears up for its annual homemade boat race
This year’s annual New Paltz Regatta, slated for this Sunday, April 29 at 1 p.m., is poised to rock the Wallkill River and the crowds in downtown New Paltz. Deb Rauch, owner of In Good Taste, along with her Regatta team of Theresa Fall of Water Street Market and Kathy Combs of 36 Main, have...
Reformed Church of New Paltz gears up for tenth annual Earth Day Fair
Environmentalists, farmers and performers are all gearing up for the tenth anniversary of the Earth Day Fair at the Reformed Church of New Paltz on Historic Huguenot Street (HHS) this Sunday, April 22. This is an annual community-wide gathering and celebration of Earth-wise practices and lifestyles that runs from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain...
Jewish Community Center celebrates its tenth anniversary
In celebration of the Jewish Community Center’s tenth anniversary, the Jewish congregation of New Paltz (JCNP) will be hosting a fundraiser. “Rafflepalooza” will be held this Saturday, April 21 from 7:30 to 10 p.m. For ten years the Jewish Community Center has been providing lectures, luncheons, performances, films and an annual blood drive, while also...
New Paltz Rotary presents family fun day at fairgrounds on April 22
New Paltz Rotary will host a family fun day at the Ulster County Fairgrounds off Libertyville Road on Sunday, April 22 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This event will center on various trucks and equipment that are utilized by local emergency service organizations, businesses, fuel operators and more. “The Rotary is a service organization,...
New Paltz Baseball and Softball Association opening day parade
On Saturday, April 14 at 9 a.m., the New Paltz Baseball and Softball Association (NPBA) will be holding its annual opening day parade. All NPBA teams, along with some special surprise guests, will be marching from the New Paltz Middle School down Main Street to Hasbrouck Park where free refreshments will be served, along with...
Walkway Over the Hudson launches Guinness world record effort
The nonprofit group Walkway Over the Hudson kicked off its drive to break a Guinness world record this week with a call for 3,000 people to register online to participate in a June 9 effort to create a new record for the longest line of dancers performing the Hokey Pokey! At a press conference held...
Student Vendor Festival at Water Street Market
The SUNY New Paltz chapter of Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), an international organization, is on the move, with several community-based projects in the offing. The group is currently preparing for its Student Vendor Festival slated for this Sunday, April 1 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Water Street Market in downtown New...
Hunt for Easter eggs in New Paltz, Gardiner and Highland
The Town of Lloyd will hold its annual Easter egg hunt this Saturday, March 31 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., beginning with ages newborn to 3 years old in the fenced-in courtyard on Main Street and continuing at 15-minute intervals between each age group. The 4-to-6-year-olds will have their hunt at the Methodist Church...