Mohonk Preserve marks 50th anniversary with distinguished speakers and family activities
The 7,500-acre Mohonk Preserve is celebrating its 50th year of land stewardship and preservation in high nature-style with a bevy of events that will encourage the public to engage with the land, the staff and all of the programs that the Preserve offers. To that end, the Preserve will kick off its anniversary celebration with...
Daniel Center provides services to veterans in Highland
A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterward – Theodore Roosevelt It was a sad day, a tragic day, and one lived too often by family members of US war veterans. On December 20, 2006 — just five days before...
Walkway volunteers get shelter, donors praised
During a snow storm on a gray November afternoon, officials with the Walkway Over the Hudson State Park unveiled the latest feature along the 1.28 mile pedestrian bridge — a pavilion to shelter volunteers during inclement weather. Walkway volunteers, known as “ambassadors,” have been on the bridge since 2010 educating visitors about its history as...
Lloyd awarded $7,500 for Black Creek
A state grant literally launches a new era for Black Creek canoers and kayakers. On Oct. 17, Mark Castiglione, acting executive director of the Hudson River Valley Greenway Communities Council, announced that the council has awarded the Town of Lloyd $7,500 toward creating a new launch site on the Black Creek south of the Route...
The staff at Historic Huguenot Street have a vision for bringing the landmark back to life
Huguenot Street used to be the “Main Street” of New Paltz for centuries, and in that spirit, the staff at Historic Huguenot Street (HHS) is working on several projects to bring the oldest incorporated street in America back alive. HHS executive director Tracy McNally and board president Mary Etta Schneider gave a presentation to this...
Elting Library honors donors
After six years and a couple of unforeseen delays, Elting Memorial Library unveiled a plaque last weekend honoring the nearly 100 donors who helped make the 2006 capital campaign a success. That project cost $3.6 million and added a whole wing to the library. “This group that’s going to be here tonight are ‘the Little...
Scenic overlooks near Mohonk to get $1M facelift
Scenic overlooks in Gardiner, Rochester and Wawarsing will get a $1 million upgrade with a little help from state and federal grants. Al Wegener, of the Shawangunk Mountains Regional Partnership, came to New Paltz Town Hall last week to announce the success in getting the grants. Federal Highway Administration funds will pay for $800,000 of...
Theatre veteran Greg Abels creates a Zen hideaway in Gardiner
For those who didn’t grow up in the area, one of the many appealing aspects of living in Gardiner is the fact that it’s a place where one can keep a low profile. Most Gardinerites are vaguely aware of certain famous or semi-famous people who own homes in the area, but they’re not troubled by...
TV crew films on Church Street in New Paltz
Did you happen to notice the “new” used bookstore on Church Street? It’s got a pale-pink sign announcing “Vivien’s Used Books? And did you by chance notice the 30-or-so men and women milling around inside and outside of the “new” store holding 35mm cameras, with lights, sound equipment, dollies and a fire-engine red Porsche convertible...
Fast-food favorite re-opens in New Paltz
Like a phoenix from the ashes, New Paltz’s Burger King has risen again — and will be opening soon. Work crews toiled during 90-degree days last week to put the finishing touches on the fast-food joint. According to Town of New Paltz Building Inspector Stacy Delarede, Burger King has received the needed building permit and...
How to rezone, redevelop and revitalize the Walkway’s gateway to Highland
A meeting of the minds was held in the Town of Lloyd last Wednesday to look at ways in which the town might rezone, redevelop and revitalize various corridors to try and build off the approximately one million visitors to the Walkway Over the Hudson who have poured into the Hudson Valley since the pedestrian...
Kosiner Brothers open up shop at Water Street Market in New Paltz
Jed and Brock Kosiner have always done things together. They worked at Paddy McGee’s Restaurant in Island Park, Long Island as teenagers; and after Jed graduated from Hofstra in 2005, joined brother Brock in New Paltz (who graduated this past December from SUNY), and both worked in New Paltz’s alternative organic restaurant, Karma Road (with...