Personally speaking – Vicki Jackson
For almost three years, Vicki Jackson, longtime owner of Aphrodite’s Antiques on Main Street in downtown New Paltz, has been building up a second, more roomy antique shop in a circa-1888 brick building at 11 Milton Avenue in the hamlet of Highland. “New Paltz has always been so good to me and such a vibrant...
Annual opening-day event brings out a crowd
Despite the overcast and chilly morning weather last Saturday morning, hundreds of New Paltz youths suited up and took to the streets, proudly displaying their team name and colors for the annual opening day parade hosted by the New Paltz Baseball Association (NPBA). Big Bird made an appearance, much to the delight of the T-ballers...
Earth Day is a great time for a spring cleanup
New Paltz may have more going on for Earth Day than practically anywhere else. And surrounding towns have been increasingly getting into the act. In New Paltz, there’s the townwide cleanup, events on campus, lectures, activities, music and even the Earth Day Fair at the Reformed Church on Huguenot Street. The quirky college town has...
Jessica Roach receives an award
Jessica Roach, United States Navy E3 airman, receives the Military Order of World Wars Award of Merit from command master chief Chris Angstead during her March 8 graduation ceremony from naval boot camp at the Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Illinois. In a class of over 800 recruits, Roach was one of only six...
Creating a Ludwig Day
For many people, the first time that Ludwig Montesa noticed you, came running down Main Street and said hello – when you got into his good graces – was a rite of passage: You’d become a part of the New Paltz’s social fabric. He was always quick with a hug, a high-five, a goofy face...
New Paltz Teen Photo Contest winners are announced
Six New Paltz high school and middle school students were awarded prizes in the third annual New Paltz Teen Photo Contest at a reception April 9 hosted by the Elting Memorial Library. Local photographers G. Steve Jordan, Matt Petricone and Lauren Thomas had the unenviable task of choosing the winners among 54 entries submitted by...
Nature at your Doorstep – Guyot Hill
To climb a crag like Bonticou is an exciting outdoor experience, but to view the same crag from a nearby hill offers its own, quieter rewards. I discovered the latter on my recent ascent of Guyot Hill. Jack Fagan says of Guyot Hill, in his superb Scenes and Walks in the Northern Shawangunks, that it...
Personally speaking – Justine and Phil Leger
Justine and Phil Leger, owners of the über-popular Bridge Creek Catering company, have just this past week opened up their first restaurant: the Bridge Creek Café, located on the upper floor of the Water Street Market in downtown New Paltz. “Our catering business is fairly mature, and we felt the need to expand our presence...
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...
Composer Bertolozzi eyes Eiffel, reflects on ‘Bridge Music’
Since 2009, people at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge have heard music. During warmer months, they’ve heard strange percussive melodies emanating from listening stations on the bridge’s pedestrian lane. If they’ve parked on either side, they’ve heard the tune on their car radios. Any way they’ve heard the “Bridge Music,” composer Joseph Bertolozzi is...
Food not fracking unites community and campus
On Thursday, April 4 at the SUNY New Paltz farmers’ market, farmers and local food enthusiasts joined together with those fighting fracking in New York and former Congressman Maurice Hinchey to show that what binds us together is stronger than gas industry money and influence. Hundreds of students and the community sampled locally grown food,...
Eva Hayes recounts her oceanographic adventures
Not many college students know how to manage a complex rigging system, navigate by the stars alone or judge distance through dead reckoning. Few have spent as much time on board a sailing ship as has Eva Hayes, 20, of Gardiner. The Northeastern University sophomore, and New Paltz Central High School alumna, spent six weeks...