On the road with photographer Jack Murphy
Anyone who has spent any time hanging out in downtown New Paltz since the 1960s knows Jack Murphy, at least by sight. He’s a local “character,” a social worker, artist and raconteur with…
Looking forward to looking back
Susan Stessin-Cohn launches New Paltz Historical Society and hopes to memorialize unmarked graves at former Ulster County Poorhouse with Trina Greene sculpture The study of history is an exercise in discovery, or it’s…
Port Ewen’s Tugboat Trail to end with auction at Headless Horseman
Now that the summerlong “Tugboat Trail” has ended – the installation of 25 artful model tugboats along Route 9W in Esopus – the tugs will be auctioned off at “Tugfest” on Saturday, September…
Jay Ungar & Molly Mason to perform at Senate House
Friends of the Senate House present Grammy-winning folk artists Jay Ungar & Molly Mason on Friday, September 11 at 6 p.m. on the lawn of the Senate House Museum, located at 296 Fair…
Go on a Hudson River Valley Ramble
It’s getting harder to remember a time when the Hudson River Valley Ramble wasn’t an annual institution in our region. What started as a one-week celebration of the creation of the Hudson River…
Championing the mom-and-pop store ethos of Uptown Kingston
Stockade businesswoman Karen Clark Adin to move Bop to Tottom to more spacious digs at the corner of Wall & North Front Streets Call her prejudiced on the subject, but Karen Clark Adin…
Rock doc: Steve Weinman’s Shawangunk trail guide
Twenty years ago, when Dr. Steve Weinman wrote his 68-page non-profit pocket book A Rock with a View: Hiking, Biking and Skiing The Shawangunk Mountains, he had no idea that the trail guide would sell…
Something to chew on
With all the supersweet, tender ears of corn readily available at farms, farmers’ markets, even supermarkets these days, why do I bother to grow my own sweet corn? Because it tastes better, much…
Summer fun in the Rondout
Photos by Dion Ogust With summer underway, Kingston’s downtown waterfront Rondout District is blossoming. Boaters from as far away as New York City, Chesapeake Bay and West Palm Beach tie up their…
When the Full Moon Isn’t Round
It’s the full moon this Saturday night. But the exact time of fullness is 2:35 p.m. that afternoon. So if you’re observing at 9 p.m. Saturday night, the moon has had 6 1/2 hours to get “out of round” — and…
