The Battle of Five Armies brings Jackson’s Middle Earth tour to worthy finale
There is something so simultaneously satisfying and melancholy about coming to the last page of a great novel – especially
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Village of New Paltz mayor Jason West emphasizes planning for the future
While the Village of New Paltz struggles with the looming need for alternative sources of water when the aging Catskill
Gaelic language classes in Kingston & Red Hook
The wild inconsistency of its spelling standards makes learning English quite a challenge for non-native speakers as they try to
Burroughs Society leads Wallkill Valley Raptors outing
The Far Side cartoonist Gary Larson was right: “Birds of prey know they’re cool.” Though they get their living by
Town of New Paltz supervisor Susan Zimet gears up for 2015’s challenges
Following years of trying to get their jobs done while suffering from one mysterious ailment after another on account of
Michael Korda to speak about Robert E. Lee in Poughkeepsie
For the past two months, the Poughkeepsie Library District has been marking the sesquicentennial of America’s direst internal struggle by
Write your way to a great New Year, Japanese style
The ancient Romans named the first month of the year after Janus, the two-faced god of beginnings, who gazes simultaneously
“Old-Fashioned Cirkus” New Year’s Eve in Kingston
Looking for something simultaneously festive and edgy to do to ring in the New Year, with a variety of entertainment
New Paltz Eve provides alcohol-free, family-friendly New Year’s festivities
Champagne at midnight on New Year’s Eve is a grand auld custom; but for anyone who has ever experienced a
Gardiner town historian Carleton Mabee dies one week short of his 100th birthday
Gardiner is in mourning this week, when it had intended to be celebrating the 100th birthday of one of its