This was the sort of day when you wouldn’t mind falling into the less-than-pristine Wallkill River. That turned out to be fortunate. Two boats among the 2019 contenders did prove unseaworthy. Both won awards nonetheless.
Frances Roth and Katherine Angell opened the institute in 1946, determined to establish a school that would become “the culinary center of the nation” and believing that America could have “the best meals on earth.”
The rationale for a Toy Story 4 to happen had to be a good one – something beyond guaranteed great box office and merchandising potential. It went through several major rewrites over a period of more than five years, and perhaps it was in contemplating the need for this movie to exist at all that the writers hit on the idea that makes it work.
Visitors want to come to Gardiner. The town is deciding how best to accommodate them, weighing the interests of residents and businesspeople who benefit with those concerned about increased traffic, noise and other attendant issues.
Whether we knew her in person or only from her long-running “Kids’ Almanac” or more recent “Erica’s Cancer Journey” writings as a regular columnist for Ulster Publishing, there’s a big hole left in our lives from the passing on February 7 of Erica Chase-Salerno.
In Uganda, if someone offers you a rolex, they’re not trying to trick you into buying a cheap knockoff; they’re being hospitable. There, a rolex is a piece of chapati bread filled with eggs, onions, cabbage or kale and tomatoes, plus some minced meat if your host is relatively affluent. You’ll have a chance to sample this intriguing indigenous dish – along with other national staples such as posho, a cornmeal concoction not unlike polenta – if you attend the Ugandan Dinner & Silent Auction this Saturday, June 22 at the New Paltz Reformed Church.
Motorists seeking a detour around downtown Rosendale on the first morning of this year’s Street Festival, on Saturday, July 20, may be in for a hulk of a problem, depending on the pace of filming an automobile accident scene for the upcoming HBO miniseries I Know This Much Is True.
Jelly is kid stuff, right? Something you outgrew a long time ago, except for maybe a rare PB&J when the cold cuts are all gone and you’re waiting on your next paycheck to go grocery-shopping? Maybe it’s time to rethink that prejudice. Some Gardiner-based entrepreneurs, doing business under the name of Doc Schwarz Wine Jelly, are brewing up new jelly flavors that will have you looking for innovative culinary uses for what used to be a humble sandwich spread.
There’s a survival reason for their testy tempers: The plastron or underside shell of a snapping turtle doesn’t cover all of its abdomen, leaving plenty of room around the legs for swimming movements. There are thus soft parts exposed that make the animal vulnerable to any large predator that managed to grab onto it.
Timber Rattlers can be found in the mountainous areas of the Hudson Valley, including the Catskills and Shawangunks. There have been no recent recorded cases in New York State of human fatalities from a bite from a timber rattler, but symptoms may be severe, including nausea, vomiting, paralysis and tissue damage, and an allergic reaction can certainly be life-threatening. A dog twice bitten in Minnewaska State Park in 2014 succumbed to the venom.