About 40 town residents mingled, shared dinner, learned about the Taskforce and signed up for subcommittees that will focus on a variety of projects intended to shrink the town’s carbon footprint.
The mini-trek along the completed segment of the Trail was part of a four-day Hudson Valley tour for the 20-member group, hosted by the Open Space Institute (OSI) and planned to include stops at local parks, preserves and historic sites.
Wednesday, March 28: The Hudson Valley Farm Hub, Seedshed and Oceans 8 Films premiere a new film — Seeds of Hope — that follows the planting and harvesting of at-risk Native American seeds on a 28-acre plot at Hurley’s Farm Hub. (One species of red corn had been reduced to just two ears; last year hundreds of pounds of corn were produced.) The film, part of Jon Bowermaster and Oceans 8 Films’ Hope on the Hudson series, documents the shared effort of local farmers and seed experts with the Akwesasne tribe to preserve both seeds and culture.
Thousands of Americans in the nation’s capital and beyond are expected to take part in a coordinated rally March 24 demanding legislative solutions to mass shootings. Dubbed “March For Our Lives,” the event follows close on the heels of a national school walkout on March 14, in which many local students participated.
Spring is nearly upon us, and for the New Paltz High School Drama Club, that can only mean one thing: There’s “Magic to Do” – in the form of an exuberant stage musical, with a big cast brimming with youthful talent and plenty of support behind the scenes.
Councilman Warren Wiegand noted that recent changes in federal tax law “will limit people’s ability to deduct local taxes…We’ll have to find other ways on the funding side. I don’t think we can squeeze more blood out of that turnip.”
Is there anything that private individuals can do to help deescalate the current nuclear crisis? Your local Quaker congregation says yes.
The Marbletown First Aid Unit was founded in 1961 by Harriet Weber, who was shocked when a hearse was the only vehicle available to transport her mother to the hospital. Today, the unit, which has a wide and sparsely populated area to cover, is facing a membership shortage.
Friday, March 16: Using intimate testimonials from bereaved families of Sandy Hook Elementary School students and other affected residents, the film focuses on the community of Newtown, Connecticut in the aftermath of the largest mass shooting of schoolchildren in American history.
The podcast is titled The Kvetching Professor, subtitled Taking a Break from Quality Time.