The Mountain Laurel Waldorf School in New Paltz will host their annual open house this Saturday, February 23 from 10 a.m. to noon. The event offers parents and children the opportunity to explore the Waldorf philosophy and academic offerings at the school while enjoying music and refreshments, craft-making, bread-baking and a puppet show.
According to a statement presented by the New Paltz Racial Equity Coalition and Sisters of Sojourner Truth, and signed by 124 persons, the district administration is framing incidents as isolated and rare which are actually frequent and connected.
While the story is fictional, it takes place in a real time and place and the things that happen around the characters are real events, says author Rena Blumenthal.
Dennis Jacobs has strong feelings about the value of local businesses within the community. “That’s where the heart of America is.”
It’s been 20 years since Michael Migliore and Yancey Stanforth-Migliore launched Whitecliff Vineyard & Winery in Gardiner. But it was 20 years before that Michael, shortly after beginning a career with IBM as a semiconductor engineer, first began experimenting with planting grapes on the land. “The winery was originally meant to be a retirement business for Michael,” says Yancey, “but the joke is always that the one thing he’s failed miserably at is retirement! That has not happened.”
The 11th annual event will be held at Water Street Market Saturday, January 26.
Viewers find themselves surrounded by mysterious imagery painted on a 100-foot-long length of raw canvas, eight feet high, that encircles the room. The space is now the permanent home of Marilyn Reynolds’ Composition in the Round. Reynolds and her family are in the process of renovating the former firehouse into a studio, gallery and workshop space for community art classes.
Loretta Miller remembers when the first Hudson Valley Rail Trail WinterFest was held in Highland. Organized by local bed-and-breakfast owners Jerry and Geri Luke, attendees back then sat at makeshift tables assembled from plywood and sawhorses. Twenty-two years later, WinterFest is still a pretty casual affair, but now has a permanent home under the sturdy Highland Rotary Pavilion, adjacent to the circa-1915 train caboose on the trail at 101 New Paltz Road.
Snow or sleet, rain or shine, the 22nd annual Hudson Valley Rail Trail WinterFest will take place Saturday, January 12 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., offering plenty of reasons to get out and brave the cold.
Maria Rice and Thomas M. Bongiovi talk about several topics, including teacher achievement, student mental health, the elementary school reading program, and keeping the lines of communication open.