Saturday, Oct. 12: Located in the heart of Woodstock for 70 years, Matt, Heather and Kathy Longyear’s farm has hosted a benefit for the Woodstock Land Conservancy for the last five years. This event is a celebration of community for all ages and features opportunities to learn about the farm and the environment while enjoying crafts, kids’ activities and local foods and music.
Saturday, Oct. 12: Cirque Mei features a company of 40 elite traditional and contemporary circus artists and acrobats.
Plenty of opinions about the coming election can be found in this week’s letters section.
Friday-Sunday, Oct. 11-13: The bust, designed by Czech sculptor Marie Seborova, was commissioned and donated by Art for Amnesty founder Bill Shipsey in recognition of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights’s 70th anniversary. Identical busts have been placed in sites of significance around the world: France, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovenia and at Columbia Law School.
For nine days, October 26 through November 3, you can vote at one of seven polling sites around Ulster County. Hours of operation vary, but include a mix of day, evening and weekend hours.
Police say a 62-year-old man lost his life in a crash on the Taconic Parkway yesterday.
According to police, a 65-year-old Saugerties woman punched the female officer processing her during an arrest for violating an order of protection and harassment.
Are you a bottle collector, local history fan, or just have that odd bottle on your shelf? Consider attending the Hudson Valley Bottle Club’s fall open house on Friday, October 18 from 7-9 p.m. at the Marlboro Presbyterian Church at 51 Grand St, Marlboro, to learn more about local bottles, Hudson Valley glass-producing industries, and the bottle collecting hobby.
The Village of New Paltz established a sister city program in 1998 with Osa, a community of a similar size in a mountainous rural region of Japan, on the large island of Honshu, west of Osaka. The area is known for its history and scenic beauty, as well as hang-gliding. It was a good match for New Paltz because of its similar size and geography and many common concerns.
The slate of candidates favoring construction of a new Woodstock Library after tearing down the current building won the three seats available on Board of Trustees in October 3 voting. Former trustee Leslie Gerber led all six candidates with 442 votes, followed by current board president Dorothea Marcus with 435 and Howard Kagan with 427.