Gardiner Cupcake Festival returns
Saturday, May 18: There will be more than 10,000 cupcakes on hand as well as live bands, bouncy houses, wagon rides and the Gardiner Cupcake Classic 5K Run through the orchards.
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Shawangunk Wine Trail hosts Wines & Bites tour
Saturday-Sunday, May 18-19: Receive a souvenir wineglass at your starting winery and enjoy delicious wine-tastings paired with a mouthwatering food bite – cheeses, meats, salads, pastas or desserts – at some or all of the 15 member wineries.
Beacon Open Studios tour this weekend
Saturday-Sunday, May 18-19: Once a year, the artists of the City of Beacon open their studios to the public. This free weekend-long event has become one of the largest of its kind in the Hudson Valley.
Open House at Paws Unlimited’s new senior dog shelter
Saturday, May 18: This unique new shelter provides a homelike setting for those senior dogs in need.
Gomez Mill House hosts Emma Lazarus Poetry Day
Sunday May 19: Lazarus, it turns out, was a friend, relative and fellow Shearith Israel congregant of the Gomez family, whose home in Marlboro is now known as the Gomez Mill House Historic Site.
Volunteer to be a Saugerties Lighthouse trail keeper
Volunteers can participate the first Saturday of each month from June to October for an hour or two to maintain the picturesque nature trail leading to the lighthouse. Volunteers of all ages are welcome. Projects include debris cleaning, brush trimming, and raking. Meet at the Lighthouse at 9 a.m. for instructions and supplies. No registration required. For more info, call 845-247-0656 or email [email protected]
New Paltz man sentenced to 30 years for sexually exploiting four children
Cammron Robinson, 24, of New Paltz, was sentenced yesterday to 30 years in prison for sexual exploiting four children.
Community forum about Saugerties C&D dump Tuesday
Catskill Mountainkeeper, Woodstock Land Conservancy and the Dump Here Never group are hosting a community forum on Tuesday, May 14 at 7 p.m. at the Saugerties High School auditorium at 310 Washington Ave., to discuss the fight against the construction and demolition dump on Route 212 in Saugerties.
Kingston Times letters: A change for the good in the town of Ulster; Bring back Kate Smith
Selections from this week’s feedback section.
Saugerties police pooch is drug-sniffing champ
Saugerties Town Police officer Jen Culver and her canine partner, Romulus, took the top prize in the narcotics detection at the United States Police Canine Association’s 2019 National Detector Dog Trials, held this week in Albany.