“By catering to everyone from three-and-four-year-olds and our youth hockey league to senior skating classes each week and being accommodating to all ages, we’ve really built this up over time.”
Looking for something festive and family-friendly to do on New Year’s Eve that doesn’t involve spending a lot of money, drinking to excess or putting yourself in the path of impaired drivers?
The event had the feeling of a family dinner — albeit a very large family — warm and festive and welcoming.
At its December 14 meeting, the Saugerties town board honored Brian Sawchuck, Gerry Marzec, James “Spider” Barbour and Paul Pavlovich.
The teachers raised money for hungry students and local families battling health problems.
Made from a plank cut from the 2015 Rockefeller Center tree, the plaque depicts a Christmas tree carved in relief, accented by wood-burned details representing tree branches and the figure of Prometheus, placed atop the tree in place of a star. The 18-foot-tall gilded bronze figure of Prometheus at Rockefeller Center is located on the plaza there, at the base of the annual Christmas tree, overlooking the skaters on the ice rink below since 1934.
Inaugurated two years ago as a way of letting local residents celebrate the start of the New Year in the village rather than going to other communities and then having to drive home, officials say this year’s-ending event will be better than ever.
People’s Place, a Kingston-based thrift store and food pantry, will hold its first-ever Bag Holiday Hunger initiative, a program intended to give the families of public-school students in Ulster County who participate in free and reduced-price meal programs the means to help feed their children during the winter break.
Sustainable Hudson Valley is seeking to organize an electric vehicle program similar to its Solarize initiative, which aggregated customers to obtain better prices for solar installations. The EV options will include leasing or purchasing.
Phoenicia takes holiday fun seriously. Having already enjoyed a rousing day of community celebrations on December 3, the hamlet is gearing up for Round Two on Saturday, December 17, a day of Christmas parties, caroling, and performances. In nearby Chichester, the Catskills Yoga House is offering solstice and New Year workshops.