Twelfth-generation Huguenot descendant using Kickstarter campaign to fund children’s book, “Hugo the Huguenot”
“My goal is for children to walk away with a better understanding of the Huguenot story.”
Community
Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church hosts concert Dec. 2 to benefit Family of New Paltz
“Hark! A Thrilling Voice is Sounding!” takes place this Friday, December 2 in the church’s sanctuary, located at 90 Route 32 South.
Dutchess Habitat for Humanity moves house from Staatsburgh to Poughkeepsie
Dutchess Habitat for Humanity faced a challenge: to move an intact house from Staatsburgh and reposition it on an empty lot in Poughkeepsie, and do it fast.
The Turkey Trot turns 100, as New Paltz, Kingston and Phoenicia residents prepare to run
Originally the “Turkey Trot” was a lively ragtime dance condemned by the Vatican. Today, it’s a footrace, usually for charity, designed to assuage people’s feelings of guilt over their excessive caloric intake on holidays like Thanksgiving.
Saugerties musical fundraiser raises $21k for narcotics awareness, choir program
This year’s Sawyer Motors Foundation fundraiser benefited the Raise Your Awareness About Narcotics (R.Y.A.N) program and the Saugerties choir program. The event featured America’s Got Talent winner Landau Murphy Jr. and local comedian and Saugerties High School graduate Mike Speirs.
Turkey Trot returns to New Paltz Thanksgiving morning
In addition to prizes for the male and female winners in each age category, the New Paltz Turkey Trot traditionally hands out awards to runners and walkers who show up in the best costumes. So it’s a great opportunity to shake a tailfeather — literally!
“Little Free Libraries” coming to Saugerties
The goal is to place the libraries in neighborhoods that have the least access to the Washington Ave. library.
Support and resist: Woodstock religious leaders meet in election’s aftermath
They discussed how to formulate a spiritual approach to what they saw as trauma stirred up by the election.
Saugerties Methodists serve up a Taco Tuesday at Boys and Girls Club
It was hard to find anyone who wasn’t loving tacos during a recent Tuesday visit to the Saugerties unit of the Boys and Girls Club.
Harvest Hop Dance and performance will raise funds for Center for Spectrum Services
The venerable Center for Spectrum Services, one of the area’s premier schools for children with autism, is hosting its Harvest Hop Dance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 19 at Diamond Mills in Saugerties. The fundraiser will help support the programs and services for the school’s students.