Beacon’s Towne Crier hosts concert for new American Center for Folk Music
The City of Beacon has been a hotbed of folk music agitation since the founding in the early 20th century
Local History
The first British invasion: Historian discusses New Netherland takeover
The 1664 British takeover of the Dutch colony of New Netherland — which afterward became New York — was one
FDR’s speeches now available online
We’ve just passed the 74th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the catastrophe that finally got the US
How Saugerties streets got their names, part II
Few streets of the early village were planned north of Main St. because there was a focus on Livingston lands south of Main St. All the streets there follow a grid of lots laid out in a survey made in 1827 by John Kiersted after the Chancellor’s heir, Robert L. Livingston, sold his land in the village area to Henry Barclay. Barclay then subdivided the part of this purchase from the Chancellor’s Burhans estate settlement land and returned about a hundred lots from this back to Livingston. These lots are what is called the Barclay and Livingston allotment lots and extend from the library all the way to the Esopus at the bottom of the hill.
Plumbing the depths in Richard Heppner’s Woodstock – Everyday History
Richard Heppner has what you’d call a passion for history – specifically local history: the common events and gathered lore
Our towns: What the newspapers said 100 years ago
The ‘‘Our town’’ column is compiled each month for the New Paltz Times by Carol Johnson, coordinator of the Haviland-Heidgerd
How Saugerties streets got their names
First installment: The village core around Main St.
French Heritage Society and Historic Huguenot Street celebrate local preservation efforts
On Thursday, November 19, Historic Huguenot Street hosted a visit from French Heritage Society (FHS), a non-profit dedicated to preservation,
Remembering Woodstock — The Eleventh Month
When chill November’s surly blast make fields and forest bare… — Robert Burns November is a strange month. I can
Saugerties Library hosts talk by Tad Richards on Opus 40’s history
The Town of Saugerties has many fine features that make it special, but arguably only one thing that makes it