New Paltz Rescue Squad looks back on 40 years of community service
This year the almost-all-volunteer New Paltz Rescue Squad (NPRS) celebrated its 40th year of serving the community. Established in 1973
Local History
Workday set for Dutch Barn siding
Volunteers continue to come forward to help complete the Historical Society’s barn project at the Kiersted House on Main St.
Dutch barn nears completion
Fundraising to finish the old Dutch barn at the Kiersted House has kicked into high gear. Organizers hope to raise
Gardiner to put former firehouse/library building on market
The Gardiner Town Board voted to put the abandoned old Fire Department station and lot on the market, after some
Brouhaha descending a staircase
It’s hard, at first, to think of art causing the sort of stir that the International Exhibition of Modern Art
Historic railroad trestle over Rondout Creek scheduled to reopen in June
If someone asked you to picture a single iconic image that captures the essence of Rosendale, the way the outline
Brimstone, Booze and the Ballot revivifies suffragists’ struggle
The Women’s Suffrage Movement sounds like ancient history, doesn’t it? When we try to imagine it, we picture sepia-toned images
Event honors the memory of the nearly forgotten New Paltz African ancestors
When the Huguenots left Europe to escape religious torment, they knew a little something about oppression. So how did it
The fight to keep Dragon Inn standing
The race is on. The village Historic Review Board decided today to redesignate Clovelea (the Dragon Inn) a historic landmark
Eleanor Roosevelt “We Make Our Own History” Forum
If Eleanor Roosevelt were still around today, it’s a fair bet that she’d be taking an interest in the activities