What the newspapers said 100 years ago today
The ‘‘Our town’’ column is compiled each month for the New Paltz Times by Carol Johnson, coordinator of the Haviland-Heidgerd
Local History
Roxbury Motel brings hip interior design back to the Catskills
“Probably no art has so few masters as that of decoration,” wrote the long-heralded “mother of interior design” Candace Wheeler.
New Paltz Chamber of Commerce releases commemorative coin
The New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce, along with its president Michael Smith and Arthur Hash of the SUNY New
Dutch barn restoration
Back in the 1700s, when a farmer wanted to raise a barn, he would rely on family, friends and members
Photographer Roberta Price’s work on communes at Bethel Woods
George and Grace at New Buffalo, 1969 / Roberta Price The concept of communal living has been around a long
Refurbished Hasbrouck House unveiled
It was a gala affair this past Saturday evening on Huguenot Street in New Paltz, where friends, neighbors and ancestors
Village of New Paltz celebrates its 125th anniversary
The Village of New Paltz is poised to throw a block party on Aug. 5 in honor of its 125th
Archaeology Field School investigates New York’s past on Huguenot Street
For the next three weeks, Historic Huguenot Street (HHS) will be the site of an archaeological investigation as a field
Delaware & Ulster Railroad offers train robberies & twilight tours
Audiences in 1903 thrilled to the innovative and realistic filmmaking techniques used in Edwin S. Porter’s The Great Train Robbery,
Hurley celebrates 350th anniversary with Stone House Day this Saturday
For over 60 years, on the second Saturday in July, some of the oldest stone houses in the country have