New Paltz Bike Swap set for May 13
Last year there were more than 500 people at the bike swap, and this event has put more than 1,000 under-used bikes back into use.
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How to navigate New Paltz, from someone who never really left
If the national news doesn’t visit every few years for organic reasons, someone will do something to induce it.
Saugerties Boys & Girls Club raises $40,000 at annual auction
The affair, held at the Diamond Mills ballroom, had a 1920s theme, with club officers and many patrons dressed in the style of the period.
Apple Blossom Day: A Red Hook tradition
Saturday, May 13: The village will come alive with fair food and free festivities for all ages, including live animals, arts and crafts and a stage with live music. At the center of the action will be the Red Hook Public Library, which will host a giant bubble station, face-painting and “unconventional electronics,” and a performance by The Orchestra Now from the Bard Conservatory.
Whatever floats your boat-shaped object: Winners & scenes from the New Paltz Regatta
Despite the heavy rain, the 62nd New Paltz Regatta was held last Sunday, May 7 beginning with a parade of competing watercraft trundling on wheels down Plattekill Avenue from the village firehouse to Sojourner Truth Park off Plains Road, from whence they set sail — or sank, depending on how well the crafts were crafted.
Forum at Woodstock Jewish Congregation organizes information for immigrants
Ripples of fear are coursing through Woodstock, Kingston, Phoenicia, Fleischmanns, Margaretville, and other towns where many Latin Americans are working in such fields as food service and construction.
Marybeth De Filippis takes the helm at Historic Huguenot Street
“Huguenot Street deserves to be an international destination. It’s unique in America.”
Lions Club supports all-volunteer vision screening in Saugerties
Volunteers use a device called the Plusoptix, is a hand-held computer that scans for vision problems, including astigmatism and eye misalignment.
Annual Saugerties car show benefits post-prom party
Funding for the post-prom party was low ten years ago, so a car show was suggested as a way to raise the necessary money to keep the party going. The party, at the Wood ‘n Wheel, is a drug- and alcohol-free event established 22 years ago in response to the overindulgence of generations past.
New Paltz to host bike/run to fight cystic fibrosis May 13
The number of participants ranges from 80-100. Organizers estimate that about half of the supporters are from families affected by the disease.