New Paltz tennis team remains undefeated
Last season the New Paltz boys tennis team finished at 14-0 and were MHAL champions; this season looks to be more of the same.
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Women’s Woodstock Cycling Grand Prix rolls through Saturday, May 6
“Traveling through Woodstock, Saugerties, and Phoenicia, there is no beating the location of this bicycle race.”
Rhinebeck Antique Car Show & Swap Meet at Dutchess Fairgrounds
Friday-Sunday, May 5-7: From all over the Northeast, car aficionados come to check out the array of hot rods, racecars and customized models on Saturday, and unmodified antique and classic cars on Sunday.
Fashion Night at Byrdcliffe
When the auction closes, the fashion show begins: an extravaganza of the latest styles that the Woodstock community has to offer, featuring talented local models parading down a full-sized catwalk constructed just for the occasion.
New Paltz Regatta launches as usual May 7 — but don’t fall in
The good news is that the regatta will return this year. The bad news is it still takes place in the Wallkill, which recent tests confirm isn’t safe for swimming or wading.
Former Ulster County sheriff Mike LaPaglia dies
A retired New York City detective, LaPaglia was sheriff from 1987 until 1998.
Kingston planners hear about church’s ‘transitional housing’ plan
What began as a makeshift effort to give the city’s most vulnerable residents someplace to stay on frigid winter nights has evolved into a plan to create “transitional housing” for people struggling to overcome addiction, mental illness and homelessness.
John Novi to receive Mohonk Consultations’ 2017 Distinguished Achievement Award
Mohonk Consultations will present its annual Distinguished Achievement Award to John Novi, the “fearless and imaginative” chef who is internationally celebrated as one of the founders of New American cuisine, Sunday, June 11 from 5 to 8 p.m.
Saugerties Lions Club expands playground
Along with local resident Heidi Jo Brandt, club members have been raising money to add more activities for children.
Creek Iversen, Seed Song Farm and a local agricultural renaissance
It was the fertile floodplain along the Esopus Creek that attracted the first Dutch settlers to this area — and before them, the Lenape, who planted the fields with maize. But centuries later, with the building of the massive IBM manufacturing complex, the remaining land was forgotten.