Learn more about the wily revolutionary Henry Knox and his HQ in Vails Gate
Knox was a sort of 18th-century Zelig, always in the thick of history-making events.
Community
Retired California highway cop to give talk on suicide prevention at SUNY New Paltz
Some people, by the very nature of their professions, cross paths regularly with the despondent en route to harming themselves, and have thus acquired some useful intervention skills that they can share with others. One such person will be coming to SUNY New Paltz on Tuesday, April 4.
Three-sport star athlete Derek Whittaker will be inducted into the Saugerties Sports Hall of Fame
If not for his amazing recovery from a car accident as a young man, Derek Whittaker might not be here for his induction into the Saugerties Sports Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2017.
Good times, old times: Life at the Pine Hill Arms
In 1973, Robert Konefal was a young chemist doing research for Nestlé’s but discontented with the corporate world. At the Pine Hill Arms, a historic boarding house in the hamlet of Pine Hill, he drank a good deal of vodka with the owner one night, and next thing he knew, he had bought the Arms.
Woodland Pond resident and social activist Annette Finestone celebrates 100th birthday
Friends, relatives, neighbors and admirers celebrated the 100th birthday of Annette Finestone at Woodland Pond in New Paltz on Saturday.
New life at once-abandoned Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory
While Ulster County has been enjoying the success of Kingston’s Lace Mill artist housing project by RUPCO, the Dutchess County not-for-profit organization Hudson River Housing, Inc. has been busily renovating a three-story brick building known as the Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory.
The best of the best for winter 2016-17 Highland and New Paltz sports
It was a winter sports season of many surprises for New Paltz and Highland varsity teams.
Saugerties youth awarded for positive contributions
Three Saugerties youngsters were honored by the Saugerties town board at its March 15 meeting as part of the You’ve Been Caught program run by the Saugerties Community Youth Awards Committee.
Vassar clandestine suffragist to be honored on centennial of NY women’s suffrage
In 1913, on the eve of Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration, Vassar alumna and lawyer Inez Milholland led a parade through Washington, DC astride a big white horse, wearing a crown and a long white cape, followed by some 10,000 suffragettes. Crowds of men jeered, spat on and harassed the marchers. Milholland was afterwards likened to Joan of Arc.
Abandoned Hudson Valley founders to speak about their romance with ruins
Friday, 3/24: New photographs of abandoned churches, convents and cemeteries will be presented, along with other structures on the verge of being torn down.