New Paltz to honor memory of former slave, “Aunt Judy” Jackson
At the age of 14, Judy was presented as a “wedding gift” from Philip Lefevre to his son.
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Saugerties wrestler Colby Amell makes States
Colby Amell, Saugerties’ wrestling team’s lightest member at 99 pounds, will be representing the Sawyers in the state wrestling tournament on February 24 and 25 at the Times-Union Center in Albany.
Did New Paltz’s Mohonk Mountain House inspire The Shining? Thoughts on a local legend
It’s one of the most enduring and tantalizing local legends you’ll ever wonder about. Was novelist Stephen King inspired to write “The Shining,” one of his most famous horror stories, after visits to Mohonk Mountain House?
Benefit for Phillies Bridge Farm at Snugs this Sunday
Support the Phillies Bridge Farm Project this Sunday, February 19, 4:30 p.m., at Snug Harbor in New Paltz.
Woodstocker organizes health care professionals to help save Obamacare
About 75 local health care professionals have signed a letter to Congressman John Faso, asking him to make sure Americans’ health care needs are met effectively, even though he voted in favor of the Republican effort to dismantle the Affordable Care Act.
Historic Huguenot St. seeks new exec director, plans wigwam
The New Paltz historical group hasn’t had an official, full-time, permanent executive director since 2010.
“Images of Internment” to open at FDR Library in Hyde Park
On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066, which led to the incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese descent, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum will open a new photographic exhibition titled “Images of Internment: The Incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.” The collection of more than 200 photographs includes the work of Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams.
New Paltz Historical Society presents free genealogy workshop
You can spend a fortune on genealogy websites, but there are plenty of free resources- if you know where to look.
Want to help immigrants? Become a literacy tutor
Volunteers don’t need to be bilingual, but should expect to learn some conversational Spanish as they go along.
Talk on Catskill Aqueduct centennial Saturday in Olive
In New York City, the tap water is so clean and tasty that it gets bottled and sold elsewhere as a prestige product. It’s a miracle a century old, procured with the labor and lives of thousands of engineers and laborers who designed and built the metro area’s extensive system of reservoirs and aqueducts.