Scenes from Jewish Congregation of New Paltz’s annual Hanukkah party
The event had the feeling of a family dinner — albeit a very large family — warm and festive and welcoming.
Community
Saugerties Town Board honors volunteers
At its December 14 meeting, the Saugerties town board honored Brian Sawchuck, Gerry Marzec, James “Spider” Barbour and Paul Pavlovich.
Saugerties teachers hold two fundraisers for needy
The teachers raised money for hungry students and local families battling health problems.
Plans to protect historical and musical Rhinebeck church
Father Richard McKeon, who has been the Church of the Messiah’s rector since 2010, says, “People ask me, ‘Why save the building?’ and I say we have a beautiful building and it has a place in the community.”
Kingston’s ‘Santa Claus Lane’ residents go all out to light up the holiday
Each holiday season, Kingston puts on an impromptu display of Christmas cheer. Entire streets get into the act, of which perhaps the most famous is Santa Claus Lane, a.k.a. Derrenbacher Street, which runs uphill from Foxhall Avenue in the heart of Midtown near the railroad tracks.
Gardiner’s Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree commemorated at town hall
Made from a plank cut from the 2015 Rockefeller Center tree, the plaque depicts a Christmas tree carved in relief, accented by wood-burned details representing tree branches and the figure of Prometheus, placed atop the tree in place of a star. The 18-foot-tall gilded bronze figure of Prometheus at Rockefeller Center is located on the plaza there, at the base of the annual Christmas tree, overlooking the skaters on the ice rink below since 1934.
Saugerties gears up for New Year’s celebration
Inaugurated two years ago as a way of letting local residents celebrate the start of the New Year in the village rather than going to other communities and then having to drive home, officials say this year’s-ending event will be better than ever.
Woodstock’s first Christmas Eve
Through times of war, economic turmoil, and periods of political and social upheaval, December 24 has continued to serve as an integral part of Woodstock’s foundation.
The Saugerties VFW reborn
“The post was basically on life support.”
New Paltz police raise $3,705 for the American Cancer Society
The New Paltz police officers who participated in the American Cancer Society fund-raiser, “No-Shave November,” reached their goal and then some.