Saugerties girls’ basketball team continues to improve
The early-season struggles faced by the Saugerties High School girls’ varsity basketball appear to have been left behind, as the team’s hot streak continued through a cold January.
Community
Woodstock Library changes its election day
Woodstock Library Trustees opted for an October election and budget vote in an effort to increase turnout, dropping plans to change what now takes place in early September to the general election November date due to legal fees.
Help for the furloughed
As the partial shutdown of the federal government continues, Catholic Charities of Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster wants to remind those impacted by the furlough that help is available through the non-profit agency’s Case Management program.
Highland basketball’s Bri Rozzi breaks career scoring record
It was inevitable that Bri Rozzi — the youngest of the fabled Highland basketball sisters — barring injury, would break the school career-scoring record of 1,615 set by Lisa Pritzlaff in 2001.
Women’s March attendees press on in the face of cold weather, political burnout
Much has been made of this year’s divisiveness among organizers of national women’s marches. At the rally that was part of the Woodstock march, musician Amanda Palmer compared the process to the rigors of childbirth, conflicted and bloody. Still, the work gets done.
Ski jumping over downtown Rosendale: a history
As Joppenbergh’s day as a cement source ended, Rosendalers, with the urging of Nordic skiing enthusiast Gus Williams of Williams Lake, found another use for the mountain.
Residents discuss what they would like to see in the Elting Memorial Library of the future
At the top of the collective list are ways to address the parking: not the actual spaces per se, but things like avoiding the long uphill walk if all one wishes to do is drop off a book.
Women’s March seeks to renew the spirit
People are politically fatigued by the news coming out of Washington, said Annie Reed, co-organizer of the Woodstock Women’s March. “Here’s an opportunity to get pumped up, to renew our spirit and energy and forward-thinking muscles.”
Hudson Valley Rail Trail WinterFest returns to Highland for 22nd annual chili cook-off
Loretta Miller remembers when the first Hudson Valley Rail Trail WinterFest was held in Highland. Organized by local bed-and-breakfast owners Jerry and Geri Luke, attendees back then sat at makeshift tables assembled from plywood and sawhorses. Twenty-two years later, WinterFest is still a pretty casual affair, but now has a permanent home under the sturdy Highland Rotary Pavilion, adjacent to the circa-1915 train caboose on the trail at 101 New Paltz Road.
Woodstock Women’s March scheduled for Saturday, January 19
The 2019 Women’s March on Woodstock will be held from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday January 19, beginning on Playhouse Lane, and marching up Mill Hill Road to Rock City Road and on to Andy Lee Field, where a rally will take place.