Saturday, June 9: Meet more than 400 rescued farm animals and enjoy vegan food trucks, live music and kids’ activities. Speakers include award-winning photographer, author and educator Jo-Anne McArthur, as well as vegan personal trainer and social media influencer Berto Calkins.
“Memorial Day is a day that should not only be celebrated once a year, but every single day,” said Matt Russell, commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 5034.
The Rosendale Farmers’ Market will be open every Sunday through October, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Saugerties Community Youth Awards Committee recognizes and rewards the young citizens of the Saugerties area who are “caught” making good choices and doing good deeds.
“I tell people, ‘I can get them into your place of business the first time; after that, it’s up to you.’”
The brand-new rainbow crosswalk across from New Paltz Village Hall got its first big workout last Sunday afternoon, as the 2018 Pride March made its way into Hasbrouck Park to kick off the LGBTQ Pride Festival that has been held there every June since 2005.
Dynasty? Is the word “dynasty” appropriate for the New Paltz SeaHawks, the summer DUSO (Dutchess Ulster Swim Organization) swimming program that has won 48-straight dual meets (that’s almost seven years undefeated) and six of the last seven DUSO Championships…last season by 280 points over second-place Red Hook. And this year doesn’t look to be any different.
When Reverend Joshua Bode arrived to take the helm of the Woodstock Reformed Church, he was almost 31, he was taking on his first congregation, and his wife of four years was pregnant with their first child. Now, 10 years later, he is leaving at the end of June to take a post in the Persian Gulf region, along with his wife, Erica, and their three children.
“Her name is Shelly. She’s become very dear to us,” said Tahlia Quintero, one of the environmentally conscious young masterminds behind the public art project. “She’s all single-use plastic: lids, straws, flowerpots…”
The New Paltz Open Air Market will return to Church Street this Sunday, June 3 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and run through October.