Saugerties Holiday in the Village (photo gallery)
Sunday, Dec. 3, Saugerties held its annual Holiday in the Village celebration.
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Four local veterans discuss Honor Flight experience
“Honor Flights” are world-class affairs that bring veterans from around the country to Washington D.C. in recognition of their service.
Sherret Chase and the Catskill Center, an environmental match
Part II Last week, we explored the youth and professional life of geneticist and corn breeder Sherret S. Chase of
Saugerties village Christmas Tree the tallest yet
The tree will be the centerpiece for the Holiday in the Village celebration on Sunday, Dec. 3.
Donkey Park offers tranquility, on the hoof
One needn’t visit a yoga studio, a mountain peak or even an ashram to find one’s bliss. Just hoof it to Donkey Park, a farm with 13 of the gentle beasts of burden and braying, right off 9W in Ulster Park.
Sinterklaas comes to Rhinebeck
Saturday, Dec. 2: Sinterklaas will ride into Rhinebeck on his white horse, and the festivities go on all day long, with live dance, theater and music happening all over the village. The Children’s Starlight Parade, featuring two-story-tall animated puppets carried by hundreds of volunteers, unfolds at twilight.
Maurice Hinchey was Ulster’s champion in Albany and Washington
Hinchey, a Democrat from Saugerties, served 18 years in the Assembly and 20 years in Congress, a time of significant political transformation in Ulster County. He helped lead the change.
A Holiday on Huguenot Street returns
As one would expect from an historic street first occupied by the Huguenots in 1677 and a church that’s been a house of worship since 1683, A Holiday on Huguenot Street hearkens back to earlier times.
Hudson hosts Winter Walk
Saturday, Dec. 2: Thousands of visitors are expected in Hudson’s historic center for Winter Walk, happening from 5 to 8 p.m., and there’s plenty to do to keep them all busy. Santa Claus arrives in his horsedrawn sleigh. He will listen to children’s holiday wishes and distribute a free gift-wrapped book to every child. As the grandfather clock strikes eight o’clock, fireworks light up the winter sky from Promenade Hill.
Fireworks, parade & The Princess Bride in Poughkeepsie
Friday, Dec. 1: The 24th annual Celebration of Lights is conducted in conjunction with the Bardavon, which will be showing the Rob Reiner’s classic 1987 film at 8 p.m.