Philip Roth is laid to rest in Annandale
How did Philip Roth, widely acclaimed as the greatest living American novelist at the time of his death last week, come to be buried at Bard College?
People & Places
The big plans of Barry Benepe
One of the founders of NYC’s wildly successful Greenmarket (as well as the one in Saugerties), the architect/urban planner sowed the seeds of a green revolution.
Peter Mayer, the last lion
On May 11, Peter M. Mayer, international publishing legend, founder of The Overlook Press, and Woodstocker of more than 50 years, succumbed to amyloidosis at the age of 82.
Saugerties honors longtime town official and animal advocate with tree planting
A flowering dogwood tree, planted at the Saugerties town hall in memory of Marie Post, was part of the Saugerties observance of Arbor Day on Friday, April 27.
Hudson Valley Psychodrama Institute’s Rebecca Walters wins Moreno Award for Lifetime Achievement
Psychodrama is a form of psychotherapy in which patients act out events from their past. The Hudson Valley has become an international hotbed of psychodrama training, thanks to the work of the Hudson Valley Psychodrama Institute.
Cory Wirthmann takes on the role of fire chief in New Paltz
For the first time in well over a generation, Dave Weeks no longer holds a leadership position in the Village of New Paltz Volunteer Fire Department. Weeks opted to step down rather than run for any of the three chief positions, but he leaves community fire protection in capable hands: fifth-generation firefighter Cory Wirthmann has taken on the role of chief, with Dylan Babcock and William Buboltz as his assistants.
Assemblymember Frank Skartados passes away
NYS Assemblyman Frank K. Skartados, 62 of Milton, died on Sunday, April 15 from pancreatic cancer at St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital. He is survived by his daughter Alyssa and brothers Russos and George.
A Day’s Work: Liquor store owner
“Thirty years ago there was a movie, ‘The Accidental Tourist.’ Well, I somehow became ‘the accidental wine and liquor store entrepreneur.’”
Ed Ford, Kingston’s iconic historian, turns 100
Born on his father’s farm in Highland six days before Germany’s Red Baron was shot down, Edwin Millard Ford, Kingston’s iconic historian, will mark his centenary with a gathering of some 125 invited guests at White Eagle Hall on April 15.
Former Saugertiesian knew security guard killed in Florida school shooting
Saugerties Sports Hall of Fame Inductee, Coach Rick Andreassen was overseeing children at Trade Winds Park in Coconut Creek Fla. on Wednesday, February 14, just two miles away from the deadly shooting that took place at Marjory Stoneman Douglas School that day.