That’s a paddlin’: The 2017 schedule for Esopus releases
The schedule for 2017 is June 3-4, July 15-16, September 2-4 and October 7-8.
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Breast Cancer Options offers experience for kids impacted by breast cancer
The goal of the camp is not to have a three-day, heavy-hearted crying session. Quite the opposite. It is about making friends, contacts, helping kids build resources within themselves, and fun.
Esopus releases can be thrilling, dangerous
Several times a year, extra water is released into the Esopus Creek, causing it to move much faster— fun for experienced kayakers and tubers, but potentially deadly for the inexperienced. Remaining 2017 releases will take place July 15-16, September 2-4, and October 7-8.
Letter: On the rail trail, cyclists are not the problem
Cyclists are unfairly and constantly demonized, especially any who wear spandex, according to a Highland resident writing in response to calls for police to monitor the rail trail for cyclists traveling at high speeds.
There’s something about covered bridges…
There were originally over 300 covered bridges in New York State. Only 23 still exist.
Rail Trail association president calls out high-speed cyclists
Peter Bellizzi told Lloyd Town Council members that there are reports of such cyclists whizzing past senior citizens at an alarming speed. “They’re hard to catch,” he said, and to do so he’s requested that police officers be stationed on the trail from time to time for that purpose.
Think small: Tiny House and Green Living Freedom Fest in New Paltz this weekend
Saturday & Sunday, July 1-2: For people who are considering the move to a tiny home, the festival will offer plenty of information, inspiration and advice.
DEP says storm exacerbated culling of trees in Shokan
Across from the Pine View Bakery in Shokan, on Route 28, trees are lying helter-skelter on several acres of ground surrounded on three sides by forest. Contrary to rumor, it’s not going to be a parking lot for the forthcoming Ashokan Rail Trail.
It’s high season for Lyme in the Hudson Valley
Did you know deer are actually not the key host for the ticks that cause Lyme? And that most infections come from ticks in the nymph stage, when they’re no larger than a poppy seed?
Jupiter and Saturn and the Great Conjunction Curse
This Solstice conjunction will be the most spectacular meeting of planets in our lives.