Hudson Valley fuel companies Paraco, Kosco and Heritage join together
The merger was over 60 years in the making.
Business
Arrowood Farms opens tasting room on Church Street in New Paltz
The Accord brewery’s new space is in the heart of the village.
Saugerties artist is taking her unique clothing line national
Striking paintings depicting religious figures of assorted faiths adorn the walls of multimedia artist Kelli Bickman’s studio on Partition Street. Those images are reprinted onto cotton clothing smattered on racks throughout the space. After gaining notoriety in private art collections worldwide, Bickman hopes to take her clothing line, 11:11 Style, national.
Woodstock Brewing opens at Phoenicia Plaza
Woodstock Brewing is the latest addition to the assortment of businesses at the Phoenicia Plaza. John Blydenburgh’s Resort Ridge Pizza was the only previous tenant to return after the fire. Grace Ann Louis moved her pre-school, Woodland Playhouse, to the plaza last year, enabling her to expand her play-based program to children formerly on a waiting list.
Rosendale’s Market Market closes
Market Market Café, the restaurant, bar and alt/rock “micro-venue” at the corner of Route 32 and Madeline Lane in Rosendale, has officially gone out of business after ten years of operation.
Stone Wave Yoga in Gardiner offers wellness, art and yoga in a community-oriented environment
“Come as you are” is the governing spirit at Stone Wave Yoga, conceived of as a community space welcoming to all. The wellness, art and yoga center on Route 44/55 in Gardiner has been open since June under the auspices of artist and yoga instructor Liz Glover Wilson and landscape designer and topiary artist Keith Buesing.
Another one bites the dust: Sears to close Hudson Valley Mall store
Another bleak Hudson Valley January, another iconic brick & mortar store closing.
New Paltz resort ready to move forward
As the development freeze for projects in the vicinity of the Thruway interchange comes to an end, town planners once again take up the Wildberry Lodge, a 90-unit hotel and butterfly conservatory.
Developer buys Ulster County Family Court building for $1.1m
It’s Charles Blaichman’s ninth purchase in the Stockade neighborhood. He plans to use the property for parking for four planned boutique hotels.
New building on Main St. New Paltz runs into height restriction
The building is at the maximum allowable height, but planners didn’t factor in the air conditioning and other equipment that needs to be on the roof.