Fiona Bevin becomes the first New Paltz girl to win a wrestling match
It wasn’t enough that New Paltz wrestling opened the season with a 45-28 win over Eldred-Liberty-Sullivan West (ELSW), or that
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The Grille at Novella’s in New Paltz opens for dinner
The dining room seats up to 40 with guests welcome to eat in the lounge area, as well, which features a gas fireplace, high-top tables and those unique star-shaped lights over the bar. “We’re leaning toward being a steakhouse.”
Frozendale returns to Rosendale December 10
On Saturday, December 10, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., one of the Festival Town’s longer-running festivals, Frozendale, returns to Rosendale’s Main Street business district.
Deborah Bloomer DuBois portrait restored and on view at Historic Huguenot Street
“Yet to be attributed to a specific artist, this portrait is a charming representation of demure femininity and ably replicates the clothing, hairstyles, hand-made lace and jewelry common in the 1830s in the Hudson Valley.”
Report: Almost half of Ulster County households are broke
“These are families where if one thing goes wrong, something as simple as a blown tire, it becomes a crisis for the whole family.”
Hugh Reynolds: Peril Harbor
Hein’s budget goes to the Legislature, Kingston High School play controversy, and the Hudson Valley Mall in Kingston makes the D-List
Amnesty International to host letter-writing campaign for “human rights defenders” in New Paltz
The letters will go to various governments across the world, and will benefit activists in China, Iran, Cameroon, Turkey, Indonesia, Canada and the United States, including Edward Snowden.
Rail trail bridge over Wallkill closed due to safety concerns
While the steel superstructure and stone-and-concrete pilings of the 413-foot bridge itself remain structurally sound, the old wooden ties underlying the bridge approach on its west side are badly rotted, some of them split for their entire length.
New Paltz Planning Board not thrilled with plan to pause development in gateway area
The proposal would last nine months and affect pending projects in the Thruway area, including the CVS/Five Guys development. The moratorium would allow the town to tweak its zoning laws, which might exclude projects now on the table.
Non-profit, CrossFit-style fitness venture takes up residence in New Paltz church hall
Set up inside the nearly 1,500-square-foot fellowship hall at the Lutheran Church on South Manheim Boulevard, the fitness center is a joint venture started by a collective of like-minded individuals who all used to work out at CrossFit 299 in Highland before that business closed its doors. Wishing to continue their training in each other’s company but without a place to go, the idea for a self-run gym was born.