Student profile: Iszy Szemcsak
Iszy Szemcsak is often seen with a camera in her hand. The New Paltz High School senior has been snapping photos since she was ten years old, and she has never lost her passion for it.
New Paltz Times
Sections
Million Women Drummers Gathering in New Paltz, October 15 & 16
The event doesn’t call for a million women drummers get together in one place, but rather for a particular day to be designated for women to gather locally in small groups to drum and make music together, to raise consciousness about sustainability and to honor and plant trees.
New Esopus Agricultural Center hosts open house
Want a glimpse into the future of farming in the Hudson Valley? Come to the open house at the Esopus Agricultural Center October 8 and meet some of the farmers, investors and organizers who are creating a new collaborative model designed to keep small-scale farming sustainable for the long term — economically as well as ecologically.
New Paltz bicyclists demand safety improvements in wake of serious crash
The improvements include buffered bicycle lanes and stiffer penalties written into share-the-road laws.
New Paltz planners delay vote on CVS project impact
The project would transform the lot nestled between the Thruway and North Putt Corners Road, across the street from Freihofer’s Bakery Outlet. Preparing this long, narrow and sloped site for a 13,225 square-foot CVS and a 2,600-square-foot Five Guys restaurant is estimated to involve removing hundreds of trees and carting in 1,600 truckloads of fill to level off the property.
New Paltz Climbing Film Festival this weekend
The 18th annual New Paltz Climbing Film Festival will be the keystone of a number of climbing events to be held throughout this weekend, October 7 through 9.
New Paltz seeks feedback on later start times for school day
Studies suggest many younger people have a hard time concentrating early in the morning.
Letters on New Paltz Zero Place development
A civil epistolary discussion of the four-story mixed-use proposed development for Rt. 32N in the village of New Paltz.
Former New Paltz basketball star comes home, bearing gifts for his hometown
On the recent occasion of Bruce McKinney’s seventieth birthday, he reversed the usual gift-giving process. Instead of receiving gifts, he’s providing some: a $150,000 donation to four of the community’s signature institutions.
Ulster County bank deposits crack $3 billion
The increase at a time when alternate financial institutions are competing more aggressively with banks must be regarded as a good economic sign.