Joining family members from across the map, hundreds of Rosendalers and other residents of Ulster County turned out at the SUNY Ulster gymnasium on a recent Saturday to pay tribute to the memory of Anita Williams Peck, who operated Williams Lake Hotel from 1987 until it was demolished.
It was a big day for the New Paltz boys this past Saturday, not only with Leo Kuyl running away with the 50 and 100 freestyle races, but also winning the 200 Medley and 200 Freestyle relays. All in all, the Huguenots are sending five swimmers to States.
According to Rosendale’s Highway Superintendent, recent snowmelt has caused an unusually high volume of water accumulating in caves under Joppenbergh Mountain to flow down into the Rondout Creek, eroding the footings of the retaining wall on the Creek’s northerly bank below the Keator Avenue bridge and causing the wall to separate from the bank.
The Mountain Laurel Waldorf School in New Paltz will host their annual open house this Saturday, February 23 from 10 a.m. to noon. The event offers parents and children the opportunity to explore the Waldorf philosophy and academic offerings at the school while enjoying music and refreshments, craft-making, bread-baking and a puppet show.
Over 20 years ago proposals for a local landfill were defeated. Today, Ulster County trucks its garbage over 200 miles away, a situation that’s becoming increasingly unsustainable.
According to a statement presented by the New Paltz Racial Equity Coalition and Sisters of Sojourner Truth, and signed by 124 persons, the district administration is framing incidents as isolated and rare which are actually frequent and connected.
While the story is fictional, it takes place in a real time and place and the things that happen around the characters are real events, says author Rena Blumenthal.
The third most common tree in New York State is under assault by an invasive pest. But there’s something you can do about it.
Open container laws have been the norm for alcohol. When recreational marijuana is legalized, as expected in New York State, local communities will need to decide how to treat public cannabis use.
A hardy bunch of nature buffs braved the ice and windy subzero temperatures this past Saturday morning for an invigorating walk along Historic Huguenot Street and the Nyquist-Harcourt Sanctuary, led by the engaging Justin Wexler, who specializes in folklore and land use among the indigenous people of the Hudson Valley.