Dynasty? Is the word “dynasty” appropriate for the New Paltz SeaHawks, the summer DUSO (Dutchess Ulster Swim Organization) swimming program that has won 48-straight dual meets (that’s almost seven years undefeated) and six of the last seven DUSO Championships…last season by 280 points over second-place Red Hook. And this year doesn’t look to be any different.
“Her name is Shelly. She’s become very dear to us,” said Tahlia Quintero, one of the environmentally conscious young masterminds behind the public art project. “She’s all single-use plastic: lids, straws, flowerpots…”
The New Paltz fireworks will be at the Ulster County Fairgrounds. In Highland, the firework festivities will be held at the Town Field, located behind the Methodist Church on the corner of Vineyard Avenue and Main Street. Both celebrations will have kid’s activities, concessions stands and more.
File it under “one crime at a time:” New Paltz town police assisted State Police in capturing four of the suspects who took off after their vehicle was pulled over by State Police on the Thruway for speeding last week.
The New Paltz Open Air Market will return to Church Street this Sunday, June 3 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and run through October.
The $42m project, located on 57 acres along Rt. 299 and South Ohioville Rd., is expected to break ground in summer 2019 and include: a spa and wellness center, 90-room hotel, two conference facilities, restaurant, outdoor amphitheater, 15,000-sq-ft butterfly sanctuary and “treehouse and canopy adventure.”
Last week, a rainbow crosswalk was painted at the intersection of Hasbrouck and Tricor Avenues, across from Village Hall and the Peace Park, to honor the groundbreaking same-sex weddings that had been officiated nearby 14 years previously. The crosswalk will also serve as the Finish Line for the Hudson Valley Pride March coming up this Sunday, June 3.
Saturday, June 2: Tour-goers will visit simple farmsteads and houses from the Federal period, three-bay side-hall and five-bay center-hall structures. Seven of the town’s most interesting and unusual vernacular structures in a range of period styles dating to the 19th and 20th centuries will be featured, with the Greek Revival aesthetic and the diversity of its expression in the region a recurring theme.
Heartwood 70-unit eco-cabin resort gets neg dec, Shaft Road easement OKed, Jacqueline Estates gets final plot approved.
The annual New Paltz Memorial Day parade and services will be held on Wednesday, May 30 at 6 p.m. The