Geeking out in Saugerties
With friends and family in tow, nearly 150 people flocked to the Saugerties senior center to attend the Saugerties Library’s GeekCon event.
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Another successful garlic festival in Saugerties
The air was rife at Cantine Field with sounds and pungent smells: the buzzing of bees, the sizzling of grills, the calls of carnival barkers peddling their foodstuffs, and the ambient chatter of hundreds of festival-goers.
Saugerties cop graduates from FBI academy
Only one in a hundred law-enforcement officers in the United States graduates from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Saugerties police lieutenant K.J. Swart Jr. is one of them.
A rookie kayaker explores the Esopus Bend Preserve
While we all peered at the maps that had been provide, the old hands knew the trails as though they were a part of themselves.
Saugerties schools sponsor online safety presentation
A community presentation on internet awareness is Ensuring Youth Safety in Cyberspace. scheduled to take place in the Saugerties High School auditorium next Monday, September 25 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Entitled Ensuring Youth Safety in Cyberspace, the program is free to parents, guardians and the public.
Saugerties gears up for Mum Fest
With the 52nd Mum Festival just two weeks away, gardeners throughout the village of Saugerties and portions of the town are cleaning out flower beds to make room for the colorful fall plants for which the festival is named. Seamon Park, site of the October 8 fest, is the epicenter of the seasonal activity.
Saugerties Chamber will auction off artist-decorated rocking horses
The Saugerties Chamber of Commerce will host the “Rockin’ Gala and Auction” this Saturday, September 16.
William Morris stained glass graces Trinity Episcopal Church
This extraordinary example of pre-Raphaelite stained-glass work was commissioned in 1867 by a parishioner in memory of her husband and two sons. At a cost of $3,000, The New York Herald called it “one of the costliest works of the kind yet seen in this country.”
Hope Rocks features bands, art, sports to counter suicide and addiction
After five years of a festival focused on bringing local students out of their artistic shell, Morse Rocks is morphing into this weekend’s Hope Rocks, a free two-day event at the Cantine Veterans’ Memorial Complex that at its heart is meant to give hope to those suffering from addiction and depression by blending live music, sports, and fun activities with advocacy, education and support.
Saugerties man creates his own funky ‘Little Free Library’
“Since I first saw one, I’ve fallen in love with Little Free Libraries,” he said. “I figured that there was nothing stopping me from having my own, and it was a fun idea.”