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Hannah and Abigail Spilhaus made this raspberry-covered angel cake for the Gardiner Library fundraiser in memory of their dog Jake. Here Hannah is pictured with her pal Aedan Sennett. Photos by Lauren Thomas.
Local flavor

Southern BBQ endures Irene, brings in money for Gardiner Library


Despite the threat of a looming storm, a surprising number of Gardinerites turned up for to the library’s annual Southern BBQ and Pie Auction. Revelers enjoyed a muggy calm before the rain really s...

September 01, 2011 01:51 PM | 0 0 comments | 30 30 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ted Hayes tells the story of his relationship with Jack Waite. Photo by Lauren Thomas.
A love story

Ted Hayes tells the story of his relationship with Jack Waite


Love comes to us and from us at unpredictable moments. Love knows neither time, nor sex, nor boundaries. It arrives on its own time, in its own place. And all love stories are different, unique, un...

August 25, 2011 11:13 AM | 1 1 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pictured left to right: Gable Erenzo, Cathy Erenzo, Ralph Erenzo, Brian Lee and Joel Elder. Photo by Lauren Thomas.
Keeping his spirits up

Ralph Erenzo’s back with big plans for Tuthilltown, including international apple exchange


Pay no attention to those rumors going around to the effect that Tuthilltown Spirits in Gardiner is going out of business or being bought out by some multinational mega-distillery. Anybody who beli...

August 18, 2011 11:19 AM | 2 2 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
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Josie Eriole of Moxie Cupcake. Photo by Lauren Thomas
Lots of Moxie

New shop will allow cupcake business to grow


After more than a year of making a name for herself baking cupcakes and selling them in stores in Gardiner, New Paltz, Kingston and Poughkeepsie, plus building her brand name on Facebook, Josie Eri...

August 11, 2011 02:06 PM | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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John Davis, a conservationist trekking from Key Largo, FL, to Katadin, ME, by bicycle and on foot, spent last Friday afternoon at the Mohonk Preserve Visitor’s Center meeting with local conservationists to draw attention to the need for land protection and landscape connectivity in the Northeastern US. Photo by Lauren Thomas.
Long ride

Conservationist John Davis bikes, hikes for the environment


John Davis, a conservationist who is trekking from Key Largo, Florida to Katadin, Maine by foot and bicycle (when required) visited the Mohonk Preserve’s Visitor’s Center this past Friday to meet w...

August 04, 2011 11:06 AM | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Gail Freedman. Photo by Rich O'Corozine
In focus

Gail Freedman and the 9/11 Memorial


This is one of those stories that proves that some things are just meant to be...but then again, maybe are just coincidences (squared). You can decide. Gail Freedman, a New Paltz-based documentary ...

July 28, 2011 01:46 PM | 2 2 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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A new website for the local trail running community, www.gunkstrailchallenge.com, is the brainchild of local residents Tom Kaplan and Marc Gravatt. Photo by Lauren Thomas.
Footfalls

Runners Kaplan and Gravatt start ‘Gunks Trail Challenge’


Two local marathoners, Tom Kaplan of New Paltz, and Marc Gravatt of Gardiner, have brought their love of trail running in the Shawangunk Mountain range and their competitive spirit to the trail run...

July 21, 2011 01:27 PM | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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The Black Creek Water Trail Education Site is located on the Highland Rail Trail just east of Tony Williams Park. It is dedicated to the memory of three local soldiers killed in the war with Iraq, Doran Chan, Michael Oremus and Eugene Williams. Photo by Lauren Thomas.
Seek the creek

Lloyd’s hidden treasure: Black Creek


While the Town of Lloyd’s newest attractions draw visitors from around the world, one of its oldest natural resources remains a best-kept recreational secret. Black Creek was carved by the last adv...

July 14, 2011 01:20 PM | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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Members of the Minnewaska Distance Swimmers Association celebrated the opening of its season and also its tenth anniversary. Photo by Marion Ryan
Going the distance

Minnewaska Distance Swimmers Assoc. celebrate its tenth anniversary


“Once upon a time...” That’s the way this story should begin, for in many ways it is a modern-day fairy tale of the triumph of the “little people” over the ogre of modernity: the State, to ensure t...

July 07, 2011 01:20 PM | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Zinnia the Clown gives juggling lessons while a little guy shows off his tumbling prowess at the New Paltz Fourth of July celebration in 2009. File photo by Lauren Thomas
Let freedom ring

Highland, New Paltz Independence celebrations begin July 2


With liberty and justice for all, Independence Day Weekend 2011 will start and end with a bang in our local communities. The festivities begin on Saturday, July 2 in the Town of New Paltz, as New P...

June 30, 2011 01:54 PM | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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