As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence this weekend with baseball, barbecues, trips to the beach, and even a World Cup tournament, local residents say a celebration of patriotism is proving complicated. Political ideologies have splintered voters. Conflict in the Middle East is resonating worldwide. Gas prices have jumped […]

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Inside the Mountain Top Historical Society’s 1913 train station in Haines Falls on Saturday, June 27, Greene County Historian Jonathan Palmer described a past often hidden in scattered records: the lives of enslaved people whose labor helped shape Greene County and the Catskills. Palmer, who is also the Ulster County archivist, spoke to a packed […]

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Celebrate the holiday weekend with fireworks after the annual Saugerties Stallions fireworks baseball game, start a new tradition at Phoneicia’s touch-a-truck bazaar, or attend a foot-stomping tribute to Woody Guthrie in Woodstock. Those are just some of the plans during a jam-packed slate of events to mark American’s 250th birthday this weekend. It’s also worth […]

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The Ashokan Center has received a $145,000 state grant to help design a new arts and education lodge at its 385-acre campus in Olivebridge. The grant was awarded June 2 through the New York State Council on the Arts’ Capital Projects Fund, which distributed $82.2 million to 132 nonprofit arts and cultural organizations across New […]

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George Washington took the oath of office as the first president of the United States on April 30, 1789. Administering the presidential oath on that spring day in New York City was Robert R. Livingston; the same Robert Livingston whose family owned and controlled vast land holdings in the Hudson Valley, including what we now […]

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The Community Foundation of Saugerties was awarded a $605,000 state grant for an environmentally friendly, accessible splash pad at Cantine Field, advancing a long-running effort to expand free recreation in town. The grant, announced Tuesday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, will help pay for a splash pad planned next to the kiddie pool at Cantine Field. […]

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Two Hunter-Tannersville students will share the title role in “Matilda the Musical,” which opens Thursday, July 2, at the Orpheum Performing Arts Center in Tannersville. The musical, based on the 1988 Roald Dahl novel, will be staged at 6 p.m. Thursday, followed by performances at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Friday, July 3, and a […]

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