When I moved to the Catskills full time in 2005, I was considered one of the “new kids on the block.” I was in my late 30s, with a young child entering the now-shuttered and beloved Phoenicia Elementary School, and plenty of my urban-dwelling friends—even those who loved the Hudson Valley on weekends and in […]
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Windham
In Hensonville, New Ventures Breathe Life Into a Quiet Catskills Hamlet
Former New York City police sergeant Zack Malegiannakis likes what he sees from the bar and restaurant he runs in the center of the once-sleepy hamlet of Hensonville. “It’s exciting because it’s only getting better,” said Malegiannakis, 61, who moved to Windham from Brooklyn. “I’ve been here for eight years and the only thing we’re […]
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Catskills Hardware Stores Grapple With Fallout from Tariffs
H Houst & Son, a Woodstock institution for more than nine decades, is feeling the squeeze from President Donald Trump’s insistence that higher tariffs on imported goods will deliver faster economic growth and cheaper prices for U.S. consumers. Items that once cost a dollar now arrive in the U.S. at $1.30 before they reach the […]