Where to Celebrate Pride in Hunter, Shandaken, and Woodstock
Pride Month arrives in the Catskills with parades, movie nights, drag story time, and family events planned in Woodstock, Hunter, and Shandaken. The celebrations come during a month whose modern LGBTQ+ meaning traces back to the Stonewall uprising, a series of riots in June 1969 that marked a turning point in the gay rights movement…
Saugerties Resident Turns Private Land Into Public Garden
“2,000 tulips. Pick a bouquet,” reads the sign on Route 32A. Another sign, painted with bright butterflies and flowers, says: “Welcome! Saugerties Organic Gardens, a nonprofit community agricultural organization.” Mali Peterbridge and Frank Clark…
Olive Library Swap Draws Bargain Hunters and Full Tote Bags
Why pay full price when you can swap for free or buy secondhand from neighbors? That was the sentiment at the Olive Free Library on Saturday, May 2, as dozens of bargain hunters scoured…
Steven Weinberg Casts for Trout and Wonder in New Book
Walking along a brook with Steven Weinberg, it can seem as if he has a hello for everything around him: the clear, spring-fed stream; Rusk Mountain, still wearing its spring-stubbly, not-yet-green face; the acorn…
Saugerties Bowlers Club Keeps Community Rolling
Tucked behind Simmons Plaza in the Barclay Heights section of Saugerties, the Saugerties Bowlers Club is easy to miss. Inside, the alley feels like a 1960s time capsule: worn maple lanes, molded fiberglass chairs,…
Writers Resist Revival Brings Authors, Music and Activism to Woodstock
As Woodstock resident and SUNY New Paltz journalism professor Lisa Phillips prepares to bring Writers Resist Revival to the Bearsville stage on April 26, she is doing so alongside a community of local writers,…
Spruceton Inn Co-Founder Casey Scieszka Turns Catskills Life Into Debut Novel
Casey Scieszka came to West Kill more than a decade ago to build the kind of place she and her husband, artist and writer-illustrator Steven Weinberg, wished already existed: a small, design-conscious Catskills inn…
The Pines Marks 10 Years as Shandaken Gathering Place
Ten years after opening The Pines, Jeremy Bernstein said the business has become what he hoped it would be: a place where people gather for food, music, and the kind of familiarity that makes…
Saugerties Seed Library Flourishes as Community Participation Sets a Record
The Saugerties Seed Library is drawing record participation in its third year, with patrons at the Saugerties Public Library taking home 400 seed packets in March for everything from flowers to okra. The initiative,…
Does Tetta’s Market in Samsonville Have New York’s Cheapest Gas?
Primo Stropoli, the fourth-generation owner of Tetta’s Market in the hamlet of Samsonville, keeps gas prices low because “quantity is more important than profit margin.” As the national average hit $4.081 this week, prompting…
Greene County Historian Shares Insights on the American Revolution Ahead of Nation’s Semiquincentennial
As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Greene County Historian Jonathan Palmer sees the milestone as an opportunity not just to commemorate the Revolutionary War,…
Mountain View Cemetery Seeks Help Covering $15,000 Landscaping Bill
A volunteer-led effort is underway to raise funds for Mountain View Cemetery in Saugerties, where supporters say the nonprofit burial ground does not have enough money to cover $15,000 in seasonal landscaping and mowing…
Swing Dancing Finds a Home at Saugerties Public Library
The bouncy rhythms of 1940s jazz filled the Saugerties Public Library on Monday evening, drawing an intergenerational group of dancers onto the floor to spin, twist, kick, and turn. Eighteen people—many of them new…
Annual Garden Day Classes Set for April 11 at SUNY Ulster
Garden Day, an annual day of gardening classes presented by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County, will return Saturday, April 11, at SUNY Ulster in Stone Ridge, with several instructors from Saugerties, West Hurley,…
Woodstock Teen Advances to Quarterfinals in Bob Ross Art Contest
A national art competition inspired by Bob Ross has brought a Woodstock teenager within striking distance of the semifinals. Rose Mills, 13, is competing in the quarterfinals of Bob Ross’s America’s Most Artistic Kid…
Starting Over on the Mountain
Chris Tucker wasn’t looking for recovery when he walked into the former Wellness Rx Pharmacy in Tannersville five years ago. He wasn’t sure what he was looking for, but he knew something in his…
Woodstockers Praise, Decry Route 212 Overhaul Plan at Packed Public Meeting
A packed public meeting on Woodstock’s proposed Route 212 overhaul drew sharp questions about accessibility, tree loss, cost, speed limits and property impacts as officials laid out two related projects: a state-led reconstruction of…
America 250 Is About More Than 1776, Says Ulster County Historian Eddie Moran
Eddie Moran, Ulster County’s first full-time historian, says America’s 250th birthday is an opportunity for Hudson Valley residents to look beyond 1776 to seek a better understanding of the role local officials played in…
Hurley Death Cafe Opens Space for Candid Talk About Dying
Fourteen people gathered at the Hurley Public Library on Sunday, March 15, to share coffee, tea, cookies, and talk about a subject many people avoid: death. “Simply come as you are and take part…
Olive Free Library Nears Sustainability Certification
The Olive Free Library is nearing the final step toward official certification as a Sustainable Library, an effort Library Director Melissa McHugh took on soon after starting the job in 2023. If approved in…
The Overlook Names Board of Directors
The Overlook has named its board of directors, assembling a group of journalists, media executives, nonprofit leaders, and community advocates to help guide the nonprofit newsroom as it builds out coverage across the Catskills.…
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