Where Others Saw a Big Old Barn, They Saw a Home
“Their search for a rural getaway began after they visited friends with a summer house in Woodstock, N.Y.”
New York’s Overlooked Ski Resorts
“Lodging has been a problem for a few New York areas, but at Hunter and Windham, for example, new residential developments have addressed many of those shortfalls. Belleayre plans a huge on-mountain real estate project.”
Where Do You Find Peace in New York?
“‘It’s not the mountains,’ he conceded, saying he goes to a friend’s house in Woodstock, N.Y., if he truly needs quiet.”
“After he met Ms. LaRue in a Minneapolis bar during the ’42nd Street’ tour in late 2002, and later did a test scene in Los Angeles, he decided to trade in the nonstop travel of his theater career for what he saw as the more settled life of making porn. He based himself in Catskill and made occasional trips to the West Coast to film.”
Leaving Behind the Trucker Hat
“And so last week, Mr. Shute could be found here, elbow-deep in wet compost two hours north of New York City, filling greenhouse trays for onion seeds. Along with a partner, Miriam Latzer, he runs Hearty Roots, a 25-acre organic farm.”
Aqueduct Tunnels Are Suspected in Dry-Weather Flooding of Homes
“But here in Wawarsing, an Ulster County hamlet of crystalline streams and forests on the southern edge of the Catskill Mountains 80 miles northwest of New York City, yards are soggy even in fair weather.”
A Catalyst for a Faded Village
“CPC Resources, which has worked in the Bronx, Brooklyn and the village of Catskill in Greene County, often picks distressed areas that other investors shy away from, Mr. McGrath said.”
A Rescued Goat Gets a Chance for a Normal Life
“She has done work for ABC, PBS and the Discovery Channel, but now devotes herself to the refuge, the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary.”
Wiggle Room for Summer Rentals
“‘If I had 10 houses in my pocket, I could have rented them all,’ she said. ‘We have more demand than in the past, because a lot of New Yorkers who usually go to the Hamptons are exploring here because it’s a better commute, it’s not as crowded, and it’s less expensive.'”
Urban Areas on West Coast Produce Least Emissions Per Capita, Researchers Find
“Other metropolitan areas in the top 25 included Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, New Haven, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Rochester.”
“Second-home owners don’t necessarily want an exact facsimile of a Manhattan dining experience.”
Answers About Development on the Hudson, Part 2
“What is Scenic Hudson doing about the antiquated and highly polluting Hudson train line? What is Scenic Hudson doing about the increase of air traffic at Stewart? These transportation lines happen to intersect each other at Beacon, and I wonder what Scenic Hudson is doing to help mitigate the effects on river and air pollution caused by these poor transportation systems.”
A Lesson That Startled: Kayaking the Hudson
“Figuring residents would flock to the Hudson if they learned about it, Mr. Fusco, 41, approached the Beacon school district with a plan; he would promote the river by introducing high school students to kayaking in the school pool.”
A Spirit-Friendly Retreat in the Catskills
“If you arrive, on the other hand, in need of immediate restorative measures for frayed and tattered nerves, reverse our itinerary and reward yourself first: Head directly to Ananda Ashram, headquarters of the Yoga Society of New York.”
At a Roadside Vigil, an Iconic Voice of Protest
“Mr. Seeger, a political activist who has traveled the world, rarely ventures farther than the few miles from here to his home in Beacon, N.Y.”
Along the Hudson, Searching for Old
“For my money the closest thing to antiques heaven is the mid-Hudson Valley, about two hours north of Manhattan.”
The Pleasure of a Pool on a Cleaner Hudson
“Still, when the folk singer Pete Seeger and a cluster of about 50 supporters and co-conspirators gathered by the river on Thursday to dedicate the River Pool at Beacon, a partly submerged pool in which Hudson River water flows through an intricate mesh framework, it was hard not to see both a small thing and a small miracle.”
“The real Stissing Mountain, at 1,403 feet, is a highly visible, central landmark near the northeastern Dutchess County town of Pine Plains. It once served as a lookout for spotting forest fires.”
“After two students who had been commuting from the Catskills to New York City for Ms. Shurin’s classes asked her to teach upstate, she began running classes out of a rented storefront in Saugerties in 2000.”
“As factories are turned into museums, and environmental advocates become hotel developers, he said, tourism, recreation and real estate are ‘the dominant industries on the river now.'”
“By 2004, we’d purchased 25 acres in the area. And now, all year, if we want it, the Fisher Center provides us with arts opportunities we wouldn’t have otherwise.”
Hip-Hop Star Akon Seeks a Jury Trial
“Last summer Akon was accused of tossing a fan off the stage at a concert near Poughkeepsie, N.Y.”
“At Buttermilk Falls Inn and Spa in Milton, N.Y., about 90 minutes north of Manhattan, manicures and pedicures are done beside the indoor pool, which is enclosed by soaring glass ceilings and overlooks the Hudson River.”
Flour That Has the Flavor of Home
“Setting up the cleaning, milling, sifting and storage facilities required for a small-scale mill like Wild Hive’s costs at least $30,000, Mr. Lewis said.”
Today, It’s a Long Drive to the Drive-In
“New York has more than 30 outdoor theaters and ranks third in the nation after Pennsylvania and Ohio, but metropolitan residents have to drive upstate past the cornfields to the Overlook Drive-In in Poughkeepsie to catch a double feature.”
“‘For some odd reasons I don’t understand, we ended up in Woodstock because we found a house that had Doug’s criteria,’ Ms. Machado-Menuez said. ‘Supposedly it was close to town but I never saw anyone, ever. It was supposed to be a turnkey place but turned out to be a nightmare and a money pit,’ requiring endless repairs.”
An Art Gallery That Has No Walls
“Ms. Bloch, who lives in Pleasantville, was running a business for hotel companies from her home before starting the Beacon gallery.”
Art and Calm Just Up the Hudson
“Front-row seats on the river are just one reason to make the 80-minute journey to Beacon, a former mill town reborn as a center of the arts.”
A Ferment of World Jazz Yields a Trove of Tapes
“The isolated-utopia feeling of Woodstock was crucial to the school’s identity. Mr. Berger and Ms. Sertso arrived there with two children and $700 at a point when jazz musicians had just started to settle in and around the town, about a two-hour drive from New York City.”
“While the hamlet is bereft of amenities compared with nearby Stone Ridge, Woodstock and New Paltz, it is also free of intrusive visitors.”
“It is so quiet, according to Carol Spinelli, a broker with Coldwell Banker Timberland Properties, that a couple recently bought a house there as a getaway from their home in Woodstock on the other, more trendy, side of the Catskills.”
“Natasha Dachos and Joe DuFresne of Manhattan generally leave Manhattan around noon the Wednesday before Thanksgiving for their weekend house outside Woodstock, N.Y. They do their grocery shopping close to Woodstock upon their arrival.”
House Hunting, Catch and Release Style
“I enter ‘through 1800,’ and up come listings for houses made of stone, brick or clapboard, built in the Colonial era by the Dutch and then the English in their own vernacular styles — 73 of them in a recent search, ranging from $50,000 to $5 million.”
DNA Links Sex Offender to Cold Case in New Jersey
“The search continued on Monday for the missing woman, Laura Garza, who was last seen with Mr. Mele in Newburgh, N.Y., about 70 miles north of Manhattan.”
“At least half a dozen of these spiritual retreats are tucked away among the Catskill Mountains.”
Athens, N.Y.: A River Town With Restoration in Its Bones
“More than two years later, the couple are still enthusiastic about their find, which would have cost more than $3 million across the river in Columbia County, local real estate agents say.”
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