“This house is on about eight acres that back up to the Catskill Mountains. It’s about 20 minutes from the center of Woodstock, a 6,200-person town known as an arts colony (it has an artists-only cemetery and the police department’s insignia has a harp and palette on it).”
“Well, in 1999 he called. And that’s how his little house became ours.”
U.S. Indicts 31 in Crackdown on Newburgh Gangs
“‘Because gang violence and drug dealing on the streets of Newburgh remain intolerable, we mean to and we must put an end to the scourge that calls itself the Latin Kings,’ Mr. Bharara said at a news conference.”
Goddess Worshipers and Tax Authorities Clash in an Upstate Town
“That would be ‘Discussion of Maetreum of Cybele v. Town of Catskill, N.Y.,’ a legal case dating to 2007 after the town first approved and then denied tax-exempt status for the group, which has been certified by the federal government as a tax-exempt religious charity.”
Police Officer and 2 Others Are Killed in Poughkeepsie
“A police officer died hours after being shot in the head in an episode that ended with two other people shot to death near a train station here on Friday.”
Vintage Jet Crashes in Hudson Valley
“The crash site, near Kingston, N.Y., is about a 100-mile drive north of New York City.”
Woman Tells of Boy’s Plea for Help After 4 Drownings
“The first sign of the tragedy involved the argument at Ms. Armstrong’s apartment on a hardscrabble block in the center of Newburgh, about 60 miles north of Manhattan.”
A Country Home, by a Modernist at Play
“The Plastic Tent, one of five so-called Symbolic Houses Mr. Johansen designed between the late 1950s and the 1970s, represented a departure from the modernism practiced by his colleagues.”
Looking Out for the View at Olana, Frederic Church’s Hudson Home
“So the Browns sold their development rights to Scenic Hudson, a conservation group that has preserved about 28,000 acres in the Hudson Valley, including 1,300 acres in the Olana viewshed.”
“With a growing family, we wanted more room than an apartment in the city could offer. But we didn’t want to move to the suburbs.”
“Darren Henault, a Manhattan decorator, has already splurged on light fixtures in his Millbrook, N.Y., farmhouse, which dates from the early 19th century, and he is fearful that the bulbs sold in the future won’t be up to snuff.”
Fresh Design for an Antiques Town
“For two years, the furniture designer Chris Lehrecke has had a 600-square-foot shop in Hudson, N.Y. Last week he opened a new space, nearly double the size, across the street.”
Security Checks on Boaters Disrupt Idyllic Life on the Hudson
“‘One time I got stopped four times in one day,’ Mr. O’Brien, 45, an M.R.I. technologist from Orange County, said.”
Horse Farm Prices Take a Tumble
“As a result, places like Warwick have become viable alternatives, especially for people who work from home and only commute to Manhattan two or three days a week.”
4 Die and 2 Are Injured as Motor Boat Crashes in Hudson Upstate
“Four people were killed and two others seriously injured early Sunday when a motor boat crashed and sank in the Hudson River near the town of Red Hook, N.Y., the Dutchess County sheriff’s office said.”
For Three Same-Sex Couples, Together Many Years, the Wait Is About Over
“Ten years ago, when some states began moving toward legalizing same-sex marriage, Ralph Goneau called the Woodstock town clerk with a request: If same-sex marriage ever became legal in New York, he and his longtime partner, Richard Wilhelm, wanted to be first in line.”
Perspectives Along the Urban-Rural Spectrum
“‘My upstate home has a seasonal view of the entrance to Kaaterskill Clove — ground zero, so to speak, of the birthplace of the Hudson River School,’ she said.”
The Exurbs, Too, Appreciate an Oasis
“For 20 years Wayne Collier, a construction superintendent in Midtown Manhattan, endured a daily commute of an hour and 45 minutes each way in order to live in the historic town of Hyde Park in Dutchess County.”
“There is a parlor game people sometimes play, comparing Hudson Valley towns with New York neighborhoods.”
In Catskill Communities, Survivors Are Left With Little but Their Lives
“It was the day after in Prattsville, and in Jewett, Maplecrest, Windham, and other normally placid Catskill communities where the storm’s devastation played out with some of its most ferocious malice about 140 miles north of Midtown Manhattan.”
Upstate Farmers Find That a Fertile Flood Plain Is a Two-Edged Sword
“From the Hudson Valley to areas farther north, along the Mohawk River and Schoharie Creek, New York growers, many of whose farms have been in the family for generations, were dealt a devastating blow by the storm, which dumped heavy rain on the region.”
Radio D.J. in the Catskills Offered a Lifeline During the Storm
“For many of the 49,000 people spread out over the 650-odd square miles that make up Greene County, Mr. Fink became the voice of the storm.”
Once a Fast Track, Now a Real Hike to the Top
“One of the project’s founders is Beacon’s mayor, Steve Gold, who, while campaigning for a City Council position in 1995, asked residents what they liked best about Beacon. Knocking on door after door, he would hear the same answer: the incline railway.”
In Woodstock, Values Collide Over Housing
“‘You move from the city and buy a $1.5 million house, and you’re a Woodstocker,’ he said. ‘You’re at 60 percent of the median income and you’re not a Woodstocker? I never got that.'”
Even Without Its Bar, Catskill Tavern Still Serves Flood-Bruised Town
“On Aug. 28, when the storm caught hundreds of East Coast communities off guard, Prattsville, a town 140 miles north of New York City, was among the hardest hit. Main Street turned into a raging river, the floods sweeping away dozens of homes and businesses.”
Upstate Butchers Come to Brooklyn
“Jessica and Joshua Applestone made their name butchering pasture-raised beef, pork and lamb, and teaching others the art, in their shop in Kingston, N.Y.”
After the Storm, Fall Foliage Deals
“In Ulster County, where tourism is a $420 million industry with roughly 40 percent of that accounted for in the fall, tourism officials report that hotels and restaurants are ready for visitors, though a few minor detours might be involved.”
Kingston, N.Y., a Rest Stop on the Hudson
“‘We’re in a tapas bar where you can hear surf rock,’ he said. ‘Where else are you going to find that?'”
Young Farmers Find Huge Obstacles to Getting Started
“Similar stories prompted the National Young Farmers’ Coalition, a new group that has grown out of the Hudson Valley in New York, to survey more than 1,000 young farmers nationwide in an effort to identify the pitfalls that are keeping a new generation of Americans from going into agriculture.”
An Upstate Farm Brings a Fashion Photographer Back to His Roots
“And, almost by chance, they discovered what would become Mr. Chizzola’s new passion: a 32-acre apple orchard.”
Dutchess County Joins the Dance
“In sharp contrast to Westchester these days, Dutchess County is awash in new home construction — fueled mainly by young families in search of rambling colonials, large backyards and low property taxes.”
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