2022: how the New York Times reports the Hudson Valley

What Designers Have Been Doing at Home During the Pandemic

“If the average person were to hollow out a tree branch, turn it into a light fixture and hang it over a dining room table, it would look like the work of a Cub Scout. But in Constantin Boym’s weekend home in the Hudson Valley, the branch is perfection.”

Hay House: How Designer Sheila Bridges Made Space for Herself

“Seven years ago, you designed a sequel to your Harlem Toile de Jouy wallpaper called Hudson Valley Toile that gently poked fun at city people pouring into the region.”

Hochul Chooses a Congressman Who Has Won in a Swing District

“‘There’s a lot he brings to the table,’ said Jon Reinish, a longtime Democratic strategist who lives in Rhinebeck, Mr. Delgado’s hometown. ‘Who else is an Afro-Latino sitting lawmaker who consistently wins a 50-50 Upstate district?’”

How Preservationists Are Losing the Fight Against Luxury Real Estate

“As city dwellers have flocked to this area of rural New York, several ambitious developers have taken notice, as have local governments in need of broader tax bases.”

Alyssa Shelasky Needs a Night Out

“Ms. Shelasky said she has a large community of girlfriends at home in New York City, but not around Rhinebeck.”

What Is ‘Good Cause Eviction,’ and What Does it Mean for Renters?

“Similar laws already exist in New Jersey, California and Oregon, as well as in several New York municipalities including Albany, Beacon, Kingston, Newburgh and Poughkeepsie.”

You May Be Ready for Summer, but Is Your Home?

“‘In my dining room in Millbrook, I have this sepia-toned, pastoral-scenic wallpaper that skews very fall,’ she said.”

Gin Made With Wild Blackberries and a Hollywood Pedigree

“The wild blackberries come from Mischief Farm, in Rhinebeck, N.Y., the 100-acre property owned by the actors Jeffrey Dean Morgan, best known for his role as Negan on ‘The Walking Dead,’ and Hilarie Burton Morgan, who portrayed Peyton Sawyer on ‘One Tree Hill.’”

Foreland, an Art Complex with Big Ambitions, Grows in Catskill

“The crowds flocking to Foreland’s events over the last year have paid off as well for Main Street in Catskill, which like so many small towns had suffered severely with the advent of big-box stores but is on the upswing again.”

When a Professor Trades the Academy for an Art Career of His Own

“‘It doesn’t count anymore if you’re a gay man of a certain age who went through the AIDS crisis,’ he says from the same drafting table in his studio, a repurposed barn in Germantown, N.Y., where for more than a year he taught via Zoom. ‘It’s something that’s just kind of like, ‘Well, you’re a dinosaur.’”

From Adam Pendleton, Pancakes That Taste Like Perfection

“Pendleton, who lives part time upstate in Germantown, N.Y., and who is particular about purchasing top-notch ingredients from local producers, serves the dish with a syrupy strawberry compote he makes using honey from Hudson Valley Bee Supply in nearby Kingston.”

Where Are All the Manhattan Voters in August? Try the Hamptons.

“‘The last two weeks of August, this is actually where many people are,’ said Jon Reinish, a Democratic political strategist, who is among a torrent of temporary city transplants who have slipped away to the Hudson Valley town of Rhinebeck.”

Meet the Former C.I.A. Officer Vying to Defeat Elise Stefanik

“That has fueled the accusation from Stefanik’s local political machine that Castelli is a carpetbagger — a transplant from Washington, D.C., or, worse, Poughkeepsie.”

Bomb Parts Found at Hotel Where Father Was Shot Dead on College Visit

“The victim, whose name the police did not immediately provide, had a child at Marist, which is less than five miles from the hotel, and had been staying at the hotel during the school’s family weekend, an event that included a football game, music performance and picnic.”

Biden Visits IBM to Promote Investments in U.S. Semiconductor Production

“At the company’s campus in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., he highlighted an industrial bill he signed in August that provides subsidies to companies that sign up to jump-start domestic production of semiconductor chips.”

Young Knitters Discover a Decades-Old Wool Festival

“Wearing a ruffled bonnet that framed her face, a sweater with poufy bobble-stitched sleeves and an ankle-length skirt with tiers of lace and openwork, Sabrina Brokenborough could have been mistaken for a model at an avant-garde photo shoot taking place at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds on Oct. 15.”

Where Veteran Rockers Go to Reinvent Themselves

“During the Covid-19 shutdown, Ms. Rigby created a podcast based on ‘Girl to City’ and began work on a follow-up memoir, ‘Girl to Country.’ The Hudson Valley is all about second acts, she said.”

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