At Least 2 Are Dead As Region Endures Cold
“By evening, the line was combining some trains — for example, the 5:09 to Poughkeepsie and the 5:12 to Beacon suddenly became one — and canceling others.”
“Those who came to the mountains for a vegan, Zen-infused, counterculture way of life fear that the project would destroy what they came to enjoy.”
Little-Known Legislator to Face Schumer, G.O.P. Leaders Say
“Mr. Mills, who was a councilman and town supervisor in Wallkill, studied political science at Marist College in Poughkeepsie and according to one of his professors, Lee Miringoff, was ‘energetic and focused.'”
Woodstock Rocks On, but the Beat Is Quieter
“But Mr. Bowie is only the latest and most recognizable name to be seduced by this close-knit town with a long reputation for breeding musical virtuosity.”
Cold Spring Journal: A Sequel for an Endangered Bookstore?
“Despite throngs of tourists on sun-kissed weekends, Cold Spring can be a tough market. Fewer than 2,000 people live in the village, and inclement weather can keep visitors away.”
A Rustic Retreat Became A Vineyard
“Clinton Vineyards is definitely small. There are 15 acres of grapes, and annual production averages about 3,000 cases.”
Two Ministers Are Charged In Gay Nuptials
“The Ulster County district attorney filed criminal charges yesterday against two Unitarian ministers who performed same-sex marriage ceremonies in New Paltz, N.Y., after a court barred the mayor from doing so.”
Residential Real Estate: Old-Fashioned Main Street Coming Right Up
“‘The next county to the north is Putnam, but it’s small, and much of it is dominated by New York City watershed property that can’t be developed. So Dutchess is the next stop, the first place outside of Manhattan where you can find a house for $300,000 without crossing a bridge over the Hudson River.'”
“Though full-timers and weekenders report a peaceful coexistence, a shortage of available housing has caused some friction. ‘The biggest gripe we hear around here is that kids who grew up in Millerton can’t afford to live here now,’ Mr. McEnroe said.”
Water Woes Put Catskills Golf Resort in Doubt
“The $250 million Belleayre project, one of the largest proposals in the Catskills in decades, would include 400 hotel rooms, a conference center, several restaurants and hundreds of housing units on more than 500 acres of mountainside flanking the state-owned Belleayre Mountain Ski Center in the town of Shandaken, in Ulster County.”
Owner of Pizza Chain and His Son Are Shot Inside Their Home
“The owner of a chain of pizzerias and his son were shot repeatedly at close range in their home in Newburgh, N.Y., on Monday morning, and the police appealed on Tuesday for information about the shooting.”
Summer Towns Become Homes For All Seasons
“So while some are scouring Woodstock, N.Y., and the back roads of Putnam County for a vacation cottage, others with less disposable income are putting down permanent roots in towns like North Salem, or Milford, Conn., or in the eastern North Shore hamlets of Long Island.”
“But the rediscovered Hudson is creating a rift of its own. Of the $140 million invested in cultural institutions in the region in the last five years, almost every dollar was spent on the east side of the river, according to Ned Sullivan, president of Scenic Hudson, a regional conservation and arts group.”
Sometimes, a Pipeline Is a Lightning Rod
“There are 816,000 square miles of land in Orange County, on the west side of the Hudson 40 miles north of New York City, but sometimes you get the feeling that every bit of civic angst is focused on just 1.1 of them, the 691 acres that make up the booming Hasidic community of Kiryas Joel.”
Competitive-Bid Law Hinders Quest for Alternative Energy Sources
“But two months ago, Pleasant Valley, tucked in the Taconic mountains just east of Poughkeepsie, became outlaw territory in the eyes of the state comptroller’s office when local officials decided they cared more about the environmental source of the town’s electricity than its price.”
Going Up the Country, But Keeping All the Toys
“Many of the family’s friends were also transplanted city dwellers, who maintained one foot in old careers while undergoing a conversion to earth-friendly living.”
Say ‘Pro Tryouts,’ and Here They Come
“As a group of players gathered at Dutchess Stadium here for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays tryout earlier this month, T-shirts and hats announced some pedigrees: Westchester-Putnam Baseball, Beacon Baseball, Rutgers-Newark Baseball, Oswego State.”
Well, They Grow Arugula. You Call That Farming? Urban Refugees Remake Dairy Country
“After getting ‘burned in a co-op deal in Brooklyn,’ the Warrens began their hunt for a ‘real’ house. ‘We started in Woodstock and we kept driving until we could afford something,’ said Mr. Warren, who previously ran his own architectural woodworking business.”
Peace Signs Versus Other Gestures
“There are more propitious places to turn out. Middletown is a struggling, heavily black and Hispanic center in largely Republican Orange County.”
Germantown, N.Y.: Real Estate as an Art Form
“They spent every weekend there, and before long the Sunday-itis, to put a name to that familiar sinking feeling — the end-of-the-weekend dread — grew so strong they began hatching a plan to move to the county full-time.”
“Olana is about to undergo major restoration, which means now is the time to visit.”
Where Creative Heat Meets Molten Metal
“It sometimes has the feel of the pious descending on Santiago de Compostela on St. James’s Day: the hordes of weekend art pilgrims, identifiable usually by their funky glasses and carefully studied unstudied look, stepping off Metro-North trains in Beacon, N.Y., and wandering in large groups down the street to Dia:Beacon, the skylighted shrine to Minimalist and Conceptualist art that opened last year.”
Destination: Gehry. Route: Country Roads.
“Nestled in a bucolic corner of the Hudson River Valley 90 miles north of New York City, the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College — designed by Frank Gehry — has become a must-see destination for travelers working their way through a culturally hip checklist: Dia:Beacon in Beacon, N.Y.; Mass MoCA in North Adams, Mass.; Mr. Gehry’s recently unveiled Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago; and, of course, the holy grail of the architecturally savvy set, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, also by Mr. Gehry.”
“At any rate, I feel much better about Woodstock now that I’ve expressed the same disappointment so many people bring to so many other summers in beautiful places.”
Sure, It’s Not Bowling. But Polo is Catching On.
“At the Mashomack Polo Club in Millbrook, N.Y., the eclectic membership roster includes a farmer, a retired airline pilot and a polo instructor who once aspired to be an English professor.”
Drive-In Food Trumps Staged Politics
“The Red Rooster, an A-framed monument to American road food at its finest, with a red and white facade, a plaster vanilla cone on the roof, and imperial burgers, chili dogs and onion rings, will not replace Nobu, Daniel and Per Se as a Republican convention dining hot ticket.”
Fun Takes the Reins At a Dude Ranch
“Started five decades ago with a small number of horses headed to the slaughterhouse, the ranch, which has more than 100 well-cared-for horses, is nestled west of Poughkeepsie and south of New Paltz on 500 acres of the Shawangunk Mountains.”
Houses Near Main Street: Weekends With Everything Handy
“WHO — Allison Cornell, 41, musician and singer who performs regularly with Joe Jackson, Cyndi Lauper and Shania Twain. WHAT — 2-bedroom house with a guest cottage. WHERE — Woodstock, N.Y.”
Moving Out, Seeking the Next SoHo
“They have found a community of artists in Beacon, and so they feel at home, and yet they remain connected to the city, which is just over an hour away on the train.”
Dutchess County: Signs of a Comeback in Downtrodden Beacon
“New cafes and retail establishments have opened, and real estate brokers report that property values are on the upswing.”
This Boat Is Your Boat, This Boat Is My Boat, and the Hudson Is Beckoning
“Since then the Hudson has made a remarkable recovery, as have dozens of Hudson Valley towns like this one, once a postindustrial relic, now — unbelievably — a hip artists’ enclave.”
Misuse of Money Alleged at Veterans’ Charity
“Investigators for the state attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, have begun looking into the relationship between the organization’s New York office and the Adm. William F. Halsey Senior Village, a housing complex for the low-income elderly in Poughkeepsie.”
“The deal reconnects Roosevelt’s home, called Springwood, to the Val-Kill property, where Eleanor Roosevelt moved after her husband’s death.”
Napa of the East? The Hudson Valley Stakes a Claim
“The Hudson has revived its place as New York City’s food market.”
“Housed in a refurbished factory along the banks of the Hudson River, Dia:Beacon contains dozens of seminal works of minimal and conceptual art.”
City Humor of an Ad Irks Some in Catskills
“In an interview, Mr. Silver said he was partly serious about not wanting to see the town, in Ulster County about two hours from New York, become gentrified in a way that he feels many other upstate towns like New Paltz, Kingston and Beacon (not to mention many New York City neighborhoods) have been, in which artists, musicians and other creative types seem to be followed inexorably by antiques stores, overpriced shops, soaring real estate prices and then, of course, a Starbucks.”
Out of the Basement, Sparked by a Scream and a Dream
“Every young band wants to be like Matchbook Romance, a group of high school students from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., discovered by Epitaph’s chief executive, Brett Gurewitz, who found their MP3 online.”
“Some say it is easier to track down a black bear than an available contractor in the area.”
Poughkeepsie: Restoration Grant For Famed Ship
“The Clearwater, a 106-foot sloop that has served as a floating environmental classroom on the Hudson River, New York Harbor and Long Island Sound, has been awarded a restoration grant of $300,000 by the Dyson Foundation of Millbrook, N.Y.”
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