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Sawyer Savings Bank eyes Casa Mia as the site of its relocation
by Erin Quinn
on Mar 10, 2013 • No Comments
Sawyer Savings Bank is looking to move from Vineyard Avenue in the Highland hamlet to Route 9W, where Casa Mia Restaurant is currently located. The bank has filed a commercial site plan with the Lloyd Planning Board, which, after some discussion, set the public hearing on the application for March 28 at 7 p.m. The...
People
HHS board president to receive Martha Washington Woman of History Award
by admin
on Mar 9, 2013 • No Comments
Historic Huguenot Street (HHS) has announced that Washington’s Headquarters State Historic Site has named HHS president and board chair Mary Etta Schneider the 2013 recipient of the Martha Washington Woman of History Award. Schneider is being recognized for dedicating her time and resources as an advisor, fundraiser and supporter of major nonprofit organizations benefiting education,...
Business
New Paltz Chamber releases a guide for businesses applying to the planning-zoning boards
by Mike Townshend
on Mar 8, 2013 • No Comments
The New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce wants to clear the path for businesses to open up shop in the area. Last week, the chamber released its “Practical Guide for a Business Applying to the Planning-Zoning Boards in New Paltz.” For developers who might not know what the town or village planning boards are looking...
Columns
No, I’m not that Mark Sherman
by Mark Sherman
on Mar 6, 2013 • No Comments
I am somewhat embarrassed to admit this, but I do, from time to time — but no more often than five times a day — Google my name, to see where it falls in terms of placement. A friend once told me this is called “ego-surfing,” but I would prefer to think of it as...
People
Personally speaking – Urs Reist
by Erin Quinn
on Mar 5, 2013 • No Comments
Urs Reist, longtime owner of the Swiss Country Inn on Route 44/55 Gardiner, is now the head chef at Murphy’s Bar and Restaurant in downtown New Paltz, where he has quickly gained a large, loyal following. A graduate of the Swiss Culinary School, Reist got his start in many five-star restaurants in his native country...
Events
Walkway kicks off another world record effort
by admin
on Mar 3, 2013 • No Comments
The nonprofit group Walkway Over the Hudson kicked off its drive to break another Guinness World Record this week by opening registration for people to participate in a May 4 effort to establish a new world record on Walkway Over the Hudson State Park. Organizers said the event, which coincides with New York State’s I...
People
Adirondack Council hires William Janeway as its executive director
by admin
on Mar 2, 2013 • No Comments
The Adirondack Council’s Board of Directors has hired William (Willie) Janeway to become the organization’s next executive director. Janeway has been Regional Director for the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Hudson Valley/Catskill Region since 2007. The Adirondack Council is a non-partisan, not-for-profit environmental research, education and advocacy organization whose mission is to ensure the ecological...
People
Avery Berman wins two prestigious music awards
by Erin Quinn
on Mar 1, 2013 • No Comments
New Paltz High School graduate and rising music star Avery Berman, 23, was recently nominated for three awards at the prestigious Artists in Music Awards (AIMA) in Hollywood and won two of them, including Best Electronica Artist and Best Producer of the Year. Berman, who picked up the guitar at 17 years of age and...
People
Personally speaking – Ellie Brunning
by Erin Quinn
on Feb 27, 2013 • No Comments
On March 1, the classy, funky, sophisticated and eco-friendly fashion-and-more No. 5 Boutique, owned by born-and-bred Highland gal and now New Paltz village resident Ellie Brunning, is slated for its grand opening at 188 Main Street in the Convenient Deli Plaza. The boutique features both classic and fresh funky designs for both men and women,...
Columns / Environment
Nature at your doorstep – The Foothills
by Richard Parisio
on Feb 26, 2013 • No Comments
Among the many kinds of walks we take, the walk close to home, along a less traveled path, has much to recommend it. Such a walk can be taken on the Foothills Trail at Mohonk Preserve. I walked alone there — with only my black Labrador retriever, Sam, for company the first two times —...
SUNY New Paltz
SUNY students’ Think Thrift Club grows
by Mike Townshend
on Feb 24, 2013 • No Comments
Natalie Skoblow knows that high fashion and high prices don’t always have to go together. The SUNY New Paltz sophomore is the founder of the campus’s Think Thrift Club. “These major corporations — like Forever 21 and H&M — they’re producing all this new stuff. But there’s so many items of clothing that go to...