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Historic Hurley Ghost Walk steps off this Friday


Few places retain so much deep history as Hurley, which makes the village’s “Historic Hurley Ghost Walk” on Friday, October 28 more than just an excuse to get goose-pimply in time for Halloween. Th...

October 27, 2011 12:00 PM | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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The nationally acclaimed Storycrafters
Tales to tell

Mountain Laurel Waldorf School’s storytelling festival brings food, puppetry, crafts and plots galore to the Ulster County Fairgrounds this Sunday


The power and delight of storytelling – passing stories from generation to generation –will be celebrated again this year in New Paltz on Sunday, October 23, when the Mountain Laurel Waldorf School...

October 20, 2011 12:00 PM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Have a cow

4-H Youth Clubs hold Fall Festival this Sunday at County Fairgrounds in New Paltz


This weekend, the kids in Ulster County’s 4-H Youth Clubs will celebrate their second annual 4-H Fall Festival on Sunday, October 16 at the Ulster County Fairgrounds on Libertyville Road in New Pal...

October 15, 2011 12:00 PM | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Projectile pumpkin

Storyteller Jonathan Kruk performs Legend of Sleepy Hollow for kids this Saturday at Kingston Library


Washington Irving wrote for all our upstate seasons. He captured the laziness of late summer in Rip Van Winkle and cemented the blustering winds and scattering leaves of our present Halloweeny days...

October 13, 2011 12:00 PM | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sunday in the park with critters

Fall Festival returns to Kingston’s Forsyth Nature Center October 9


Nearly 50,000 visitors a year come to the Forsyth Nature Center in Kingston to say “Hi” to Ernie, a pygmy goat, and Mel, a Nubian, Tulip, a pot-bellied pig, and Isaac, a great hulking bull of doubl...

October 06, 2011 11:23 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Small wonders

Moxie Cupcake in New Paltz offers baked morsels ranging from sweet to savory


Summer babies of the 1980s have a complicated relationship with cupcakes. The besprinkled treats routinely heralded classmates’ birthdays in elementary school. September-through-June was spent seet...

October 02, 2011 08:00 AM | 2 2 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tasteful & tasty

Chocolate Show joins fall Crafts at Rhinebeck this weekend at Dutchess Fairgrounds


This weekend, when Crafts at Rhinebeck comes around for its autumn outing, its emphasis is family-oriented, with children’s activities, a petting zoo and world-class crafts. Adding to the pleasures...

September 29, 2011 12:00 PM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Homecoming & history

Hardscrabble Day returns to Red Hook this weekend


The leaves are turning, the apples are getting ready to be picked and every Red Hook kid is getting jazzed up for his or her annual dose of colored wash-off hairspray. Red Hook’s annual Hardscrabbl...

September 22, 2011 11:55 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Photo of the Main Course booth at the Taste of New Paltz by Lauren Thomas
Appeteasers

21st annual Taste of New Paltz returns to County Fairgrounds this Sunday


Foodies agree that this Sunday, the Taste is the place to be. The 21st annual Taste of New Paltz will be held on Sunday, September 18 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Ulster County Fairgrounds. Concei...

September 15, 2011 12:32 PM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Left, Worm herding 101. Right, Ratboy, Jr.
Going for the green

Tom Chapin and the Sustainable Living Roadshow to headline Kids and Family Day at Cantine Field in Saugerties this Saturday


As part of its ongoing bicentennial celebration, Saugerties will celebrate its younger citizens with Kids and Family Day at the Cantine Veterans’ Memorial Sports Complex this Saturday, September 10...

September 08, 2011 12:49 PM | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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