A day in the Leif
Meet Leif (pronounced Layf): a 42-year-old Army vet, resident of Saugerties and graduate of Saugerties High School. On any given day, one can spot Leif climbing Partition Street in shorts, sandals, and a blazer with gold buttons. He’s dressed for work, as you will come to find out. But it’s no ordinary job Leif has....
A chance dinner changed everything
This December will mark 35 years since Peggy Schwartz and former business partner Mary Federoff opened up the wine and spirits shop in the CVS plaza. Back in 1978, the shopping center was just being built when the two women found themselves driving up the Thruway together one evening with their husbands, one a CPA...
The kids are alright
The sarcastic phrase, “good news is no news” doesn’t take into account the Saugerties Youth Awards, which highlight the good deeds done by area students. Two students were honored at the Town Board meeting on March 20. Ryan Curran, 8, is a second-grade student at Morse Elementary School. He was nominated by Cathy Averill. For...
Food Pantry’s Richardson honored
Marilyn Richardson, the coordinator of the Saugerties Food Pantry, received thanks, flowers and praise at the Town Board meeting on Wednesday, March 6. Richardson has been working with the pantry for 20 years. “When everybody heard that you would be retiring, there was a big community sigh, because we were sad,” said Supervisor Kelly Myers....
Shaping our economic destiny
Anxieties about the global economy inevitably raise questions about the local economy. More than 20 new businesses opened in Saugerties last year alone, which suggests our economy is doing pretty well. But what about the future? What can we do to foster a vibrant and sustainable local economy for years to come? How can we...
Saugerties farmers market today
Check out local vegetables and other food stuffs at the final winter Farmers Market on Sunday, March 10 at Greco Senior Center from noon to 4 p.m. Woodstock School of Art’s Margarete de Soleil will do drawings from local produce, creating plant dyes and making veggie-dyed paper. Consider beets, onions, potatoes and freshly cut pea...
With demand high, food pantry gets help
Most of us have probably held jobs where at times it felt like we were doing the work of two people. For Marilyn Richardson, manager of the Saugerties Area Council of Churches Food Pantry these past 20 years, it turns out she’s been doing the work of five. That’s how many people will be on...
Corralling the butterflies with the Toastmasters
“Surreptitious – it means to do secretly,” Wordmaster Geri Jones tells me. She says I can score bonus points with the crowd if I include it in my speech. I am standing in front of 20 or so people whom I have never met in my life, delivering a short speech about the worst date...
Saugerties playgrounds declared “unsafe”
It’s no longer safe to have four swings next to each other because kids might bump into each other. Spaces between parts on a slide could trap a finger. Jungle gyms are a fall waiting to happen. One slip and a merry-go-round will send a child reeling. These are just some of the reasons why...
A tale of darkness and hard work
Sometimes it takes darkness for hope to grow; dedication for success to flourish. For at least one young Saugerties High School sophomore, it takes both. Sixteen-year-old sophomore Rob Cuomo is quickly becoming the most talked-about wrestler in Saugerties; maybe in the Hudson Valley wrestling community. Rob’s darkness came little more than a year ago, when...
Assemblyman to hold Saugerties town meeting Thursday
Have any thoughts on New York State Government? Let our assemblyman know about it. Pete Lopez will hold a town meeting at the senior center on the corner of Market and Robinson streets Thursday, Jan. 17 at 6 p.m. “Meeting directly with constituents is the most important and most rewarding aspect of my job, and...
The big story of 2013 (Part II)
Mike Harkavy Chairman, Town Democratic Committee The political situation in Saugerties in 2013 – What’s on your mind? Well, I think we need some changes at the top, and that’s what we’re going to be working on. Have you talked with Greg Helsmoortel (former supervisor, received Democratic nomination in recent elections)? We’ve been talking. No...