Tag: Hudson

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    Elections 2025

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    Mayor’s races lead local contests in N.Y., Mass. By FRED DALEY Editor Mayoral races in Hudson, Saratoga Springs, Glens Falls and North Adams are headlining a host of local contests as voters cast ballots in the Nov. 4 general election across New York and in the cities of Massachusetts. Voters in Columbia County will be… read more

    Elections 2025
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    Where Dutch and Black history meet

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    Groups join forces to save long-vacant house near Hudson The house built by the Dutch colonist Jan Van Hoesen in the early 1700s later became the home of the Quaker abolitionist Charles Marriott and was a stop on the Underground Railroad. Now two local history groups have joined forces to preserve the structure, which has… read more

    Where Dutch and Black history meet
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    Dreamlike images in black and white

    Hudson Hall show gathers area artist Michel Goldberg’s monotypes Michel Goldberg’s “After Bertoldo di Giovanni 1” is among the monotypes on view in the artist’s new solo exhibition at Hudson Hall. Courtesy photo   By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer HUDSON, N.Y. The mysterious monotypes of the Hudson Valley artist Michel Goldberg are the focus of a… read more

    Dreamlike images in black and white
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    Hudson fishing shanties face likely demolition

      A collection of more than a dozen old fishing shanties along the Hudson River, some of which are seen here in 2018, has been deemed historically significant by state officials. But the city of Hudson says it lacks the resources needed to preserve them as part of a pending waterfront redevelopment project. Susan Sabino… read more

    Hudson fishing shanties face likely demolition
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    A gerrymander for the House?

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    New York’s new maps draw criticism while boosting local incumbents New York’s Democratic-controlled Legislature adopted a new map (below)for upstate congressional districts, right, that shuffles the political terrain of the upper Hudson Valley’s three U.S. House members. Analysts predicted the new map would effectively cut the number of Republicans in the state’s House delegation to… read more

    A gerrymander for the House?
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    Tale from a river town

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    Conflict over Hudson fishing shacks provides inspiration for novel   A real-life controversy over a cluster of old fishing shanties along the Hudson River in Hudson, N.Y., has become the basis for a local author’s new novel. Susan Sabino photo   By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer HUDSON, N.Y. In the pre-dawn hours of a summer morning… read more

    Tale from a river town
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    With good, healthy food for all

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    Nonprofit Hudson store tests a new model for reaching ‘food deserts’ Selha “CeCe” Graham, the retail co-manager of Rolling Grocer 19 in Hudson, N.Y., says the nonprofit store’s mission is to “provide access to quality food for people at all income levels.” Scott Langley photo   By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer HUDSON, N.Y. For local people… read more

    With good, healthy food for all
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    Expanding the links to fresh, healthy food

    It has been an inspiration to watch the blossoming of the local food movement in our region over the past two decades. Farmers markets, community supported farms, and locally crafted food businesses of every variety have sprung up and thrived in our small cities and rural towns as consumers increasingly seek out food that’s local,… read more

    Expanding the links to fresh, healthy food
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    Activists push Hudson police on ICE arrests

    The city of Hudson, N.Y., is reviewing its policies for how city police interact with federal immigration agents after an early March incident in which local activists thwarted the arrest of two immigrants from Central America. The city has an active sanctuary movement, and the mayor and other elected officials adopted a policy in 2017… read more

    Activists push Hudson police on ICE arrests
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    Saving a shantytown?

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    In old fishing shacks, links to Hudson’s past and an unclear future State officials have concluded that a group of 17 fishing shacks along the Hudson River are historically significant, but city officials in Hudson, N.Y., have yet to decide whether to preserve any of the structures as part of a proposal for a new… read more

    Saving a shantytown?