BlueStone Press July 16, 2021

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Williams Lake Project ready to go After one final hurdle, developers look to spring start Jeff Slater BSP Reporter The plan to build 150 homes as an initial phase of Williams Lake Project construction, in the works for years, may actually be breaking ground in spring 2022 pending approval of a water treatment plant.

“I’d like to think that in spring of 2022 we can start the home building part of the

project,” said Project Manager Jay Meyer of Hudson River Valley Resorts, who has been with the company since 2018. “There will be townhomes, cottages, three story lofts and private homes. We feel the Hudson Valley’s market is so hot, we want to build the residential homes first.” Plans to build the hotel are on hold until a portion of the residential homes are sold.

But before anything else can happen, the water treatment plant needs a green

light. “We have a new water treatment system that uses membrane technology and UV light and is state of the art,” Meyer said.

“Part of the delay is, the New York State Health Department doesn’t have experience with this type of system, so there’s been a lot of back and forth. Once we get the ok, we buy the plant and everything else is in place to get started.”

In terms of land use on the property, Meyer said, “We opened up the rail trail,

we got an easement with the Wallkill Valley Land Trust that reallowed our mile and a half of trail to connect to the Empire Trail and in doing so, we got an easement to put our discharge pipe down the rail trail.

We are very happy to be able to offer the rail trail and keep the community coming through.”

See Williams Lake, page 3

Battle for the Valley

Two guys take on raising pigs and cows Page 16

Battle for the Valley! Rondout/Mountain Valley wins 11 & 12 year old Little League District Championship in a tough series with rival Indian Valley. They then move on to Sectionals versus Lagrange, Photo by Casey Raleigh See the story on page 10

Bea Haugen-Depuy wins Republican nomination for town supervisor Page 4

Applestone Meat Co. closes its doors on Main Street Sara Trapani BSP Reporter

Blueberry Gleaming coming up this month Page 20

The modern dark blue and glass storefront of Applestone Meat Co. has become a cornerstone business on Main Street in Stone Ridge, since it opened in that location in 2017. “As of Friday, July 9 we will be closing the doors of all Applestone Meat Company retail locations,” states the website. “This was not a decision we made lightly. We love what we do and we feel incredibly lucky to have been part of your lives for the last five years.

Unfortunately, maintaining our principles regarding supply chain, processing methods, staff pay and benefits, and product pricing has proved to be too challenging.”

The innovative, meat vending machine

Meat vending machine concept closes

shop provided patrons with 24/7 access to sustainably farmed, fresh, antibiotic and hormone free meat products.

Owners Joshua and Jessica Applestone

aimed to make high quality, local cuts of meat more affordable and accessible to all,

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Star student You graduated with the highest GPA at Rondout ever. How did you manage that during a pandemic and what drives you?

and will be taking classes which apply to engineering, biomedical engineering, biology, or perhaps even the Pre-Med track.

After I get my undergraduate degree, I am planning on pursuing a graduate degree.

Depending on my major, though, I really could be pursuing anything from a medical degree to a Masters in Architecture.

Throughout high school, but especially during the pandemic, I found that the most efficient and helpful way to achieve the best grades I could was to stay organized with my time, and to always stay on top of my work. By rarely letting assignments pile up, I was able to take time to study extra for tests when I needed to, and I was always able to give all my assignments the attention they needed to be completed to my best ability, without being rushed.

In addition, by making lists and keeping track of Visit the folks everything required in each class, I was next door able to never miss an assignment. I also took notes about anything important any teacher said, so when tests came around I had all the reference material I could need to study efficiently. As for distance learning, I must also credit my teachers because they were very understanding of the increased difficulty of our situation. Their flexibility and compassion were assets to students trying to make it through unprecedented times in the best way we could.

ing from time to time. I have also always enjoyed snowboarding, and try to go when I can every winter. For fun, I also always enjoy going on adventures with and spending time with my friends and family.

This time of year, I especially love when those adventures involve relishing a body of water!

What do you do to have fun?

Some of my hobbies include Kyokushin Karate, snowboarding, and piano. I have been a student of Fighting Spirit Karate Dojo under Shihan Sean Schenker for eleven years, and a year ago, after a three day intensive and comprehensive test, I had the great honor of receiving my black belt. I took lessons in classical piano for about ten years, and since then I have spent the last couple years working on more creative and adaptive piano play-

You’re going to the University of Vermont in the fall. What are you studying...do you have specific career aspirations? Where do you see yourself in the future?

I am hoping to explore many aspects of my interests. Because of this, I have chosen to have an undecided major going into this step of my academic career. Although I do have pretty specific interests within STEM subjects, I hope to explore them all as much as I can before I make the crucial decision. Currently, I am considering

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Academically, I have been especially inspired by those I have seen making the most of and being successful in interests which I share. For example, Mr. Ron Perotta, my freshman year biology teacher, showed me how stimulating and interesting studying biology can be and inspired me to keep on exploring the aspects of the subject which excite me. I have also been generally inspired by seeing doctors, architects and researchers whose success reflects that which I hope to strive for.

They are proof that if I commit to my goals, I can and will get to the position I strive for. Personally, my parents have helped to keep me motivated to be the person I want to be, both socially and academically, by emphasizing that no goal is too unrealistic.

My friends, but especially my wonderful boyfriend, have also helped me to become a more confident and carefree person, in the best ways.

What will you remember most about your Rondout Valley school experience?

My favorite memories from my time at Rondout Valley definitely are those of the many clubs and activities I participated in.

They were great ways to learn and experience a new skill and to show school spirit, all while having fun with friends.

--Compiled by Jeff Slater, BSP Reporter

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BSP Correction In the July 2 issue of the BlueStone Press, on page 7, a photo caption accompanying the story “Graduation Day...and a caravan the night before” incorrectly identified Principal Jessica Torak as Valedictorian Dahlia Rosen. The BlueStone Press apologizes for the error. Note: To learn more about Dahlia Rosen, see the full feature on this page.

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News you can use: Rosendale Pool now open to everyone

RAINSTORMS! HOW’S THE TREAD ON THOSE TIRES?

News splash! Rosendale’s town pool is now open to everyone from 12 noon till 7

pm, with a maximum capacity of 200. Unvaccinated pool goers are asked to wear a mask. The Town of Rosendale thanks everyone for their patience and understanding.

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Williams Lake

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from page 1 An old office building from the cement factory that was moved from the rail trail will be used for an interpretive center.

“You’ll be able to come off the rail trail on a path right to it and see exactly what was going on here and what has gone on,” said Meyer.

Those involved are eager to get started, “We were waiting to turn a new website on, we have it ready to go,” Meyer said.

“Covid was not helpful, and we were expecting these approvals from the NYS Health Department quicker. We have all the infrastructure on the road in the last year and a half. We’re just waiting for the water treatment plant’s approval and ready to go. We’re hoping we can get it done by next spring and start building homes.”

HRVR is planning about 150 homes for the project, “We’re just trying to fit in

Future site of Interpretive Center, former Cement factory building moved from rail trail Photo by Jeff Slater

without overcrowding,” said Meyer. “We’re using sustainable building practices and using architects that are used to building this way. We’re hoping to sell these homes to people that want to use it as a wellness and health place. We have so many trails, biking and swimming. I would like the first home to be ready to go by the middle of next year.”

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Rochester Republicans hold caucus, select candidates for November Ann Belmont BSP reporter At 6:00pm on July 12, a large group was convened under the roof of the pavilion at Veterans Park in Rochester, seated at the picnic tables and standing at the edges.

They were there to decide upon Republican endorsements for the various town offices.

Miraculously, rain held off for the evening.

Ron Lapp, former UC legislator, is Rochester Republican Committee chair. To begin the caucus, he formally nomiHaugen-Depuy nated RRC members Tim Bunch and Michael Malarczyk as the caucus chair and secretary, respectively.

Bunch explained to the crowd that the committee was going to nominate a slate of candidates they had Gundberg interviewed previously.

There were no objections. “We’ll be moving quickly because of Covid, to minimize the risk of this gathering,” he said. The RRC’s nominations were: Highway superintendent: Rick Gray Town supervisor:Bea Haugen-Depuy Town clerk: Kate Gundberg Town board: Shaye Davis Town board: John Dawson Town Justice: Ray Bryant “Do I hear a motion to accept all six slate candidates?” asked Bunch. The motion carried unopposed. Afterwards, the candidates who were present made short speeches.

Haugen-Depuy spoke first. “I’ve been serving you for five years on the town board, but also for quite a few years on committees and positions for the town… my accomplishments have never been as a single person. When I work to accomplish something, I don’t take credit for other people’s work—I give credit to the whole team. There is no ‘I’ in Team,” she emphasized.

“I appreciate everyone who turned out tonight. Now let me state what I expect of all of you—and need—to beat Mike Baden. I need for the work to start today. to-day!”, she repeated. She informed those present that there are four meetings of the town board every month. “How many of you are aware of that? With an agenda so long we stay there till 11 o’clock,” she added. “And the reason? So Mr. Baden doesn’t have to deal with the public, and he can go forward with his agenda just as quickly as he chooses to push it.

Through Covid, I have stood alone on that board, protecting your property from being taken over by the people who want to use what you have as theirs!

That’s a socialistic behavior, and I don’t think that’s anything this town needs. If left to move forward, the current supervisor will, with the help of his friends, slowly chip away at your rights.

“Please do not leave me standing alone like I have been. Fifteen percent of the vote was all I got when I ran in the Democratic primary, and I took a literal beating in the press. The Shawangunk Journal took me apart! The reason I didn’t fight back is because it’s not worth my time. I was never arrested, never found guilty, never brought forth on any charges. If you would like an explanation, one on one, I’ll be happy to give it to you.

“You, the Republicans, have to want a change in this town,” Haugen-Depuy concluded. “You have to work for a change, starting today! Most importantly, you must get out the vote in November…talk to your

neighbors…together, we can make a better Rochester.”

Gundberg (who was also endorsed by the Democrats) got up next. She pointed to her 23 years of service to the town, including three terms so far as town clerk. “I have served the town faithfully, in a nonpartisan manner.…my position requires me to wear a number of hats. I serve as the town notary; as your registrar I became an ordained minister to perform marriage ceremonies; as records manager, I Bryant successfully secured a $61,000 grant to digitize town records and purchase a wide-screen scanner for mapping… this year I was also appointed town historian. I have successfully brought to you three videos on the history of Dawson the town of Rochester that can be found on the town of Rochester recreation department page, and I will bring you more in the coming months.” She concluded by saying how much pride she takes in working for the town.

Ray Bryant stepped up to the mic to say, “I’m a native of Ulster County, as my grandfather and his grandparents and their grandparents were. I’ve lived in Accord for 39 years. My wife and I raised three boys who all went to Rondout. I spent four years in the Navy. I was fortunate enough to have a long career at SUNY New Paltz and in Albany.” He has retired as chief of police for SUNY New Paltz, where he also earned a BA. “I strongly believe that Justice Court needs to stay a layman’s court. Everybody that wishes to have an attorney should have one. That’s guaranteed.” But “attorneys like to speak to attorneys,” he observed, “they don’t like to speak to the layman.” If for any reason an individual has no lawyer and represents himself in court, Bryant wants to support their right to do that.

Last to speak was Ron Lapp, who is running again for UC legislator for the 21st district on the Republican ticket. “A couple of elections, I lost by a handful of votes,” he commented. “It’s a shame that one out of every three people in this town vote. We have 6800 registered voters, and approximately 2700. people voted [in the last election]. We had only 1000 Republicans vote out of 1500. If we can get half of those people out to vote, we can win by a landslide. We can take the town back…

Please, get out there and tell your friends. Tell your family. Tell everybody you know to please step up and vote… that’s what we need. And as your county legislator, I will ensure that our budget is spent wisely -- it’s probably about 375 million dollars now -- and that it is divvied up evenly across the board for everybody.”

Davis, who could not be at the caucus but had accepted the RRC’s nomination for town board, sent a written statement to the committee. “My focus on the board would be to make communication between the town and the residents much more open, so the residents feel included in what’s happening in their home. I would love to promote agritourism in our town, while preserving our historical roots.

One of the most important things I would focus on would be affordable housing, so young adults who grew up here can afford to stay.” Davis is a member of the Rondout Rod and Gun Club, the Ulster County Farm Bureau, and is the district chair of the NY State Education Board. For the town of Rochester, she has been planning

board secretary, worked in the recreation department , and as deputy clerk.

John Dawson was also absent, but sent a statement to the BSP as follows: “I would like to be part of a Town Board that listens to its community residents and makes good decisions that are fair and unbiased.

“As of May 21st, The Rochester United Party Davis was added to our voting ballot for the upcoming November election.

I created this Party to unite all community members with the common goal of a Town that works together, regardless of Party affiliations.

The reason I formed this party is because Lapp I am disheartened with the right vs. left mentality that I have witnessed over the past decade, where all that this town and council could have accomplished has been stymied by political monopoly. Party allegiance and political back scratching have become virtues, while unity and compromise have become dirty words.

“Our town council should be a tool for the people not a tool of the party, we need to work together to protect and keep our town’s integrity intact. It is my goal as a town board member to bring important and contentious issues directly to the people in our community, helping to make decisions in the best interests of all- not just a select few. There is a need for direct governance through subcommittees which would address hot topics such as our town’s growing pains. These subcommittees would give more of a voice to our community members.

“I am pleased to announce that I have been endorsed by the Republican Party, but I stress that I am No Party Enrolled.”

Dawson has lived in Rochester for 38 years. He is a “semi-retired builder with many homes built in our town.” He has served on numerous town boards and committees, “helping to shape and form our town as it grows and changes,” including (among others) the planning and zoning committee, zoning board of appeals, planning board, and currently, the Comprehensive Plan committee.

In closing the caucus, Bunch asked for volunteers. “Phone calls, door-to-door— get the word out. This is a very tough battle that we’re in.” He called the Democrats in the local government “plants from the city that have moved up here, and they want city regulations. This is a country town.

Let’s keep it country.”

Note: Rick Gray later confirmed that he is declining to run for highway superintendent.

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Fantasy/Drama slated to film in Rosendale July 2021 - Trio of female filmmakers casting extras from Rosendale Writer and director Ashlee Bell Caress is bringing her fantasy/drama film, “The Second Death”, to life in Rosendale, NY. Along with producer, Katrina Mattson, and executive producer, Melissa Shevela, this trio are aligned with the same goal – to empower women in filmmaking.

Filming will begin Monday, July 26 and finish on Wednesday, July 28. “We are excited to film in Rosendale, and we are also looking forward to visiting the town and getting to know some of the local residents,” said Melissa Shevela.

The filmmakers hired Hudson Valley area residents that specialize in photography and sound to capture the story. The filmmakers are also looking to cast extras for various scenes in the short.

The fantasy/drama film centers around a sibling relationship that allows light and darkness to exist together. Coupled with celestial beings and hidden agendas, writer Ashlee Bell Caress is confident her film will be successful in the festival circuit.

The filmmakers are already in discussion about the next step, making “The Second Death” into a feature film. “The feature script is written, and we are keeping Rosendale in mind for that film too,” said Katrina Mattson.

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‘ThoughtExchange’ and ‘Relationship Mapping’ explained at BOE meeting Amber Kelly BSP Reporter At the in-person RVSD BOE meeting at the high school on July 13, Superintendent Dr. Joseph Morgan explained some new software in use in the district’s strategic planning process, “As part of developing the strategic plan we are currently using ‘ThoughtExchange,’ which is a two-way software and a form of crowdsourcing software,” he said. “So what we do is we pose a question and we send it out to staff, community, and post it on our website. The feedback on this particular question, when we asked: ‘what are the most important skills and experiences our students need for success in learning in life,’ we had 147 participate, and they shared 175 thoughts related to that question. Those thoughts were rated and we received 3243 ratings. They show thought clouds with size related to frequency of the thought. Problem solving was big, communication was big, as was work related success.

“So the key thoughts were; working a trade – not everyone is going to go on to college, and even if they do, a trade gives them something to fall back on. They need to learn how to balance a checkbook; to do taxes; exposure to arts; sports and cultural differences; learning to be kind; to be helpful; working hard is the foundation of success of a person; how to deal with and learn from failure – no one is perfect, there are valuable lessons when we fail to learn where we went wrong.

Then there was problem solving: conflict resolution, decision making, patience. Under skills and life skills, common thoughts were: balancing a check-

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book, cooking, problem solving, staying positive, staying calm and being professional in challenging situations.

For Communication: learn to get along with others, communicate thoughts and actions appropriately, learn how to communicate effectively with others in a tactful kind manner; more focused communication skills, how to interview for a job, conflict resolution, effective communication skills and public speaking.

I want to thank everyone for participating, I hope more will – the link is on our website. We have a board retreat and these thoughts will help us develop the mission and vision for the district.”

A new resolution passed that mandates that if a principal is absent for several days, back-up people will be appointed to act as principal.

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Board member Megan Snair said she thought there were more views and participation in meetings when using Zoom, and she doesn’t want to lose sight of that outreach. Van Kleeck said that there needs to be clarification of the new law that now mandates meeting in-person.

Board member, Brian Martin said that committee meetings are different from board meetings, and that the district could potentially do a hybrid approach of zoom and in-person.

Principal Lee Cutler presented his plan for the fall and said the intermediate school is implementing a relationship mapping from a program provided by the State.

“The plan looks good," said Board Vice President Nicole Parete. “I want to thank the team for all their hard work. I just wonder what relationship mapping is?”

Cutler said, “It is something we have wanted to try for a while and one of the commitments is to build stronger community. It is a whole process where we involve all staff. What it does is it ensure each child has at least one adult that they

can connect with. That adult can be a custodian, it can be a food service worker, it can be a principal, it can be a teacher.

So, with our entering fourth graders and not really knowing them, and needing some time to establish which kids will need that connection, we put that off until November. It is ambitious, but we want to build more of a community where every kid has an adult that they can connect with.”

According to ‘Making Caring Common, ’a project of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, there is potentially nothing more important to a child than a relationship with a caring adult.

They share techniques for teachers to: collect data about students’ wellbeing and use it to build more caring relationships; define empathy and use it to better understand others in the classroom and school; expand students’ circle of concern by developing empathy; help students recognize and express gratitude to others.

Board member Brian Martin said, “This is a great building plan and I really like the example of giving students more choice. I like that students can have a quiet lunch and have the option of using the library. The cafeteria is a really challenging environment for some kids because it is so noisy just the way it is naturally. I just really love the plan. I love the survey question where 90% of the kids said ‘I feel listened to when I speak. My ideas are heard by adults in the building.’

I’m really impressed.”

“Why thank you!” Cutler said. “I can say that a lot of that came out of what we learned during the pandemic where we were forced to try different models because of social distancing, which worked a lot better than what we had and we really didn’t want to lose any of that. Part of what we really want to move forward, I know Brianna (Casey) talked a lot about this in February; is about how to give students more voice in what they are learning; also, how to make them really participate in a democracy, as a school should be. So, we really were able to blend in what the state is realizing and recognizing is our need at this moment.”

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Marbletown planners discuss new business plans Mexican restaurant, shitake farm, no spray orchard with sheep, subdivisions and a teddy bear museum sign Amber Kelly BSP Reporter

Exploring the Coxing Kill at Mohonk Preserve Photo by Renee Zernitsky

Mohonk Preserve Hosts Family Equity Days Mohonk Preserve is inviting New York State SNAP and EBT recipients to sign up for free Family Equity programs in July and August.

Each Family Equity Day offers free 90minute, back-to-nature themed programs for up to 8 family members ages 5 and up, expertly guided by a professional Mohonk Preserve Environmental Educator.

Multiple programs will be offered on July 20, July 29, Aug. 2 and Aug. 17 covering a variety of topics including “Pond Exploration,” a hike to explore pond life at the water’s edge; “Lenape Lifeways,” a day of discovery about these indigenous people and their rich culture; “Stream Family Discovery,” exploring a stream habitat and creatures; and “Family Orienteering for Beginners,” building outdoor skills through an on-land compass wayfinding game.

For full descriptions, dates offered, and online registration information, visit www. mohonkpreserve.org/equitydays. If you do not have internet access or need help with registration, contact the Preserve’s Education Coordinator for Public & Youth Programs at 845-255-0919, ext. 1239.

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The Marbletown planning board met in person at the town hall on July 12 with Chairman Paris Perry presiding. Seats were set 6 feet apart in the audience but there was an upbeat feeling in the air. One of the board members said how nice it was to meet in person and see each other’s faces, and that people seemed excited to be there.

First up; Hardenburgh Hills, a new subdivision off Route 209 in Stone Ridge. The fire chief needs to approve the driveway which is a 15% grade and 10% is preferred.

It is a gravel road but if they pave it, that would be better. A one-year extension was granted.

The Mandia Minor subdivision has a revised plat presented for approval by owners Jeff & Beth Foertsch. They want to create three parcels off Route 209. The ground was solid rock in one plat so they abandoned plans to put a house and septic there. A turn around off route 209 will help the entering and exiting traffic.

This public hearing for Harry H. Alpheus & Dania Clendening is about a four-lot minor subdivision on Bush Road in Stone Ridge. The proposal deletes a lot line and subdivides the property into four parcels. There are four homes planned and the one existing building has electricity but no water, so there would be five buildings in all. The rough terrain made it difficult to get the driveway to be the full 20 ft. wide in one place. The board felt that an engineer needs to come and check the driveway. Hearing is extended until next month.

Michael & Concetta Spinard and Sasha Miranda have bought the old pizza place at 4293 Route 209. Spinard said one reason they want to improve the property is because Stone Ridge looks really nice as you drive through town, but past 213 going south it begins to look run down. They plan to open a Mexican restaurant and call it ‘Upstate Taco.’ Spinard anticipates takeout being a big part of their business. The plan is to paint it off-white, put on a new roof, improve parking and fix the windows.

They will have seating outside on the front deck and will create more seating around back.

‘Sandbox Slope’ is a new application for the subdivision of a parent parcel into two lots; 1.090 acre and 2.951 acre, located

Shitake mushroom farm planned for Depew Road, High Falls.

at 55 Depew Road, High Falls. The same people who own the orchard also own the two houses on the right after turning up Depew Rd off Canal St. That area had been a small sand mining quarry that ended at the clay layer so there are seasonal ponds.

The plan is for a driveway just below the houses for access to a new building for a shitake mushroom farm. Of note, the apple orchard is ‘no spray’ and sheep keep the undergrowth down.

A new application from Matthew & Barbara Seaman & George Krupica is requesting a lot line adjustment at 791 & 811 Berme Road in High Falls that will create a more conforming lot by conveyance of 0.5 acre from Krupica to Seaman.

Theresa & Rick Reagan want to make ‘Reagan Minor Subdivision’ and take an 18 acre plot and divide it into 3 lots at Ashokan Road, Kingston. The plan of breakdown is: 4.5 acre, 4.5 acre, and 9.6

acre. The wetland in the middle requires a 100 ft. buffer.

Hasbrouck House, a designated historic property located at 3805 Main Street, Stone Ridge plans to relocate the parking area, create an overflow parking area, and remove and replace a storage building.

The board asked to see a plan for the appearance of the new storage shed and requested that it be set back 100 ft. from the lot line. The overflow parking proposed is on grass, but the board preferred gravel.

The board requested a plan for screening along the driveway. Public hearing is set for August.

Edwin Jasinski is planning a four-lot minor subdivision at 159B Canal Road, High Falls to create five parcels: four new. The board requested to see utilities on the plan and set the public hearing for August.

Steve Ferri of The Den at #1 Basten Lane Kingston, submitted a new design for signage that indicates more clearly what The Den is. Ferri reported that people often say they have driven by for years and never knew what it was. The Den is actually a teddy bear museum, gift shop, and coffee shop. There is one freestanding sign and one bulletin board style. The board also requested Ferri take down the elephant sign or request a variance, even though it has been there for years, because of its location near the road.

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Ann Belmont BSP Reporter Susan Cusack’s application for a sevenlot subdivision of her 108-acre parcel that is part of the Villa Veritas property was before the Rochester planning board again on July 12th, as it has been for many months, while the board and Cusack try to come to a decision acceptable to both sides.

The delay has been due to various environmental restraints and a couple of safety issues; however, the application is getting closer to a decision. The highway department, the fire department and the DEC have signed off on it, but there remain a few details to iron out. For one, the Ulster County planning board recommended that the engineer for the project, Medenbach and Eggers, submit a storm water protection plan (SWPP), so the Rochester board needs to decide whether to follow through on whether to make that a condition of approval. “It’s an extremely sensitive environmental area,” commented board member Rick Jones.

Medenbach maintained that the area of land to be disturbed was “under the threshold to be regulated.” The amount of land to be disturbed overall was a continuing concern of the board.

A public hearing was opened, and several written comments were read aloud Steven Kelley, CEO of Ellenville Regional Hospital, praised Susan Cusack as an “outstanding citizen who has been in the community for generations” and urged

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the planning board to approve the “large and desirable home sites” in the proposed subdivision. Another email called her “an important caregiver and employer in our community.” Another praised her “concern for neighboring properties…all the property owned by Susan has always been properly maintained…I give my full backing to the subdivision.”

The last letter was from Madeline Russo, chair of the Rochester Environmental Conservation Committee, writing as a private citizen. “Having driven past this property practically every day for the last five years, I am familiar with the frontage and with the surrounding areas. While I appreciate the applicant’s consideration of the floodplain [with a]…conservation easement, there is simply no scenario whereby the Mombaccus [Creek] would be…unaffected by this development.

Slope analysis submitted with the application shows…risk to both the groundwater and the surface water.” The reasons she cited: “If our existing code allows development on this land, I can only say that our code desperately needs updating.” She urged the board to solicit further environmental evaluation. The public hearing was held open till the next regular meeting on August 9th.

Olga Byrne’s application for a subdivision at 2002 Queens Highway was reduced to two lots instead of three, making it a simpler site plan, but the site map needed more topographical detail, said acting board chair Sam Zarofsky.

"We’ll want you to write this on the map,” meaning that environmental restrictions such as the siting of septic systems near wetlands needed to be indicated. (A 100foot riparian buffer zone is a standard requirement.)

Comment was heard from a close neighbor at the public hearing, who said, “I’ve lived there all my life. It does flood…a culvert pipe needs to be replaced…it floods a lot. I don’t want to see my driveway flooded out…it needs to be looked at. The culvert pipe is full of debris that goes under their driveway…it’s going to erode the whole road out, eventually.”

Medenbach, the engineer, agreed that the culvert was a problem, but the board doesn’t have the authority to require that it be replaced, Zarofsky said.

Zarofsky formally closed the public hearing, but no decision was made because the applicant’s site map still needs updating; a SWPP is also a requirement for this application.

Dan Getman of St. Josen Place in Accord was there to explore applying for a special-use permit. He explained to the board that he has an outbuilding where “I built a nice dance floor. I love to dance…It’s a nice recreational space…lots of people have asked me, ‘Can I use the space?’” He has hosted workshops and charity events, he said, but, “I’m not looking to build any additional structures or make any changes, I’m not looking to make money.” He thought of what he did as a community service, he said.

“Why did this come to us?” a board member asked. Apparently a neighbor

complained to code enforcement officer Jerry Davis, who advised Getman to apply for a special-use permit. Marylou Christiana, town counsel, said that maybe Davis said that because other people are charging fees while using his space.

What was the neighbor’s complaint about? Traffic on the road was the answer. “I’ve done everything I know how to do to get people to drive more slowly,” said Getman. “The worst feeling in the world is to feel I’m harming my neighbors.” He estimated that he’s had as many as 50 people at a dance event. He has “dance church” once a month, another dance event, and maybe two workshops a month. A homeschool group came to do a workshop, and he will probably host more school groups.

Zarofsky told Getman he should follow through and apply for that special-use permit and return to the board with that document.

Denise Ross, of Twenty Acres Lane in Accord, had her application approved.

She is parceling off 4.5 acres from a previously subdivided parcel of 14.4 acres to another that has 7 acres. Legally, because the land was previously subdivided, it is a major subdivision, so Ross had to get a waiver from non-relevant parts of the law. The public hearing was opened and shut with no comments.

The Montalvo/Visconti application for a series of complicated lot line adjustments on Pine Ridge Rd. and Rte 209 was also approved. Like Ross, they had to get a waiver from non-relevant parts of the major subdivision law. There are five separate parcels, all but one with existing homes. These lot line adjustments will bring the lots into compliance with R2 zoning and be more “logical,” said Zarofsky.

Carmina DeSanto, who sought to subdivide her land on Stony Road in Kerhonkson with family members, had her application approved as well. A slight complication was the fact that they have a shared well, requiring a letter from the UC health department and a maintenance agreement. The public hearing produced only one comment, a letter of support from neighbors who like the proposed building site, saying that it “preserves rural character.” Chair Maren Lindstrom, who was absent, had written the planning board’s decision, stressing protection of the pond on the property.

The board also signed off on Streamside Estates’ lot line adjustment, a matter of moving the line so the well used by the Estates could be on the Estates’ land parcel.

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Short-term rental structure outlined at Rochester Town Board meeting Cherrytown wells will be public 'in perpetuity' Amber Kelly BSP Reporter The Rochester town board met in person for the first time this year on July 1, 2021 and began with Highway Superintendent Jeff Fey saying, “I want to thank the town of Wawarsing, the town of Marbletown, the town of Olive, and the town of Rosendale. We managed to have 21 trucks hauling for us the other day and they poured over 1800 tons of pavement in just two days, which is quite a feat in itself. I’m going to have those same towns including the town of New Paltz, next week put down thousands of tons up on Rocky Mountain Road which is just about as far away as we can get. I just want to thank all those towns because it would have cost us an ungodly amount of money to hire that many trucks to haul that much material in just two days.”

Town Board Supervisor Mike Baden said, “It really is a great ‘shared services’ that the county has put together with neighboring towns of sharing each other’s equipment and personnel on these larger projects -it’s a huge cost saving.”

“A phenomenal job was done by all.” said Fey. Displaying his charts Baden said, “June 2021 financials: Expenditures; general fund $61,588.60, highway fund $29,088.78, street lighting fund $419.86, escrow fund $1657.50 “The American Rescue Plan: we submitted our application, and our application

has been accepted. We have filled out all the paperwork for direct deposit and I’m anticipating that one day very soon approximately $395,000 will appear in our account. We are still awaiting the rules about how it can be used. We get half this year and half next year and we have until 2024 to utilize all the money.

We can use it to reimburse any additional expenses we had due to COVID, which are not sizable, but we do have some. We can reimburse revenue that was anticipated that was reduced due to COVID, but there is a formula that we can use to calculate that.

We can use it for broadband, water, and sewer infrastructure. We also have $105,00 that was set aside by previous town boards for broadband. I want to reach out to Spectrum to get some pricing to close up some of these gaps that we have and see if that is going to be an effective use of it.

That, combined with what we might want to allot, could go a long way in closing up some of these gaps. I’m waiting to see what the county is going to do because they are talking about broadband projects as well and I certainly don’t want to overlap if they are going to pay for something.

“New York Rising: for this building, we are finally getting to close out,” Baden continued. “It’s been a six-year process.

There is money that has been set aside for a filtration system that will be put into here so that the water that comes out of the drinking fountains and now the faucets will be filtered and drinkable.” As a result

of a discussion Baden had with Congressman (Antonio) Delgado, the town will now be reimbursed the $9,000 for the HVAC that the State originally denied.

The summer recreation program is starting July 5. The summer staff are certified and in place. They will run a threeweek session, take a week off, and run another three-week session. It is reduced in numbers because the bus company still mandates social distancing on the bus, but they are running double buses. All the slots are filled for the first session and the second is almost full.

In discussions on creating some structure for short term rentals (STR), Baden said that Article 16 of the town law of the State of New York grants the Town of Rochester the authority to enact local laws for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, and welfare of the town and to protect and enhance physical environment.

Section 1, Chapter 140 requires compliance with N.Y. State mandatory regulations similar to bed and breakfasts, inns, motels and hotels. STR rentals can be accessory dwellings, single family, or twofamily dwelling units. Accessory dwellings share a building lot with another structure but maintain separate kitchen and bathroom facilities. The definition does not include multifamily properties, commercial properties, or lots without a dwelling.

Applications must designate one of the following: new operating short-term rental

not in operation prior to Dec 31, 2021; primary residence; owner occupied (at least 180 days/year); rented in whole; or nonowner occupied. Income will be subject to hotel and motel occupancy tax. A cap will be set each calendar year on how many non-owner-occupied dwellings can used for short term rental. New applications will be accepted after January 8 and must meet the guidelines of section 140 26 K. Campers and trailers do not met the requirements.

This Sept. 1-Dec. 31 the town of Rochester will accept applications for grandfathering-in to recognize existing STR units operating Dec. 31, 2016 to Dec. 31, 2021, for both owner occupied and non-owner occupied.

To qualify, a property owner must: produce an Ulster County Department of Finance Certificate of Authority dated prior to Dec. 31, 2021, have proof of that operation, and have submitted a complete application. The code enforcement officer will issue permits, and annual fire and safety inspections must be done.

There are separate application and inspection fees for each dwelling unit.

In other news, a resident in upper Cherrytown (who asked that she not be named) has put her property, located on the corner where the natural wells are, in perpetuity so that the water would always be available to the public. A celebration was held in appreciation of her, and a plaque has been installed.

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Indian Valley All-Stars for ages 11 – 12 and Rondout/Mountain Valley District Champions for ages 11 – 12. Photos by Amy Latin and Casey Raleigh

Battle for the Valley Rondout/Mountain Valley wins 11& 12 year old Little League District Championship in a tough series with rival Indian Valley, moves on to Sectionals versus Lagrange Jeff Slater BSP reporter Summer nights are meant for watching live baseball. Even better is when it’s a championship series and the two Little League hometown teams are facing each other. The icing on the cake was playing live baseball, with fans finally back in the bleachers after a pandemic.

Rondout/Mountain Valley came away with the 11 &12 year old Little League District Championship by winning the deciding game Friday July 9 at Ellenville by a score of 10-4. With Connor Beechel starting and Eli Longo finishing, some

good defense, and a play at home to end the game, the boys go on to face Lagrange in the Sectionals. (Note: At this writing, Rondout/ Mountain Valley has lost their first game to Lagrange, 15-3.)

Manager Phillip Beechel said, “The team is really gelling, and coming together and playing for each other.”

Rondout/Mountain Valley won the first game 10-2 with Logan Burkins on the mound. “It was good, I threw almost six innings and had a double,” said Burkins.

Due to a pitch limit, Burkins was not able to pitch again in the series.

The second game went to Indian Valley with a 15-14 walk off win at their field.

Manager Brandon Pra of Indian Valley said, “I brought up a couple of 10 year olds because we needed players and Ryan Milarcheck, a 12 year old who has been our team's MVP, came up and drove home Mason Beatty, a ten year old, with the winning run. I was very happy for him.”

“Every year Indian Valley and Rondout Valley battle and usually one or the other are district champions. I feel good for the 12 year olds after the last year,” Pra continued.

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With consistent batting from Connor Beechel, Logan Burkins, Lucas Bowers and Liam Young, Beechel feels good about the next series. “I feel great going into the next series vs. Lagrange. Our pitching is well rested, and our ace Logan Burkins is

ready to go in game one. If we play tight defense and hit and pitch the way we can, we can come away with some wins.”

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Memoriam John A. Simpson

ROSENDALE—John A. Simpson died unexpectedly July 11, 2021 at HealthAlliance Hospital in Kingston. He was 58..He was born April 9, 1963 a son of John J. (Whitey) and Betty J. Maines Simpson. John was a lifelong resident of Rosendale. He was a plumber and had been employed by Plass the Plumber in Poughkeepsie for the past 35 years. John was an avid NY Giants fan, but more importantly John was a friend to many. He was a kind and generous man. John was always there when called upon and willing to Simpson help anyone in need. He will be missed by family and friends who loved him tremendously. He is survived by his sister, Dawn Miller (John) of Rosendale and nieces and nephews Dion Miller (Jessica), John Miller (Cheryl), Althea Burhans (Bill), Keagan Miller, Jessica Miller, Damion and Cooper Kalimeras.

John is also survived by his godsons Johnny and Justin Paterno, as well as many close cousins and friends. Visitation for family and friends, A Service to Celebrate his life including a time of sharing memories was held on July 15. Cremation will be held privately and inurnment in St. Peter's Cemetery in Rosendale will take place at a later date.

Joseph Michael Pentick

HURLEY—Joseph Michael Pentick died at home on June 27, 2021 at the age of 93. He was born on March 19, 1928 in Buffalo, the son of Frank Pentick and Elizabeth Lucas Pentick. His life was devoted to education and art. He served in the Navy Reserve from 1948 through 1953, when he received an honorable discharge. He held an Associate’s Degree in Art from Albright Art School, a B.S. in Art Education from SUNY Buffalo and an M.Ed. from the University of Buffalo.

He did further graduate work at Pratt Pentick Institute in Brooklyn. Joseph was an Associate Professor of Art at SUNY New Paltz, and previously held faculty positions at Rochester School of Technology, Ulster County Community College, and SUNY Brockport. He taught art education and studio art classes including lithography, printmaking, graphic arts, painting and drawing. He was a member of the Arts Society of Kingston, the Marbletown Artists Association,

the Woodstock Artists Association, and the Northeast Watercolor Society. He was a founding board member of the Ulster Arts Alliance, and a board member of the Hudson River Watercolor Society. Throughout his career he exhibited and won awards in a variety of media ranging from photography, watercolor, acrylics, oil and collage to lithography, silkscreen and other printmaking. His fourteen terracotta sculptures of the Stations of the Cross were commissioned for the original Newman Chapel at SUNY Brockport. Multiple sclerosis forced his retirement from teaching in 1978. Even so, he continued his artistic endeavors. He pursued commercial and graphic art and digital media, owning and operating Ad Com, an advertising agency. He was known for his drawings of historic buildings and private homes, and the Ulster County Tercentennial map, which reflected his love and appreciation for the history of the Hudson Valley. For 40 years, Joseph lived with his wife Vincenza in a farmhouse on the 4th Binnewater Lake, where he renovated the barn and stables into the Blue Phoenix Studio, which included a workshop and library. Building the studio and spending his days creating there were the realization of a lifelong dream. He had a great love for old black and white movies, slapstick comedy, and the Pink Panther series. He was easily recognizable for wearing clothing – including shoes and hats – in bright, rich hues, especially the color red.

He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Vincenza (Vincy, nee LaBella) and two daughters, Deborah Trixi Pentick of Boston, MA and Cathy Kempf and her husband, Robert, of Drexel Hill, PA, and their children Katharine, Annette and Grant. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews including Michelle Wilkins and her husband, Brad, of Delafield, WI and their sons, and an aunt, Rose Mary Fedele of Horseheads, NY. Memorial contributions may be made in his honor to the Arts Society of Kingston (ASK, 97 Broadway, Kingston) at their website: askforarts. org/pentick/

Virginia A. (Ginny) Leone

STONE RIDGE--Virginia A. (Ginny) Leone died July 12, 2021 at HealthAlliance Hospital in Kingston. She was 77. Known as “Ginny” to many, she is survived by her husband, Michael Leone; brother and sister-in-law Howard and Patty Markle; brother-in-law and sister-in-law Joseph and Jodi Leone; nieces, Tammie Markle, Amanda Weig and Samantha Rider; nephew, Michael Markle, and many more as well as many great nieces and nephews. Ginny devoted her life to educating and nurturing 120+ children Leone that came through her home for the 40+ years of daycare service. Ginny enjoyed taking vacations to places such as Maine, Vermont and even towing the camper all the way to the Outer Banks

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HIGHLANDS—Richard T. Carageane, 48 passed away on July 14, 2021 surrounded by his loved ones. He was 48.

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High Falls manufacturer receives grant to create more jobs for locals Emily Reina Dindial BSP reporter High Falls manufacturer PK30 System, Inc., has received $95,000 from the New York State Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. CDBG grants are designed in part to expand local employment opportunities for low and moderate income individuals.

Municipalities with populations below 200,000 and cities, towns, and villages with populations below 50,000 are eligible to apply for CDBG grants on behalf of local businesses.

Ulster County applied for and received financial assistance for PK30. PK30 manufactures aluminum and glass office partitions and movable walls. The company sells walls and other partitions primarily to commercial businesses, including offices, restaurants, and condominiums.

They have clients across the country, from Maryland to California. Last year was their biggest year yet, despite the pandemic. One of their major projects included an eight floor office building in St. Louis, Missouri for Square, Inc., a digital payment company.

Founder and President of PK30 System Inc. Philip Kerzner, started the business from an outbuilding on his property in Lomontville in 2003 with just one employee.

He incorporated in 2007, moving to a 3,000 square foot commercial building in Marbletown and about two years ago, moved to an 18,000 square foot building in High Falls where he currently employs 22 people.

The CDBG grant money will allow the company to acquire new automated machinery and to make four full-time hires. The new machinery will perform multiple

Factory floor at PK30

functions on a single part, as opposed to moving from machine to machine. The automated process will save time, and therefore money.

The company is working with the county Office of Economic Development to recruit new low to moderate income employees per the grant requirements. “The county

recognizes the importance of sustaining and promoting careers in manufacturing in the Hudson Valley. There are very few opportunities for a career in manufacturing in Marbletown,” said Kerzner. “We have a lot of local Marbletown people working here. They’re just a few minutes from home. It’s very convenient.”

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July 16, 2021

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Please return our sign To the Editor: Another summer has come, and yes we are open, even though for the past two years someone has removed our Sheeley Farmstand sign. It was positioned on Lucas Turnpike, just a half mile from the light at the four corners in High Falls. It stated that our farm is located about three miles down the road. We have been here for 25 years and never had any trouble with the theft of our sign.

For those who are involved, shame on you. We are hard-working people, getting on in age, and this time we can’t replace our sign. Please either return it to the stand, or put it back where it was.

We thank everyone who continues to support us and can’t wait to see you all.

Jim and Dee Sheeley Accord

Continue meetings online To the Editor: I am very concerned that ALL members of the Town of Rochester cannot be heard on the online meetings. However, Supervisor Baden certainly is loud and clear and often speaks over the Board members.

The public, our community, has the right to hear ALL the Town Board members at the meeting. After all, taxpayers are paying for the privilege!

The Town Board agenda is available online and can be printed. Watching the online meeting and seeing a 1 inch by 3 inch picture of the Board in the upper right- hand corner and a full screen of agenda parts is an example of poor interpersonal relationship with the community. I do not think that anybody would spend time watching a movie when only seeing the script with the performers miniaturized in the upper corner! It would be very much appreciated if the sound and the picture can be fixed by the next meeting.

I also believe that online meetings should continue to be available to the public in addition to regular Town Hall meetings. 50 people viewed the July 8,2021 Special meeting ---- 3 attended. Communication is key.

Respectfully submitted, Ruth Bendelius Accord

When one door closes, another one opens; and we’re not done yet!

To the Editor: We knew this would happen eventually, but not quite in this manner. Ironically, we managed to survive the recession; Covid; financial, physical

and emotional hardships, only to be brought down by the labor shortage, which is currently plaguing our nation.

The final nail in the coffin occurred earlier this week when our one and only remaining server, Salene, tendered her resignation. With Roni’s health issues, the fact that she’s overworked as it is and the appalling lack of response to our efforts to find workers (and no, it’s not because we underpay our staff), we decided that to continue food service was impossible. So, our last day will be this Sunday, July 18. This particular door is closing.

The small crack in the door is that we are planning to continue with Saturday night live music. That is, if people show up. We’ll continue serving food and drink in the same manner that we are doing now, which is, a few select menu items each week, cafeteria style where everyone keeps track of what they eat and drink and settle up when they’re finished. Remember, it’s just Roni and me now, so everyone pitches in. The cool part is that people get to meet other people while in line and no one has to wait long to be fed or to be waited on. Also, you can bring your own food if you have dietary restrictions or just don’t like what we’re serving that night.

We’ll try to manage schlepping all the tables and chairs outside when the weather permits, assuming enough people make reservations by that Saturday.

And so what will become of us you ask?

Wesley will likely find another job either as a cook or doing something else. With his skills, his extraordinary work ethic and good guy-ness, he should have no problem finding work.

Salene has found another job. We wish her the very best.

As for Roni and I, we’re playing it by ear. As mentioned, we'll continue Saturday nights and we’re thinking about having a once-a-month special Friday Duck night, limited reservations. The café and patio will be available for special events, Roni will continue doing catering and teas and hopefully will

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soon take orders for Specialty Cakes, for which she has an uncanny talent. But what she's really excited about is restoring and re-selling old furniture, gardening and not working herself to death.

I’ll continue doing my “architecture thing” and can set up my woodworking shop to help Roni with her furniture. Maybe I’ll even get around to writing some new tunes. By the way, my group “The Jazz Cats” will be at Lydia’s on July 31.

That's the story for now. One door closes and another opens. Needless to say, we will miss you all and hope you’ll come in for the live music, duck night and whatever other hair-brained schemes we come up with.

There are a few.

Thank you for your support and patronage after all these years. Roni reminded me that the “deli” has been in her family now for 27 years, 17 under our ownership.

I hope her mom, Lydia (may she Rest In Peace) will forgive us and not come back to haunt us for all eternity.

See you down the road,

Mark & Roni Usvolk Owners and operators of Lydia's Cafe, Stone Ridge

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Old man Oh man What hurts…?

We start our regular rail trail walk with a delineation of our current ailments, a truncated list of medications, pain scales (1-10), overall emotional states of being verified with a cursory body scan to see if the other is slouching or limping or deflated or asymmetric. Or lying.

All this before the dogs even take their first leak.

It’s like a preflight checklist.

No, I’m not walking with my doctor or therapist. Just walking with my buddy, also mid 50s, also a dad.

But first…

I open the door carefully because I don’t want to scratch Wally Nichols the other car. And, by the way, THEY parked too close. Even if they were there before me… I also don’t want to tweak my back with too swift a motion of yanking the door handle and shoving it open. Mine needs to be a fluid and measured sit-to-stand transition that includes putting my foot on the flat crushed parking lot gravel, minding my head on the way out and using my arms to assist the exit. When done right, exiting a car at 55 (that’s years old, not MPH) should resemble a lubricated Tai Chi move not a kinetic, multi-limb spazz out.

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No one’s on fire and nothing hurts.

At the moment…

So that’s a small victory.

But the human back is a fickle mistress, and it not being happy in a moment can spell trouble in every realm of existence. The consequences of skeletal pain are far reaching. There is ambient fear around that- fear that becomes acute as a function of age. I have known the pain of unwelcome sciatica jolting down my leg like a 200 volt lizard tongue. I’ve known the hassle of not being able to get out of bed on my terms a day after moving too many loads of firewood. It’s a quick ride to bleak when one considers, however irrationally, a future of chronic pain and limited mobility. Luckily for me, it goes away.

And every time I hoist the 5 gal water jug from the floor to its cooler cradle, I have a very serious and mindful moment of the mechanics of what I’m about to do. Lift with the legs dude! Then I do a little non-denominational prayer in the church of humility that this will go well.

None of these things moved the needle of concern in the halcyon days of yore or youth.

I also lead a super active life in which I use my back to lift, dig, run, shimmy, throw, stomp, dance, doink and climb, though admittedly, when I dance, it resembles a back muscle spasm. And when I Tik Tok dance in the viewshed of my teenage daughter (which is always), she uses her back (and every related muscle) to remove herself from the humiliating scene and hide in her room.

But respect for the fragility and awe for the strength of

the human back is not relegated to an age bracket. My Olympic-bound high school swimmer buddy (17 years old) told us he reached for the alarm clock’s snooze button to get an extra 5 minutes of rest before 5am practice.

He reached the wrong way (how can there be a wrong way…?) and threw his back out while laying flat. Stayed there for 2 straight days till muscle relaxants and painkillers de-mummified him.

That was the end of that.No more competitive swimming or anything physically risky except excruciating pain and the hobbled gimp of an old man in a young body who just got run over by a runaway sh#t cart *. (* ‘Runaway Sh#tCart’ is a good name for a band if you’ve been thinking about coming out of the pandemic slinging a guitar…)

So damn right I’m getting out of this car carefully…

I meet my Rail Trail walking partner and he does a few deep knee bends, groans a little and gives me the perfunctory, superficial pleasantry of, ‘hey how doing’ which may or may not have a question mark implied. But it will get an answer…

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Applestone invested heavily in Main Street, only to close quickly.

ested in possibly partnering with someone on a venture at the facility which she refers to as “state of the art.”

Joshua Applestone had “no comment at all” on the matter and no knowledge of Ryan’s vision. “I’m sorry but we’re not doing any interviews about our closing,” Applestone replied to an interview request. The statement on the company website thanks the community for their patronage and friendship and states “In the immediate future we’ll be developing and offering products and services to help retailers expand their businesses

through innovative technologies. We look forward to sharing more information about this soon. In the immediate future we’ll be developing and offering products and services to help retailers expand their businesses through innovative technologies. We look forward to sharing more information about this soon.”

Through the end of July it's possible to order on the website and get curbside pickup in the Stone Ridge location until inventory runs out, according to the website.

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according to their mission statement. Applestone, which opened its Stone Ridge location after relocating from Accord, had a second retail location in Hudson NY. The Hudson shop also closed on July 9.

Local officials, nearby businesses and residents are stunned by the news. “We were caught off guard,” said Marbletown Planning Board Administrator Shawn Marks who stated that the planning board had no insights as to why the business closed or what might take its place.

Applestone went through the planning board process to have the extensive construction project approved. “We are just as surprised by the closing as everyone else,” said Marbletown Supervisor Rich Parete. “Applestone Meats was such an asset to Stone Ridge, they are going to be missed. I don’t know if the property will be sold.”

Evry Mann is the owner of the Marbletown Multi-Arts building which is located across the street from Applestone. “My wife is devastated,” Mann said. “That was our go to place and we were over there at least once a week! They put such time and energy into renovating that property and it really improved Route 209. They invested a lot in that. It was such an asset in the community, I would love to see someone continue the vending machine idea.”

Another local resident who lives nearby wished to remain anonymous. “Since about fall of 2019 there hasn’t been much activity there and they stopped work a long time ago on the park that would have been a picnic park with grills that have gone unused. I noticed the unmowed lawns” This longtime Stone Ridge resident described a time when Main Street was residential. “I’m not sure why he didn't at least restore the facade to meet historical standards,” she said.

The owner of Stone Ridge Orchard, Elizabeth Ryan, is devastated by the closure. “We've known Josh and Jessica for a number of years. They have been visionary since the time I met them,” Ryan said. “It was an extraordinary opportunity for our community. It was an incredible project that supports and sustains my work as a local farmer and supports sustainable local food systems. This is a tragic development. They fought the good fight.”

Ryan shared that she had been looking forward to working again with Applestone and considered the store a tremendous amenity for the town. She shared information about the state of the economy for local agricultural business. “We have weathered staggering losses and changes due to COVID. Our NY markets have plummeted with a 75% decline in mid and lower Manhattan markets and our wholesale to restaurants ended.

However, now our upstate markets have increased 50% and ‘U-Pick’ has increased 50%.” Ryan stressed that “any way you slice it, being in the food business has tremendous challenges at every level without being in COVID.” Ryan mentioned staffing challenges, pointing out the lack of affordable local housing options available for workers. Ryan also expressed that she would be inter-

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On left, Ryan Martens of Grassroots farm and his cows. Center, Jeremy Glaser with his pigs. Right, Ryan Martens and Jeremy Glaser at Grassroots farm in Accord Photos by Jeff Slater and Emily Martens

Here’s the beef (and pork)!

Grassroots Farm providing grass fed, free range, beef and pork to our local community Jeff Slater BSP reporter Small farms are a big part of the local farm scene, and Ryan Martens and Jeremy Glaser of Grassroots Farm are taking their place among them, raising cattle and pigs to provide local folks with good quality products.

“We are raising cattle out on pasture and producing 100% grass fed, grass finished beef and also pasture raised pork. Pasture raised means that the animals spent their entire lives out in the fields where they are built to be. We don’t use containment facilities and we feed them the food they’re meant to eat. They’re breathing in fresh air and mowing the grass,” said Ryan Martens.

Martens and Glaser have two spots, one on Old King’s Highway for the cows that’s about 110 acres and the other for the pigs on Whitfield Road. Glaser raises the pigs and Martens the cattle. They send out the livestock to Eagle Bridge Custom Meats for butchering. “They’re top notch in animal ethics;, they treat our animals well,”

said Martens.

Martens started in 2019, taking over a herd of cattle for Charles Noble of Movable Beast Farm. Glaser came up last May and bought ten pigs, and is on his second herd of pigs. Both are from Bergen County, New Jersey, and met through Glaser’s brother who went to college with Martens. Both young men feel a strong connection to the outdoors and taking care of it.

“I just fell in love with farming and started working with livestock soon after,” said Martens. “Most people have misconceptions about raising cattle and their impact on the environment and think they’re bad for the environment, bad for the grasslands. The management of the cattle is the problem. If you take care of them properly, they actually are good for the ecosystem.”

“I grew up loving the outdoors and my family was involved in animal rescue,“ said Glaser. “I always loved animals, so when Ryan started, I’d come up here to see him and the cows almost every weekend and finally decided to move here.”

Both Glaser and Martens are proponents of regenerative agriculture, “It’s basically raising livestock on the land to produce high quality products and also to regenerate the soil and take care of the animals,” said Martens.

“Like Ryan said, it’s like using the animals for what they are meant for, like pigs tilling up the soil and to provide a quality product for the customer,” said Glaser.

With plans of getting their own place and growing their herd, these young men are just getting started. Grassroots Farms beef and pork are sold at the farm by the half and quarter, at the High Falls Food Co-op, and at the new Accord Market. CSA shares are also available. Contact the farm at www.grassroots-farm.com, www.grassroots-info. com or (201)- 414-4079.

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Kudos Local graduate receives scholarship to Hartwick College Cody R. Wolfeil, 2021 graduate of Onteora High School, received a full scholarship to attend Hartwick College in Oneonta NY this fall. Wolfeil, son of Randy Wolfeil and grandson of Margaret Wolfeil, both of Accord, plans to study computer sciences.

Wolfeil was awarded the Samuel Nelson Scholarship, the Hartwick College Founders' Award, and a Federal Pell Grant. Wolfeil graduated with a Regents Diploma and received the Wolfeil Onteora Alumni's "Imagine Onteora LTD Award."

Hartwick College, founded as a seminary in 1797, consistently ranks as one of the nation's leading independent colleges. The college has 1,200 students and 187 faculty members.

Scholar Kudos Christopher Smith of Tillson, was named to the College of the Holy Cross Spring 2021 Dean's List. A member of the Class of 2022, To qualify, students must pass four or more letter-graded courses with no failing grades during the semester and earn a GPA of 3.5 or higher. Smith is majoring in Environmental Studies.

Will Wright of Stone Ridge was named to the Dean's List at Rochester Institute of Technology for the 2021 Spring Semester. Wright is in the electrical engineering program.

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Photos of volunteers at the sale all taken by Anne Coleman.

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Make Hay While the Sun Shines This column comes from deep in my archives to honor a now-vanished local tradition. Everything has changed since it was written but the fields, and rumor has it, they may sprout houses.

It’s mid-summer, and that means that soon, any day now, I’ll hear a knock at my door. My neighbor Harry will be standing there, grinning under his faded blue summer hat, and he’ll say something like "Is it gonna rain tomorrow?" And that's how I know it’s time, once again, to bring in the hay.

My house is sited between two old, scrappy, hill farms, both still owned by members of the families that have for generations farmed them. They no longer need to wrench a living from this dense, rocky soil, so hay is the only crop still harvested.

Haymaking serves many purposes on these kinds of places. For one thing, annually mowing keeps a field a field. Unchecked, white pine can quickly turn a meadow into a sapling nursery, and then a forest. Also, the sale of baled hay provides agricultural income from the land (albeit tiny, balanced against sweat and labor). But most importantly, this yearly ritual is the connective tissue of a rural area; it binds the old farmers to their memories, the volunteer field hands to each other, and everyone involved to the unpredictable ways of nature.

My neighbor Bill, who owns the farm to my south, vividly recalls summers he was sent to the fields alone, save

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the draft horse who pulled the mower, to cut the year's hay for his family's dairy herd. He still can't pass a certain flat rock in one field without hearing the ringing sound of his horse's heavy shoes. Bill would start cutting in June and not be finished until September.

"I think about that," he says, "sending a kid of 11 or 12 out alone all day."

Harry, whose farm is to my north, worked at a local sawmill, but also cared for a herd of dairy heifers, a flock of chickens, and a big kitchen garden. Retired from the mill, he’s the neighborhood Hay Master. He cuts 2,000 bales from his land, and hays Bill's fields, my small parcel, and one other farm down the road. By the time June arrives, his two mid-1950s Massey Fergusons are running like Swiss watches, and his eye is firmly glued to the TV weather reports.

The making of quality hay is a gamble with nature, more art than science. Cut hay must cure for several rainfree days before it can be compacted into bales. Rainedon hay loses nutrients, takes longer to dry, and may become moldy and un-feedable. (Read: mulch.) Moldy bales heat in the decaying process, and can even combust, burning with them your livestock's winter food supply and even your barn. That's what happened in 1898 to the original barn on Harry's land. After the fire, neighbors pitched in and helped Harry's family build a new one.

Their names are still inscribed on an inside wall.

Maybe that's the reason Harry is so meticulous about every part of the hay-making process, from cutting, “tedding,” to stacking bales just-so on his home-made wagon. It’s paid off. In the ten years I've fed his hay to my horse, only once was there mold, and that was the year rain poured incessantly. Harry was so apologetic. "I did

the best I could," he told me sadly. "The rain just kept coming." But actually the moldy bales were my own fault.

When Harry cuts your hay, he leaves the final timing decision to you. If you ask for weather-predicting help, don't expect him to squint sagely at the sky. Harry relies entirely on the TV forecast, cursing them soundly if they lead him astray.

Well-tuned equipment and three fair days in a row is all he needs to cut, rake and bale a good-sized field. But on baling day, he also needs two to four reasonably able souls willing to spend the height of a sticky summer afternoon hoisting 40 pound bales. Each summer's crew is an eclectic neighborhood mix. There’s something every age and ability can help with; from throwing bales, steering the tractor, or simply manning the cold water jug.

Initiates are advised to wear long sleeves and pants, but I don’t. I'd rather suffer itchy skin than wear coverup clothes on the most stifling days summer can throw. "The weather can't be helped," Harry always says, as an apology. Then he adds his yearly hay season joke: "Maybe next year, I'll try cutting in November."

But despite the inescapable itching and sweating, there’s genuine magic in haying: seeing legions of crickets scatter from the tractor wheels, a frantic killdeer protecting a nest, finding tiny fawns tucked into the grass.

There’s also the primal, human communion of sharing harvest, and the sweet, satisfying scent of a barn stuffed with a winter's worth of feed. But the most potent magic of all is the sense of pure relief when the job is finally finished and you realize an entire year will pass before you even have to think of doing it again.

Shout out to the locals!

Believe it or not, I have been a cranky heifer lately. It’s a good thing for all readers that I’m self-aware, able to recognize and change my behavior. I know, I know, I’m a rare breed. Lucky you. The good thing about me is that even if I’m cranky and hot, and busy, and tired, I am funny.

In fact, that’s one of my favorite things about myself so I’m glad most….ahem…most of you agree. With that being said, because I’ve been in a post-COVID mood, I thought I’d send some local love your way. After all, this is a local paper and it is about time.

Here’s to all the locals who don’t have a swimming pool! Sorry to say we don’t have many swimming holes to visit either. But, I see your sweat and raise you a menopause!

This shout-out goes to you, my hot friends.

Around town Here’s to those who stop to help turtles cross the road safely. As much as I rush around as if I’m on fire, I appreciate you. I will gladly stop, take a moment, and allow you to help any animal that doesn’t bite reach its destination. Should you need assistance, just give me a wave. Like I said, I’m just watching you and taking a moment to breathe. I probably will even help you if the animal does bite because I’m pretty sure I’m going to die trying to pet something I shouldn’t.

Here’s to whoever painted the yellow lines on Main Street in Rosendale. All I can say about this is state workers are maybe in a post-COVID mood, as well. Or maybe they are imbibing in White Claws a little too much. Or perhaps they were swerving for an animal trying to cross the road, I’m not sure. Whatever the case may be, straight lines are boring. Cheers to keeping traffic lively.

Here’s to the new RVC High School football field! I’m a little late with this shout-out but whoa! I drove by the school the other day and was so impressed. It literally made me want to go back to high school, throw on my saddle shoes, grab my poms and yell at the top of my lungs “WE ARE THE GANDERS, CUTIE CUTIE PIE!” Ok.

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Maybe not THAT cheer. Yikes. That was rough even for the 80’s.

Here’s to the new ice cream place in Kerhonkson, Sleeping Giant Ice Cream Co. Welcome to the neighborhood. As an ice cream addict, I am so glad you aren’t pizza or Chinese! Wishing you the best of luck and love the bright, eye-catching, colors.

Here’s to everyone who decided to sell their homes and make a substantial profit! I mean, I hate to see you go and I hate to have to deal with whoever is moving in. (Please insert another ahem here.) The sad part is you can’t buy another house because there goes your profit. So, hopefully, you are moving out of state with said profit and, for

that, you go, you! Buy yourself some ice cream. If you’re in the process of selling, can you do your girl a favor and make sure he’s a tall, good-looking, single, professional in his 50’s who is seeking a ridiculously funny local girl?

Thanks.

Here’s to all the locals that display signs that actually matter. And equal cheers to those who have taken down any irrelevant political signs. Not to name names but the presidential race has been over for months. Let’s stay focused on the local political signs that are everywhere.

Better yet, let’s focus on the signs that promote peace, humor, and positive movements. Thanks.

Speaking of signs, here’s to everyone who has ‘Now Hiring’ signs up. I know it’s hard to hire when people don’t want to work. I know you will be struggling with this until September. I know that you are working hard, are overwhelmed, and people tend to suck. But, cheers to you for remaining open and doing the best you can to serve the locals. Most of us appreciate you. Most of us won’t be snarky and complain. Most of us won’t post bad reviews online. Most of us.

Time for a PSA – don’t suck! Be nice, support the local businesses, and please have patience while doing so.

You’ve really got nowhere to go, you aren’t that busy, you aren’t the only person on the planet, and you obviously want whatever they are serving or selling..so, relax. Chill.

Take a breather. We are all human and doing the best we can. Yourselves included. Thank you.

This PSA has been brought to you by Kelly Wright, the corrector of bad behaviors, the righter of wrongs, and the just be kind movement around town. *applause* Lastly, here’s to all the locals who tell me they love my articles. Haha! Thanks for approaching me at Stewart’s.

Sorry I was slurping down my shake in a low-blood sugar moment. Thanks for the conversation at the caucus. I am not political in any way so the diversion was great. Thanks for the bonding Facebook messages; I’m so sorry you truly understand what I was making fun of. Just a localwide thank you for your support and realizing that, if you can’t make fun of yourself, come sit by me.

Shout out to you all!

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Avocado? Or Avacadon’t?

Avocado toast with a side of bacon-flavored judgment…

The avocado. That zaftig, oblong, blubbery hedgehog of a veggie (a fruit ,actually, owing to its golfball sized pit).

That super trendy, red carpet dinner guest that can be seen on the arm of any and not be belittled, besmirched, bedeviled by anyone anymore.

Even my own veggie-skeptical father, at the end of his life, who would wince at anything green on his plate for fear that it was too healthy, held space for the flayed or smeared (frog snot!) avocado.

(It also happens to be easy on old, new, or missing teeth and thus becomes the pablum that completes the circle of life).

Its universal adoration defies not just age, but gender, nationalWally Nichols ity, and socio-economic status.

It’s bland enough to get away with being widely embraced. It’s widely embraced enough to get away with being bland. And yet, it’s flavorful enough to far surpass such nondescript filler as tofu. And it’s green, so it must be good for us. Cue the wincing father…

I love the avocado. I’m not alone. US avocado consumption has exploded in recent years (up 400% by some accounts in the last decade) as a source of affordable (more on that in a second) , meat-free, fat (essential in our diets).

It has landed in the lap of an entire generation in the form of avocado toast, a trendy, multi point way to start the day if not hemorrhage your paycheck. So popular is avocado toast that Dunkin Donuts (that harbinger of culi-

Put a fork in it

Horoscopes The 4 personal planets are close to each other and roughly opposite to the outer planets, Uranus being the only exception – lying midway between the two groups. Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Pluto remain retrograde, causing little disruption to the planetary picture. Mercury is conjunct the Sun and opposes Saturn and Pluto while Venus and Mars continue their love affair for better or worse and are opposite Jupiter. This results in a separation between the individual as a person and the Joanne events happening around us. The full moon on the 24th falls in the Ferdman sign of Aquarius and suggests we leave emotions behind and take on a strict rational outlook.

Your Zodiac

ARIES: 3/21 to 4/19: Mars, your ruling planet, is positioned in your 5th solar house of creativity and children and is conjunct Venus as it enters your 6th solar house of daily work. It is possible you met a new individual with whom you may establish a working or personal relationship that includes broadening your present source of income. The approach of the full Moon will remind you that business and personal relationships can work together.

TAURUS: 4/20 to 5/20: Venus, your ruling planet, is positioned in your 5th solar house of creativity and conjunct Mars. It also finds you energetically pursuing a creative new idea that provides greater ability to pursue a career more suited to your instincts and talent. With Uranus in the 1st solar house there are many ideas that you will find worthwhile. However, as the full Moon approaches, you will realize the importance of remaining practical.

GEMINI: 5/21 to 6/20: Mercury, your ruling planet, is positioned in both your 2nd solar house of money and your 3rd solar house of the conscious mind, education and travel. Perhaps your primary interest is in changing career – to one that will allow you more personal freedom such as travel or greater freedom of expression. As the full Moon approaches you will realize that to change in this way will mean giving up certain present benefits.

CANCER: 6/21 to 7/20: This month the Moon child is

Breakfast Location: Toast terrace Contact: Ava Cado Style: Luscious

nary trends) offers avocado toast AND avocado toast with bacon. (As if!!!). Talk about a zesty Zeitgeist….Raise the bar above the pink and brown of DD, and avocado toast as a meal might cost into the teen$.

But, like anything, avocados have a dark side (especially

dealing with the full Moon in Aquarius in your 8th solar house calling for you to make a change. However, Saturn the stern teacher is positioned in that house and wants the details. It seems you’re yearning to develop your artistic side and would like to test it out by taking a course or two. The full Moon on the 24th will find you looking into possibilities available to do just that.

LEO: 7/21 to 8/22: The Sun, your ruling planet, is positioned on the cusp of your Ascendant and conjunct Mercury. It is opposite Pluto in your 6th solar house of daily work. You would like to increase your income and are presently trying out opportunities to find the work that suits you best. As a Leo you want to be needed as well as respected to be content. The full Moon in your 7th solar house will help you discriminate between offers.

VIRGO: 8/23 to 9/22: Mercury, your ruling planet, is positioned between your 11th and 12th solar houses, showing a concern with finances as well as the unknown.

However, with Venus and Mars at the Ascendant, you are sure to be extremely busy helping others as well as yourself. Remember to relax and meditate often. The full Moon on the 24th falls in the 6th house of health, adding to the stress you must be feeling.

LIBRA: 9/23 to 10/22: Venus, your ruling planet, is positioned with Mars as they enter your 12th solar house.

Discussions between you and your partner are intense at present, possibly related to finances or health. A solution will emerge when the conversation shifts to alternatives instead of the blame game. The full Moon on the 24th will help with creative thinking. These problems may easily become pleasure with the right words.

SCORPIO: 10/23 to 11/22: Mars, one of your ruling planets, is positioned in your 10th solar house of career about to enter your 11th - designating income and is conjunct Venus. This indicates your income is increasing – in part the result of your innovative ability. Therefore, you are experiencing a new positive relationship to your career. The full Moon in Aquarius may place a temporary setback in the process, but it will work out.

SAGITTARIUS: 11/23 /21: Jupiter, your ruling planet, is positioned on the cusp of the 4th solar house of home and family. Emphasis remains on the details of daily experience. Recent changes have been disturbing and some have been beneficial, but they have left you searching for new and different ways to approach each day. The full Moon on the 24th falls in your 3rd house of communication, suggesting you attempt a different approach.

CAPRICORN: 12/22 to 1/20: Saturn, your ruling planet remains in your 2nd solar house of money. The “old goat” is perennially interested in success – with money

if you wait for them to ripen even 4 minutes too long) because there is no free lunch in this world, as my finger waggin’, Depression-era granny always said.

I like my avocado toast with a side of judgment so, poking around a bit, I discovered that avocado consumption has had an untoward impact in the following ways. And before I stomp on the avocado parade and mush it with my heel, my personal belief is that the net-net of avocado consumption far outweighs the ‘cost,’ and my behavior is not likely to change. Just setting that straight. Plus,I love the avocado…

There is science and data supporting the following , but I’m not citing specifics, just pushing back the curtain a little bit on the show.

Avocados are massive consumers of water, and irrigation for farming negatively impacts fresh water sources and supplies in growing communities. Because of global demand, and resultant high prices, avocados have attracted the attention of (mostly Mexican) drug cartels.

(Haven’t personally tried to smoke or free-base avocado, but maybe…?) Lucrative avocado exportation from local sources has caused (mostly impoverished) growing communities to not be able to afford/eat this food they grow, which reads as cruel irony. The carbon footprint, while way less than eggs (also smeared on toast in the morning) or meat, is still quite high because of irrigation energy (diesel water pumps) and long haul trucking (Mexico is by far the largest source of avocados for the US and Canada).

So, carry on, as will I. It is just so delightful that I have no choice but to embrace the avocado and realize that if I could grow them here, I totally would. They like water. We have a lot of that these days…

uppermost in mind. You presently see your way clear to achieve your goals, meeting the right people and heard in the right places. The new Moon may bring a temporary lull in your progress, but the summer is the time for vacation. Enjoy it!!

AQUARIUS: 1/21 to 2/19: Uranus, your ruling planet, is positioned in your 4th solar house of home and family.

The Sun and Mercury are conjunct and positioned in the 6 and 7th solar houses of daily work and partnerships.

The result is that you are sure to be busy with home, home improvements, and the summer outdoors weather brings barbecues and neighbors. The full Moon is in your own sign, making you feel restless and ready to return to work.

PISCES: 2/20 TO 3/20: Neptune is your ruling planet and continues to be positioned in your 1st solar house, encouraging you to focus and discipline your creativity.

This is especially important with Jupiter entering your 1st solar house as well. It is significant that you are also meeting many new people and forming new relationships.

The full Moon in Aquarius may act as an inspiration for your new ideas.

Joanne can be reached at 561-744-9962. She is available for private telephone consultations if you want more information relating to your personal chart. Treat yourself - and you will learn what to expect from the current transits and receive an overview of long term goals. Remember to read both your Sun sign and your Ascendant.

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FOR THE FAMILY Stone Ridge Library Knitting Group The Stone Ridge Library Knitters meet 10 a.m.-noon Saturdays in the yard at Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St., Stone Ridge, with upcoming gatherings on July 17, 24 and 31. All ages and experience levels can join, and drop-in knitters are also welcome. Bring your own supplies, do as much as wanted, and ask for help or advice if needed. Donations of yarn to the library get made into items for sale at the Library Fair and during the winter holidays for the benefit of the library. Some group members also knit things for local hospitals or for U.S. troops. For more information, visit stoneridgelibrary.org or call 845-6877023.

Free yoga class comeback celebration grand reopening at Whole Sky Yoga of Stone Ridge To celebrate their return to in-person community gatherings, Whole Sky Yoga, 3588 Main St., Stone Ridge will be holding a free hour-long yoga class with WSY Founder Sara Trapani, 1 p.m. Saturday, July 17, in the Sky Room.

The class is accessible for all levels. All are welcome. Sign up at wholeskyyoga. com or by calling 845-706-3668.

Hurley Heritage Museum reopens with Main Street walking tours The Hurley Heritage Museum is open and free to the public 1-4 p.m. every Saturday, (this month on July 17, 24, and 31), through the end of October. For more information and for walking tours reservations, visit hurleyheritagesociety.org.

Rhododendron Meander along the Mossy Glen Footpath at Minnewaska Laura Conner, Environmental Educator, will lead this three-and-a-half-mile hike, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, July 18, that will follow along the edges of the Peter’s Kill, a gently gurgling stream that runs through cool hemlock forests and tropical-feeling blooming rhododendrons. This trail does include some tricky footing, such as slippery rocks and exposed tree roots, but the other half of this route, which follows along the Lower Awosting Carriage Road, is an easy stroll. All participants should come well prepared with appropriate footwear, food, and water. All unvaccinated participants are encouraged to wear face coverings and keep a minimum six-foot distance away from others who are not part of their immediate household. Additionally, all unvaccinated visitors are required to wear a mask when inside buildings. Meet at the Lower Parking Area. Pre-registration is required by calling Minnewaska at 845-255-0752.

Rosendale Farmers Market Join the community at the Rosendale Farmers Market, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. each Sunday (this month on July 18, 25 and Aug. 1), in Willow Kiln Park, 5 Hardenburgh Lane, Rosendale. This season’s vendors include Fiddlehead Farm (thefiddleheadway.com), Wrights Farm (eatapples.com), Spruce Run & Stoney Ridge Farm (sr-srfarm. com), Three Sisters Farm (facebook. com/thethreesistersfarm), HV Heirloom Farm (hvheirloomfarm.com), Acorn Hill Farm & Creamery (acornhillfarmny.com), Bonticou Ducks (bonticouducks.com), Hermans Erie Hotel, Jennie’s Woodstock, Cereghino Smith Wines (cereghinosmith. com), Manifest Coffee and Rosendale

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The UlsterCorps Glean Team

Blueberry Gleaning Hudson Valley Farm Hub Farm Stand Farm to Food Pantry Collaborative Join the community for blueberry gleaning, 8:30-11 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, July 19, 21, 26, 28, Aug. 2, 4, 9 and 11, at Hudson Valley Farm Hub Farm Stand, 2324 Route 209,

Economic Development Committee.

All vendors are required to wear face coverings, and it is suggested that all patrons wear a face covering while they are shopping at the market. This will create a safe environment that will protect everyone. For more information, visit rosendalefarmersmarketny.com.

Writers’ group with Cathy Arra Two separate writers’ groups meet on alternate Mondays at the library in the activity room, 3700 Main St., Stone Ridge, with a maximum of 10 participants in each group. The program is designed for those who are actively writing and publishing work and who want to participate in a structured critical feedback process.

Cathy Arra, a poet, writer, and former teacher of English and Writing in the Rondout Valley School District, facilitates the groups. Group 1 is meeting July 26, Aug. 9 and 23; and Group 2, July 19, Aug. 2, 16 and 30. Email carra22@aol. com.

Artful Journeys lecture with Sevan Melikyan visits Cezanne Studio, Aixen-Provence This lecture series on Zoom meets at 11 a.m. Mondays through August for Artful Journeys with Sevan Melikyan, owner and operator of the Wired Gallery in High Falls. The next excursions are to Old Town Aix-enProvence Walking Tour and the Cezanne Studio on July 19; Van Gogh in Provence: Arles, Part 1 on July 26; and Part 2 on Aug. 2. For more information, visit artfuljourneysllc.com/provence. Register at artfuljpurneysllc.com/classes-registration.

Summer camp is back at High Meadow School Campers ages 2-14 are invited to High Meadow’s 7.5-acre campus, 3643 Main St., Stone Ridge, for three weeks of summer enrichment camps. Safety will be a priority as small groups of campers will follow protocols and guidelines in a largely outdoor environment. The camps will take place Monday-Friday, July 19-23, July 26 -30 and Aug. 2-6. The theme of Week One is Nature’s Harmony and will also feature a Ninja Training Camp (parkour, martial arts, orienteering). Week Two’s theme is Outdoor Art Adventures and will also have an improv and comedy program available for older campers with Amy Poux from YET. Week Three will be all about Fantasy, Fairies and Dragons. During Week Three, older campers will have the opportunity to register for the Wayfinder Day Camp.

Marbletown. Harvest fresh blueberries to be donated to the local food pantries, shelters and community meal programs. Volunteers of all ages are welcome. Wear sturdy shoes, sunscreen and long pants. Containers will be provided.

If it is raining, glean will be rescheduled on the Tuesday or Thursday of that week instead. Register by call/text 845-481-0331 or email glean@ulstercorps.org.

For information and registration, visit highmeadowschool.org or call 845-6874855.

Rosendale Theatre new youth theatre program led by Broadway veteran Ryan Emmons To kick off the Rosendale Youth Program, Ryan Emmons will be directing high school-aged actors in a production of Shakespeare's “Twelfth Night.” This year's program is for young actors, 14-18 years old, and will be held for five weeks Monday-Friday, July 19-Aug. 22. The first three weeks run from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

(July 19-Aug. 2), and the last two weeks will run from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (Aug. 9-22).

Performances will be held on Aug. 21 and 22. Actors must be available for the full five-week program to participate. Limited scholarships are available. For cost and information email info@rosendaletheatre.org and put Youth Theatre in the subject line.

Preschool story time at Stone Ridge Library Join Ligeia Garland for preschool story time for children ages 3-5 years, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesdays, July 20, 27, Aug. 3, 10 and 17, on the back lawn at the library, 3700 Main St., Stone Ridge. For information, visit stoneridgelibrary.org or call 845-687-7023.

Mahjong, Tuesdays and Fridays at Stone Ridge Library The Stone Ridge Library now hosts ongoing weekly mahjong at 10 a.m. Friday mornings (July 23 and 30) and a beginner’s group, 10 a.m.

Tuesdays, (July 20 and 27), in the activity room of the library, 3700 Main St., Stone Ridge. New members are welcome.

No registration required. Just walk in.

For more information, call 845-687-7023 or visit stoneridgelibrary.org.

Conversational French with Claudine Brenner A native French speaker, born in Paris and raised in Europe, Claudine Brenner chose Stone Ridge as her place to retire following a 30-year government career abroad. Culture, medicine, travels and anything/everything culinary are favorite subjects that she would love to share and exchange with others, speaking in French. The program she is offering via Zoom is held 1-2 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month, with the next conversation hour on Tuesday, July 20.

Visit stoneridgelibrary.org or call 845687-7023 to sign up.

Clay teapot workshop in Stone Ridge Create a teapot representing a favorite book, draw an image from the book that

inspires, and join Jill Obrig on the back lawn of the library, 4-5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 20. Registration is limited to 15 participants. For more information and registration, visit stoneridgelibrary.org or call 845-687-7023.

Junior Naturalists: Blueberry Picking: Continuing a Tradition at Minnewaska July is wild blueberry season, so join Park Educators and other families to pick wild blueberries while taking a one-anda-half-mile hike on the Meadow Paths, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 21. Along the way, the group will discuss the history of blueberry and huckleberry picking at the Park Preserve and look for signs of wildlife in the grasses and ponds. Attendees must bring their own containers! This program is designed for children between the ages of 7-12 years old, accompanied by a parent or legal guardian over the age of 18. Younger and older siblings are always welcome, but young naturalists may require some assistance. All participants should come well prepared with appropriate footwear, food, and water. All unvaccinated participants are encouraged to wear face coverings and keep a minimum six-foot distance away from others who are not part of their immediate household. Additionally, all unvaccinated visitors are required to wear a mask when inside buildings. Meet at the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center, 5281 Route 44/55, Kerhonkson. Pre-registration is required by calling Minnewaska at 845-255-0752.

Poetry with Rosemary Dean Join the community via Zoom, 1:3-3 p.m. every Thursday, with the next few meetings on July 22, 29 and Aug. 5. This program is presented by the Stone Ridge Library.

Contact Rosemary Dean at rmdeen@ gmail.com to join the group.

Story time for ages 5-11 years at Stone Ridge Library Join Julianna Arms, 3:30 p.m. every Thursday, July 22, 29, Aug. 5 and 12, on the back lawn of the library, at 3700 Main St. Stone Ridge.

For more information, call 845-687-7023 or visit stoneridgelibrary.org.

Yoga on the lawn, Saturdays at Stone Ridge Library Deb Jones from the Yoga House in Kingston will teach an hourlong class, 10 a.m., Saturdays, July 24 and 31, for all abilities, on the lawn at the Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St., Stone Ridge. Classes are free. Registration is required for each class. For more information, visit stoneridgelibrary.org or call 845-687-7023.

Wawarsing Historical Society and Knife Museum On Route 209, just past the intersection of Route 55 in Napanoch, the Warwarsing Historical Society and Knife Museum will be open 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Saturdays and noon-4 p.m. Sundays through Saturday, Oct. 2. Free knife sharpening will be offered to the public on Saturdays, July 24, Aug. 14 and 28, Sept. 11 and Oct. 2. There will also be a knife raffle with tickets $5 each, available at the museum and at the upcoming Blueberry Festival in Ellenville in August.

Private tours are also available by calling 845-626-0086 or 845-626-5028. For more information, visit theknifemuseum. com or call 845-647-7792.

Vanaver Caravan of Rosendale’s summer dance classes CaravanKids and SummerDance program will take place at the outdoor, open-air dance studios of at Stone Mountain Farm, 475 River Road Ext., Rosendale, July 26-Aug. 13 for ages 9-18. Students train with world renowned teachers in myriad dance forms including Modern, Ballet, Percussive, Step, Tap, Flamenco, Afro-Carribean Soca, Hip Hop, Swing Dance, Jazz Vernacular, Yoga, Choreography Challenges, Theater, Bollywood and more. All SummerDancers also receive discounted Trapeze and fly lessons with 5th Wall Flying Studio, located on the premises. For more information and registration, visit vanavercaravan. org or call 845-256-9300.

Stone Ridge Library presents Spanish conversations with Francisco and Varcia via Zoom ¿Hablas español? To brush up on Spanish conversation skills and meet other language lovers in a friendly and stress-free environment with facilitators Francisco Rivera and Varcia Venetzanos, join the class on Zoom, 1-2 p.m. every fourth Tuesday of the month, with the next session on July 27. All levels are welcomed. ¡Hasta entonces!

Rivera was born and raised in Spanish Harlem in NYC and is a long-term resi-

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Events continued from page 20 dent of Marbletown. Venetzanos, also of Marbletown, is a native New Yorker. She is also a fluent speaker of Greek, which was her first language. Sign up at the SRL online calendar at stoneridgelibrary. org or call 845-687-7023.

Volunteer to repaint and renovate the Rosendale Theatre Help renovate and repaint the theatre, 10 a.m.-noon and/or noon-2 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, July 2830, at the Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main St., Rosendale. For more information and registration, visit rosendaletheatre.org or call 845-658-8989.

Out and back to Gertrude’s Nose at Minnewaska Join Laura Conner, Environmental Educator, for an adventurous almost eight-mile hike to Gertrude’s Nose and back along the same route, 9:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 1. All participants should come well prepared with appropriate footwear, food, and water. All unvaccinated participants are encouraged to wear face coverings and keep a minimum six-foot distance away from others who are not part of their immediate household. Additionally, all unvaccinated visitors are required to wear a mask when inside buildings. Meet at the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center, 5281 Route 44/55, Kerhonkson. Pre-registration is required by calling Minnewaska at 845-255-0752.

Town of Rochester Summer Youth Recreation Program The Town of Rochester Town Board and Recreation Department Summer Youth Recreation Program will run its second of two five days per week summer program, Aug. 2-20. Due to Covid-19 protocols, the program will only be available for Town of Rochester residents. Paperwork for the summer program is posted on the town’s website, townofrochester.ny.gov. Contact the Recreation Department at recreation@ townofrochester.ny.gov or at 845-6262115.

Junior Naturalists: Insects Aflutter: Butterflies and Moths of Minnewaska Join other families to learn about some of our most beautiful and well-known insects, butterflies and moths, 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4. Learn how to identify common species found in New York. Then take a two-mile hike around Lake Minnewaska to look for insects and their homes. This program is designed for children between the ages of 7-12 years old, accompanied by a parent or legal guardian over the age of 18. Younger and older siblings are always welcome, but young naturalists may require some assistance. All participants should come well prepared with appropriate footwear, food, and water. All unvaccinated participants are encouraged to wear face coverings and keep a minimum six-foot distance away from others who are not part of their immediate household. Additionally, all unvaccinated visitors are required to wear a mask when inside buildings. Meet at the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center, 5281 Route 44/55, Kerhonkson. Pre-registration is required by calling Minnewaska at 845-255-0752.

Monthly volunteer event at Minnewaska Join Nick Martin, park educator, in giving a little love back to Minnewaska in this recurring volunteer program, offered 10:30 a.m.-noon on the first Friday of every month (Aug. 6). Volunteer efforts for this program will be focused on light and short tasks, such as weeding the planting areas around the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center, pulling invasive plant species along the edges of the carriage roads, performing light trail work, or doing a little light cleanup where needed. Volunteers should bring work gloves, waterproof boots, and wear clothes they don’t mind getting dirty. Meet at the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center, 5281 Route 44/55, Kerhonkson. Email Nicholas.Martin@ parks.ny.gov to preregister.

American Red Cross Blood Drive at Marbletown Community Center There is a severe blood shortage; donors are needed. Come to the Marbletown Community Center, 3564 Main St., Stone Ridge to make a blood donation, 8 a.m.12:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 7. For more information, visit redcrossblood.org.

Children’s late summer art fusion camp at Ulster County Historical Society Facilitated by Stone Ridge artist Jill Obrig, this end-of-summer camp will

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Set in France in the late 18th century, the film tells the story of an affair between an aristocrat and a painter commissioned to paint her portrait.

Butcher & Bar Community Nights presents, 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' Join the community for food, films and fundraising, all summer long in support of local non-profit organizations, at Butcher & Bar, under the tent outside the Hasbrouck House, at 3805 Main St., Stone Ridge. There is a $35 donation for the meal and the movie is free.

Stone Ridge Library Foundation will receive 25% of the proceeds from all meals donated, 4-8 p.m. Thursday, July 22. Come early for an afternoon of lawn games followed by dinner, and then a free screening

of 2019 French historical drama film, “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” rated R, at 8 p.m.

Community Nights and Sunset Flix are rain or shine events. The menu includes a beef, black bean or beyond burger; fries, and Arrowood Farms Brewery & Distillery of Accord tap beer, wine, soft drink and Cherries Ice Cream Bar & Grill of Stone Ridge ice cream cupcake.

For more information, call 845-687-0887 or visit hasbrouckhouseny.com or

Join the book group, 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 21, in the activity room, at the Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St., Stone Ridge, as they discuss, “A Good Death,” by Christopher Cox. When American Linda Watts, who emigrated from Laos as a child refugee, dies of a drug overdose in Bangkok, the insurance company holding her policy doesn’t buy that her death was accidental.

They send Boston PI cover detail Sebastian Damon to Thailand to investigate.

Once there, he realizes two things: she is alive, and he is unable to navigate Thai society on his own. Wisely, he enlists the aid of Sam Honeyman, one of his dad’s buddies from ‘Nam, who has made Thailand his home. Contact Sarah Robertson to register, at sarah@stoneridgelibrary.org.

Jazz Cats & more Saturdays, at Lydia’s Café

Singer/Songwriter Amythyst Kiah. Photo

by Sandlin Gaither

Stone Ridge Orchard presents Amythyst Kiah Along with tapping into the vibrant musicality honed through her studies in East Tennessee State University’s Bluegrass, Old Time, Country Music Program, the Chattanooga-bred singer/songwriter, Amythyst Kiah expands her artistry with alternative rock and folk music. This break-out artist will perform, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 17, at the Orchard, 3012 Route 213, Stone Ridge. Doors open at 3 p.m. with Emily Duff opening the show at 4 p.m. followed by Kiah. All ages welcome with all proceeds from the event benefit the TMI project Center. For more information, visit stoneridgeorchard.com or call 845-687-2587.

Every Saturday night, Lydia’s Café, 7 Old Route 209, Stone Ridge, features live jazz music from 7-10 p.m. on the patio. Upcoming performances include Brazilian-American jazz with Luz da Lua, Ann Belmont, guitar and vocals; Todd Anderson, tenor sax and flute; Adam Cote, bass, and Todd Isler, drums and percussion, on July 17; the Tom DePetris Quartet, Lou Pappas, bass; Jim Carroll, drums; Charles Frommer, sax and DePetris on guitar on July 24; and the Jazz Cats, featureing original music

by Mark Usvolk and a few standards, with Peter Tomlinson, keyboard; Tix Amacost, sax; Usvolk, bass; Bob Meyer, drums and Ron Horton, trumpet on July 31. Call to reserve a table or bring a blanket/chairs for lawn seating. There is no cover charge for Saturday nights on the patio at the café, but donations are always welcome. call 845687-6373 or visit lydias-café.com.

Matt Munisteri Duo Jazzstock is back live and in person, 8 p.m. Saturday, July 24, at Senate Garage, 4 North Front St., Kingston with the Matt Munisteri Duo featuring Munisteri, American jazz guitarist, singer and songwriter and Danton Boller on bass.

Proof of double vaccination (two weeks prior to concert) required at the door.

Tickets are $30 at jazzstock.com or at Rhino Records, 6 North Front St., Kingston.

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Ted Dixon, Yellow Circle 1, acrylic on canvas, 24" x 16."

Many local artists featured in 'Eye to Eye' exhibit The Olive Free Library Association presents its fourth annual juried summer group exhibition, entitled, “Eye to Eye.” The show runs from July 24-Sept. 11, with an opening reception and concert fundraiser featuring Soul Purpose, 3-5 p.m.

Saturday, July 24, on the front lawn of the Olive Free Library, 4033 Route 28A, West Shokan.

Soul Purpose has a distinctive take on Smooth Soul, Swing, R&B, Jump Blues, and New Orleans Funk music with its seven-piece “smokin’ band with lead singer Sara Espinosa; Dr. Lori Morris, alto and tenor saxophone, percussion, and background vocals; Rich De Crosta, trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion, and background vocals; Cue Gerhards, guitar and vocals; Francis Ralston, bass and background vocals; Jerry Teters, drums; and Dr. James Prosser, keyboards and background vocals.

The exhibition is juried by renowned Rosendale artist Tom Sarrantonio. Drinks and snacks will be provided. A $10 donation is suggested.

For more information, visit olivefreelibrary.org or call 845-657-2482.

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Open Eyes, an art exhibit by Marbletown Artist and Calligrapher Barbara Bash

Events continued from page 21 be held 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. MondayFriday, Aug. 30-Sept. 3, at the Ulster County Historical Society, 2682 Route 209, Marbletown. Campers will create sculptures, paintings, drawings, natural assemblages, learn theater arts and go on a field trip to see pollinators. In addition, any local high school student with an interest in education, science and history who would like to assist Obrig in a paid position at the camp is encouraged to reach out to her. For more information and registration, contact Obrig at 845750-5515 or noodles2@hvc.rr.com.

Rosendale Seniors upcoming trips The Town of Rosendale Seniors will visit Mount Rushmore, the Badlands, the Black Hills of South Dakota and other sites Sept. 3-13. Cost is $1,089/person, double occupancy. Everyone must have the Covid-19 vaccination, required by Diamond Tours. Reservations are being taken for the trip to Pennsylvania Peak, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, Sept.

22, for dinner and a show, a tribute to Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn. Cost is $68/person. For more information and reservations, call Chickie at 845-6582414 or Hal at 845-658-9020.

Marbletown Seniors trips Trips leave from and return to Marbletown Reformed Church, 3750 Main St., Route 209, Stone Ridge, across from the Stone Ridge post office. The seniors will take a day trip to Villa Roma Resort in Callicoon on Tuesday, Oct. 19. Bus leaves at 8:45 a.m. Entertainment will be a tribute to Bobby Darin and Elton John

by Dave Lafame. Hot meal is included in $60 price. Wednesday-Friday, Nov. 10-12, will feature a visit to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for the Amish Holiday Tour featuring “Queen Esther” at Sight & Sound Theatre; "Winter Wonderland" at the American Music Theatre, and shopping at Tanger Outlets and Kitchen Kettle Village. Cost is $430 per person, double occupancy, and $559 for a single occupancy. If interested in any trips, call Sharon Letus, trip chairperson, at 845687-9162.

Indigenous pottery traditions of the Southwest classes taught in Rosendale Lia Lynn Rosen of A Potter on Main Street welcomes all to her weekly hand-building, functional pottery classes and by-appointment wheel tutorials.

Adult beginners and children, age 8 and older, are welcomed. The Sunday course meets 12:30-2 p.m. and is $30 for adults or $40 for parent-child pair. Basic pinch, slab and coil, surface design and glazing, and indigenous pottery traditions of the Southwest are taught, in sequential classes. Reserve a spot at the studio at 430A Main St., Rosendale. Visit apotteronmainstreet.com, call 845-419-2861, or email liarosen@earthlink.net.

MaMA Sunday Gatherings continues virtually Marbletown Multi-Arts of Stone Ridge's Sunday Gatherings provide meditation on various spiritual matters and issues continues virtually via Zoom, 11 a.m. to noon each Sunday with upcoming sessions on July 18 and 25 and Aug. 1. Newcomers are always welcome. For more information, visit cometomama.org or call 845-853-5154.

Death Café group discussion via Zoom Circle of Friends for the Dying’s Death Café is a group-directed conversation with no agenda, objectives or themes.

It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counseling session; it is free and open to everyone. Death Cafés are held on the 18th of each month, with the next discussion, 6:30-8 p.m. Sunday, July 18. For information, visit cfdhv.org.

Online Tarot Circle every Wednesday Shea in the Catskills (Olive Free Library clerk) will host a weekly online tarot circle, 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, with the next sessions on July 21, 28 and Aug. 4 via Zoom, member ID 951525112.

Whether a total beginner, a curious sort or an experienced reader, all are most welcome to join this circle to explore the tarot together. Bring a deck, a journal and questions. For information, email Shea at helpdesk@olivefreelibrary.org.

Trans Spectrum The local chapter of this peer support group for people of transgender experience and those who identify as genderqueer, non-binary, or under the broader trans umbrella meets online, 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, July 21, 28 and Aug. 4. Email amelia.moon. diamond@gmail.com for entry and visit lgbtqcenter.org for more information.

Madarka is Duska Ramic on vocals and keyboard; Fre Atlast, percussion; Harry Sweet, fiddle, mandolin, and vocals; Jim Luckner, sax and clarinet; Karl Raacke, cello and guitar; and Meghan Quinn, accordion (not pictured).

Art & music in the woods with Madarka and more, at the Rail Trail Café There is a natural backdrop and canopy of trees, a small sound system, a few lights, and open ears and hearts at the Rail Trail Café, 310 River Road Extension, Rosendale.

Upcoming performances include Zero Waste & Net Zero: A Climate Story with waste systems transformation activist Margot Becker at 6 p.m. and Mario Rincon with folk songs from Appalachia to Andalucia at 6:30 p.m. tonight, Friday, July 16; jazz, swing, waltzes and Irish fiddle with, Duet, Claudia Forest on violin and Jon Ahmadjian, guitar and vocals, 1 p.m. and Gisela Stromeyer: Just Like That, 6 p.m.

Saturday, July 17; Kirtan In the Woods with Madeleine Grace, Seth Lieberman, Brian Festa and Steve Gorn, 11 a.m.; Klezmer, Roma, Balkan, Romanian and Russian folk music with Madarka, 1:30 p.m. and singing to the Fireflies: Author/Musician Evan Pritchard, 4 p.m. Sunday, July 18; Levanta, 5:30 p.m. Friday, July 23; Ariel Lublin:

From conflict to conversation: coaching for the inner warrior, 1 p.m.; Ripple Little with Eric Archer on guitar; Malcolm Gold, bass; and Brian Festa, percussion, 3 p.m.; and salsa and Latin Jazz with Pablo Shine, 6 p.m. Saturday, July 24; Spirit Brothers: Kirtan with Steve Gorn, Ev Mann, Robert Bard and Ned Leavitt, 11 a.m.; folk, rock and alternative music with Marji Zintz and Bruce Milner, 1:30 p.m.; and Artist, Singer/ Songwriter Gah-be (Gabriel Vanaver): Summer Tour, 4 p.m. Sunday, July 25; High Low Duo, Guitarists Cameron Greider and Jack Petruzzelli with western swing and classical music, 6 p.m. Friday, July 30; Liana, Madeleine and Kaylah, 1 p.m. and Radharani: Kirtan, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, July 31; Joakim Lartey and Friends, 1 p.m. and David Levy and Steve Thayer: Haiku Flute, 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 1.

For more information, visit railtrailcaferosendale.com or call 845-389-7714.

An exhibit of original art from a wide selection of Barbara Bash’s books that explore the world of the desert, old growth forests, Indian banyan trees, little brown bats, black footed ferrets and urban birds will be displayed and for sale throughout the Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St., Stone Ridge, August-October during regular library hours. Copies of Bash’s books will be available for purchase at the opening reception, 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 1, to support the library.

Bash is a calligrapher and illustrator who has written and illustrated numerous award-winning books for children illuminating the stories of the natural world.

She has traveled widely to experience the creatures and ecosystems firsthand and has shared her drawing and research process with many school children over the years. She has lived in Marbletown for many years.

For more information, visit barbarabash.com, stoneridgelibrary.org or call 845-687-7023.

A detail from a page from, “Phantom of the Prairie: Year of the Black footed Ferret,” written by Jonathan London and illustrated by Marbletown’s Barbara Bash

Herbal self-care for immune strength and resilience with Hillary Thing, LAc. Holistic Health Community is dedicated to affordable holistic healthcare for all, offering in-person Community Holistic Healthcare Day and Virtual Holistic Healthcare Week with their volunteer practitioners.

In-Person Holistic Healthcare Day & Virtual Holistic Healthcare Week Holistic Health Community of Stone Ridge will offer an In-Person Healthcare Day, 4-8 p.m. (with check-in ending at 7 p.m.) Tuesday, July 20, at the Marbletown Community Center, 3564 Main St., Stone Ridge, and its Virtual Healthcare Week, Monday-Friday, July 26-30. All sessions will be booked online.

Practitioners offering their services include Cornelia Wathen, releasing trapped emotions from past trauma; Donna Nisha Cohen, spiritual counseling; George Jacobs, Psycho-spiritual Counseling and coaching; Heather Fox, energy kinesiology; Jadina Lilien, ancestral family constellations; Dr. Jerry Wintrob, holistic vision; Judy Swallow, Rubenfeld Synergy®; Karin Reynolds, life coaching; Katy Bray, resonance; Kris Journey, astrology consultations; Maureen Smith, hypnotherapy; Sharon Lococo, consciousness shifting; Shalamit Elson, sound healing; Sigrid D’Alleo, biodynamic Shamanistic healing; Stephanie Rooker, voice journey; Suzanne Bottigliero, chakra clearings; and Wendy Wolosoff-Hayes, spacious heart guidance.

Other free holistic opportunities include free Quigong classes, Bobbi Esmark; free Death Cafes, Circle of Friends of the Dying; systemic and ancestral group constellations, Jadina Lilien; Yoga Nidra, Shivarm in Hawaii; and daily community meditations with Therese Bimka.

Patients should make an appointment for one session only so the maximum number of people may benefit. To make an appointment, go to http://hhcny. simplybook.me. Once the appointment is made, all information will be sent to the practitioner, and then they will contact each patient. Holistic Health Community is dedicated to affordable holistic healthcare for all offering free holistic healthcare with their volunteer practitioners.

The Holistic Health Community, Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, charitable corporation. Visit their website to donate and for more information about the Holistic Health Community, its practitioners, and the modalities offered at holistichealthcommunity.org or call 845-867-7008.

Sponsored by the Holistic Health Community of Stone Ridge in collaboration with the Morty and Gloria Wolosoff Foundation, this Zoom workshop will be held, 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 28. Plants are natural allies for keeping the immune system strong and body resilient. Many health problems arise because of depletion and a disordered or sub-optimal immune Thing response to infections and toxins. This class will provide easy-to-implement ideas for preventing infection, building resilience against microbial disease, and strategies for re-building the body’s strength following infections such as Lyme, viruses, and other stubborn infections.

Hillary Thing, LAc. has over 20 years of clinical experience in the natural treatment of Lyme, auto-immunity, and chronic illness. She is Founder of the Nourishing Life Health Center in Marbletown and trains health professionals in her approach towards the holistic treatment of complex chronic disease through the Holistic Lyme Practitioner Mentorship. Visit uprootinglyme.com for more information. To register for the workshop, visit holistichealthcommunity.org or call 845-867-7008.

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