New Paltz News

The New Paltz Turkey Trot is an annual five kilometer walk/run on and near the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail which benefits Family of New Paltz , helping fund programs throughout the year.

NEW PALTZ Governor David Paterson Thursday announced nine items he wants addressed when he calls lawmakers back to Albany for a special session on November 10.

NEW PALTZ - Beautifying the landscape at New Paltz High School got students outside and incorporated a variety of lessons.

On Huguenot Street, at the west end of New Paltz, six original stone houses and a cemetery, along with a reconstructed stone church, reflect the lives of a French-speaking Protestant community that settled there in the early 18th century.

Judelson, Giordano & Siegel, an accounting and business consulting firm in Middletown, was a major sponsor at the recent Hudson Valley Estate Planning Day at SUNY New Paltz.

NEW PALTZ - The State University of New York at New Paltz will host a lecture by Pulitzer Prize-nominated author Marya Hornbacher, who wrote 'Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia.' Hornbacher and will speak at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Lecture Center 100.

A hot-air balloon ride upstate could just be your special whoosh come true. Get in on the action where the rubber meets the road at Drivers East High-Performance Stunt Driving School.

The New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce holds a Fall Business Card Exchange from 7:30 - 9:30 a.m. at Performance Sports and Wellness, 3 Cherry Hill Plaza, New Paltz.

An ongoing survey of New Paltz residents suggests that the need to buy candy varies widely depending on which part of town you live in.

Editor's note: The Poughkeepsie Journal is running a series of candidate profiles prior to the Nov.

The tax burden of New Paltz is a continuing concern for residents. Residents of New Paltz will be asked to vote on some significant tax increases within the next year.

This weekend two of William Shakespeare's most famous works will be staged locally by two very unique and talented companies.

PLEASANTVILLE - If Peter Cavieux's life story to date was on DVD, the chapter list might go like this: Queens boyhood, Vietnam, domesticity in Cortlandt, presidential recognition in the Rose Garden.

If, as some would have it, the whole town is talking about a proposed multimillion middle school renovation project, no one chose to talk about it publicly Wednesday evening.

A 23-year-old man now being held on misdemeanor stalking charges in Ulster County Jail has been identified by police as a person of interest in connection with an attempted rape near the SUNY New Paltz campus last month.

Kevin Zraly, left, accepts a G. Steve Jordan print from New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce board Chairman Ernie VanDeMark of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp.

School board member Edgar Rodriguez has heard all the arguments and seen all the numbers, and he's still not convinced the school district should be building a new middle school.

John Molloy was recently recognized for his 50 years of service in the beer distribution industry.

The New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce held its September after-hours mixer on Sept.

NEW PALTZ - Following a sting operation Friday, the Town of New Paltz police charged employees at five local businesses with selling alcohol to minors.