Old Chatham News

The aromatic scents of cheese and coffee will lure you inside Plum Plums in Pound Ridge, where owners Audrey and Adam Free and partner Wendy Marilee insist you taste a little of this Montgomery English Cheddar, or a bit of this creamy Ossau Iraty goat cheese; or even better, some Gorgonzola Cremificato, before you buy.

I once had a colleague who chucked journalism to become a cheesemaker, and I've since read several similar stories about people quitting careers to pursue the life of a fromageur .

The Rusty Anchor Waterfront Bar & Grill, a converted barge moored on the Hudson River in Watervliet, has opened for the season.

Summer Brennan, right, and Lauren Warner, 5, introduces the adopted Pine Hills rooster, nicknamed "Dunkin'," to a pony named "June" at Lynn's Little Brook Farm in Old more... The Pine Hills rooster at his new home on Little Brook Farm in Old Chatham Wednesday afternoon May 6, 2009.

Elvis Perkins is constantly in motion. For years leading up to his haunting, beautiful debut, Ash Wednesday , Perkins wandered around the country, exploring new lands and sowing his musical oats by writing songs, playing in several bands, recording and moving on to new creative outlets.

OLD CHATHAM The Shaker Museum and Library has announced plans to close its Old Chatham museum buildings in preparation for the future move to the historic site at Mount Lebanon Shaker Village in New Lebanon.

Hudson-Catskill Newspapers OLD CHATHAM - A fire that destroyed a home on Haddock Hill Road in Old Chatham Wednesday afternoon was found to be electrical in nature, according to Tri-Village Fire Chief Brandon ...

Lynn Cross's pet pig, named Charlotte, has a taste for pizza. Feeding her is Andrea Neiman, art teacher at Columbia High School in East Greenbush.