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Athlete Spotlight : Yorktown's Annie Durante
YORKTOWN, N.Y.—Yorktown’s Annie Durante is one of the Huskers’ four senior field hockey captains, along with Brie Gaccino, Norah Guss, and Clare Ryan.Durante, a goalie, is coming off a season where she was named All-Section Honorable Mention and All-League in 2023. She has been playing varsity field hockey since being an end-of-season call-up from the JV at the end of her sophomore year. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTERIn the spring, Durante also plans to play Yorktown’s girls varsity lacrosse team for a fourth season. How old were you when you started playing field hockey and what...
Hudson Valley’s Top Apple Orchards: Poll Reveals Favorites!
As the crisp autumn air settles in, Hudson Valley residents are gearing up for apple-picking season. In a recent Facebook poll, locals were asked about their favorite apple orchards, and the results are in! Here are the top five favorite spots to pick your perfect apple. 1. Jenkins-Lueken Orchard, New...
If Hudson Valley Towns Were People at a Party
Reddit is home to countless entertaining threads, but few have the staying power of the "Hudson Valley Towns as People at a Party" on the ever-contentious R/HudsonValley. What began as a lighthearted joke almost four years ago has evolved into a multi-year conversation, with locals continuously chiming in to keep the fun going.
Poughkeepsie to New Paltz Bike Tour: Fall Foliage on Two Wheels!
As the Hudson Valley approaches peak foliage, it’s the perfect time to hop on your bike and immerse yourself in the beauty of autumn. The Poughkeepsie to New Paltz bike tour offers a delightful way to weave through charming towns while enjoying the crisp fall air and the crunch of leaves beneath your tires. The Hudson Valley Rail Trail, Walkway Over the Hudson, and the William R. Steinhaus Dutchess Rail Trail connect New Paltz in the east to Hopewell Junction in the west, providing over 20 miles of accessible trails for everyone!
Armed robber steals $30,000 and passports from New Jersey Halal meat shop
Police are hunting for an armed robber who held up a New Jersey Halal butchery and market, making off with $30,000 and passports. The robbery happened Sept. 21 at Paradise Halal Meat in Paterson, with surveillance video obtained Saturday by News 12 New Jersey showing a masked man bursting into an office in the back of the business, which is both a butchery and a marketplace, and then pointing ...
90-Year-Old Sausage Maker Cooks Up Authentic Oktoberfest Favorites In The Hudson Valley
While tons of stores and businesses around the Hudson Valley began to embrace the spooky season before summer even ended, there's a different fall holiday that deserves some love first. Oktoberfest is a long-running German tradition that we've adopted with open arms in the Hudson Valley. Typically involving copious amounts...
Another Hudson Valley Big Lots Store Reportedly Closing
The Big Lots store located in Poughkeepsie, New York is scheduled to shut its doors soon and now it appears another Hudson Valley location will soon follow. Back in August, we learned that the discount retailer Big Lots was preparing to close over 300 stores across the country including 10 in New York State. Stores in Buffalo, Queensbury, Ithaca, Plattsburgh, and on Long Island were all set to close soon (full list below).
New York’s Favorite Halloween Town Is Hosting A Massive Fall Fair This October
For autumn done right, hop aboard the Metro-North and make your way to the Sleepy Hollow Street Fair on Saturday, October 5th. The mother of all fall festivals, this Westchester extravaganza sets the bar exceptionally high. You can expect close to 200 vendors and nearly 5,000 visitors from near and far making the most out of the New York Halloween town. A post shared by Jessie Spellmann-Mignone📍Westchester NY (@whats_in_westchester_ny) While perusing the happenings taking place on Beekman Avenue, expect seasonal trinkets and decor, food trucks, music, a bouncy house for kiddos, and of course, a taste of the local neighborhood. That means you should expect a drop-in from the unofficial town icon, the Headless Horseman, who will show up on his stallion in his finest creepy cape. He’s easy to find: he’s the one without a head.
Wappingers Falls Organization To Appear on Popular NBC Talk Show
A local organization, whose mission is to end the addiction relapse cycle, was welcomed back to a popular NBC talk show. Hudson Valley Organization Gets Spotlight on The Kelly Clarkson Show. The Kelly Clarkson Show has become the "it" talk show of the moment. Last year, Clarkson invited the ladies...
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