![Annie O’Neill and Andy Hague](https://gardinergazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image001-EDIT-800x400.jpg)
Thanks to community support and strong vocal opposition to draining, Tillson Lake, the Palisades Interstate Parks Commission (PIPC) and the New York State Office of Parks agreed to do a new study on the cost of upgrading the dam, including a fresh look at the dam’s classification as “High Hazard.”
![The Gardiner Gazette](https://gardinergazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/default-placeholder-800x400.jpg)
It has been brought to our attention that portions of the article, Under the Radar: Development and Community Input in Gardiner in the Spring issue of the Gazette were not up to the Gazette’s usual standard of impartial journalism.
![Wallkill River](https://gardinergazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Wallkilllookingupstream-800x400.jpg)
We can all help restore our river so that it is once again safe for swimming, canoeing, kayaking, and other water activities, as well as make it safe again to fish.
![Gardiner Day](https://gardinergazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_9206-800x400.jpeg)
Gardiner Day will be held on Saturday, September 7, from 11am-4pm.
![Eileen Majestic Ingraham](https://gardinergazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/eileen-EDIT-800x400.jpg)
If you’re not a native of Gardiner, you’d be forgiven for thinking that “majestic” is an adjective. Although now synonymous with Gardiner, the Majestic family did not appear in Gardiner until the early 1930s.
![Stone Wave Yoga](https://gardinergazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/SWY5-EDIT-800x400.jpg)
This past May, anyone driving around Gardiner will have noticed numerous small signs inviting one and all to the “Good Vibes Celebration” at Stone Wave on June 3rd.
![Michele Tomasicchio](https://gardinergazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_0779-002sm-800x400.jpg)
Many folks in Gardiner know that Michele Tomasicchio has been making all-natural skin care products for many years at her studio on Albany Post Road, but the owner of Made With Love Natural Skin Care has branched into some new areas lately
![Kaleidoscope Arts Center](https://gardinergazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image1-1-800x400.jpeg)
Angelique Hanesworth and her husband, Jeff Frey, are excited to announce that Kaleidoscope Arts Center, at the corner of Albany Post Road and 44/55, should be opening this fall.
![Brent and Carrie Wasser](https://gardinergazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_8312-better-lamb-800x400.jpg)
In 2018, Brent and Carrie Wasser moved to Gardiner and began Willow Pond Sheep Farm. They are both committed to raising their sheep humanely and responsibly, as well as to respectfully dealing with the environment.
![The Barn at Phillies Bridge Farm](https://gardinergazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/190521_025543_6-800x400.jpeg)
There is something inherently romantic about a barn, especially one that has weathered the storms of life and still stands strong to tell of it.
![Rock the Ridge](https://gardinergazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/rock-the-ridge-start-800x400.jpg)
Rock the Ridge is a 50-mile endurance challenge running course in the Mohonk Preserve and the Shawangunk Ridge. The course has four legs and is run almost entirely on carriage roads.