The new Ulster County plastic bag ban has not only increased our awareness of how ubiquitous plastic is but also, for some folks, has inspired memories of what life was like before plastic packaging.
Barbara Sides combined a supreme calm with extreme passionate for whatever she did, and the Gazette benefitted from both those qualities.
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.
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.
In the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, Gardiner had sidewalks.
Have you ever wondered about the name of Gardiner, your hometown? Or the names of places around town and its many ancestral families?
For Ulster County it all began around 1869, when a few gentlemen from Ellenville facilitated the construction of the Ellenville Driving Park and held a small fair featuring horse racing and agricultural exhibits.
Today’s welfare system—whichever side of the debate you are on—is our version of what the poorhouse was then.
About 1890, one of two Dusinberre brothers built a home at 22 Dusinberre Road, complete with a small carriage house and, next to that, an outhouse.
Getting to know the multitalented man that is David Loewen.