NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – The Jewish Congregation of New Paltz called out Village Trustee and Deputy Mayor Alexandria Wojcik for reposting a dissertation of the pro-Palestinian encampment at SUNY New Paltz in early May that the congregation said used language with antisemitic tropes that endangered Jews.Objections to the now-removed social media repost escalated Friday with […]
NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — The New Paltz Pride March and Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary on June 1, with a full afternoon of festivities celebrating and uplifting the LBGTQ+ community.Like years past the festivities kick off at noon with a march leaving New Paltz Middle School and heading down Main Street, before it hangs a […]
Mutual aid initatives took off across the country amidst the financial and food insecurity of the pandemic. One of the most common and accessible of these are free community fridges, where neighbors and local organizations donate food from fresh baked bread to kale from the garden for anyone to come and take. There are dozens of these volunteer-run "freedges" throughout the Hudson Valley.