PHOENICIA, N.Y. – The owner of Maeve’s Place, a Phoenicia coffee shop, told a congressional panel Tuesday that with government resources, employment for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities can be stepped up. Iva Walsh, a 10-year Phoenicia resident, made her comments in five minutes of testimony before the House Small Business Subcommittee on Entrepreneurship […]
PHOENICIA, N.Y. Iva Walsh is headed to Washington, D.C., but not for any rally or to pitch any sort of political point of view. Instead, the 10-year Phoenicia resident whose daughter has Down syndrome is set to testify before a congressional panel on the benefits to small businesses hiring people with intellectual disabilities. Walsh, […]
PHONECIA, N.Y. Iva Walsh has made a dream come true. “Our dream to provide employment for people with disabilities is now our reality,” said Walsh, owner of Maeve’s Place, a restaurant and coffee shop at 5569 state Route 28. Walsh, whose daughter, Maeve, has Down Syndrome and works at the shop, has started to […]
The southernmost leg of Route 28 winds through
northwest Ulster and southeast Delaware counties,
offering travelers sweeping views of the Catskills’
highest peaks and easy stops along a string of historic
communities defined by their intrepid mountain spirit.