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Phelps Health Tip:
Lead Sponsor Phelps Hospital Northwell Health shares the following: Based on some estimates, vegetables supply over 50% of vitamins C and A, and much of our B6, magnesium, niacin, thiamin, and iron. Eating a variety of seasonal plant foods, which supply these and many more nutrients, can help reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease .
Market Intern Program
The Market is accepting applications from area High School students for the Intern Program. For information inquire at the Manager s Table or email
info@pleasantvillefarmersmarket.org.
Hi Beth Seeley!
Beth Seeley, (Assistant Director) and Dianne Eggert (Executive Director) run the Farmers Market Federation of NY, which supports and promotes the viability of farmers markets in our state. Beth was visiting several member farmers markets last Saturday, including Pleasantville. The Farmers Market Federation was a tremendous resource for guidance and networking for the hundreds of NY markets and producers t
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Coppersea Distilling’s wide-open outdoor farm space in New Paltz is a pandemic-perfect craft beverage hangout. Abundant in natural resources, once a vital thoroughfare of trade and travel, the Hudson Valley has long been a tourism destination, though the nature of its draw has evolved over time. In the 19th and early 20th century, it was a pastoral refuge for the wealthy and powerful, who built their estates along the river. In the early 1900s, creatives flocked to arts colonies to be kissed by the muse of nature. The Borscht Belt resorts fostered a culture of luxurious summer recreation and a safe haven from anti-Semitism. In the second half of the 20th century, the rocky crags, thick forests, and winding waterways sang out to hikers, bikers, and rock climbers, who travelled from all along the East Coast to summit the peaks, swing from the ledges, and swim in the lakes.
The Revitalization of Newburgh is Finally Happening.But For Whose Benefit? click to enlarge
This mural on the side of a building between Liberty and Johnes Streets commemorates
Frederick Douglass’s visit to Newburgh in 1870. Twelve years ago I was participating in a community clean-up of a vacant lot in downtown Newburgh when someone found a deer leg. The rest of the deer was nowhere to be found. The cleanup ended for the day shortly after that, on account of temporary demoralization. That lot has since been transformed into a lush and sustainable urban park, complete with sculptures that double as public cell phone charging stations and massive, stately photographic portraits of Newburgh residents peering down from the wall of the once-and-future Ritz Theater. If you re looking for one thing to symbolize the positive changes happening in Newburgh today, stand on the corner of Broadway (the widest main street in America) and Liberty Street
Ronnie Maisonet knew he was making special seafood when guests at the family events he catered asked for bigger portions and seconds before he’d doled out first servings.
Now, during a pandemic and one of the three worst economic downturns in a century, he and his wife Tiffany are turning a seafood side project into their primary business. Next month, they’ll open the Crab a Bag Puerto Rican seafood restaurant at 85 Liberty St. in the City of Newburgh.
Despite the coronavirus, they’re not alone.
Americans are founding new businesses at the quickest rate in over a decade, according to U.S. Census Bureau data tracking applications for the employer identification numbers used to form companies.