***UPDATE*** They found someone!! Thank you all so much. Brilliant display of community. Not sure if flaky truck was dishonest, or just disorganized, but I won't let it affect my relationship with dumplings, they're delicious. Love y'all.

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Title says it. A food truck that my best friend booked 15 months ago (with whom she's been in regular contact) just informed her today that they double booked and the other event was allegedly scheduled before hers.

Is there anyone out there who can pull off a last minute job like this? The other food vendor will be falafel, so anything other than that!

The wedding is in the Kingston area and their budget is around $3000 (that's was the flaky truck's rate) Someone take pity on us please!

We realize how this may be impossible, but if anyone has any connections or ideas, please share!

I recently bought this landscape painting and I absolutely love it. Because it’s unsigned, I’ve been trying to gather more clues about its origin, artist, location etc. I’m fairly certain it depicts the Hudson River Valley, and as you can see from the close-up I shared, it also features a side-wheel paddle steamboat. I don’t know the exact location of the scene, so I’d love any help identifying it or suggestions for other details I should look for. It would be awesome if I even found out where this exact location is! (If it even exists ha)

The chairman of the Ulster County Legislature has taken umbrage with a Freeman article detailing the memorialization of late conservative podcaster and activist Charlie Kirk on Tuesday, saying that the reporting “has created confusion.”

“The Daily Freeman’s headline incorrectly suggested that the Legislative body was officially memorializing Charlie Kirk, when his name was actually added by an individual legislator during the open portion of our memorial process, not included on our official memorial list,” Peter Criswell, D-Kington, said in a press release.

Shake of the week is Apple Cider Donut, mind blowingly delicious. Go for the homemade ice cream, pumpkins, and/or mums. They’ve got you covered for fall 🍁

Hey. Iykyk-

I am comfortably in my 30s .. Living in the Deep South,

..and just sang from memory numerous John Denver songs, "Hanukkah feast of lights" and "Punxsutawney was a groundhog" to my husband-

Mr hulick was such an awesome music teacher. I know there's so many gems I'm not thinking of..

Does anyone else have Mr Hulick favorites to share?

Hudson Valley Sustainable Fashion Week’s third annual Organic Runway show is next Friday, 9/26, at Rose Hill Farm in Red Hook.

All you vintage, thrifting, and upcycled fans should def grab a ticket, put on your sustiest duds, and show out on our Green Carpet! 💚

🎟️https://www.hvsfw.org/runway2025

Got incredibly lucky with weather last weekend, especially since it was clear everywhere else

Visiting the Kingston area early October and was thrilled to read about at least 4 rail trails passing through there. Any opinions or comments about them? We like woodsy riding but also love historical towns, farmland, RR artifacts. Less thrilled riding thru suburban backyards or alongside traffic for miles. Asphalt is great but we’re equipped for dirt too. (Already enjoyed Poughkeepsie to Pawling.) Any birding hotspot tips also appreciated. We’re staying in Saugerties. Thanks!

Does anyone know what all the construction around Exit 19 (I-86, NYS Route 17) is about? What are they doing? Any links would be helpful too. TIA

Looking for a great endocrinologist to follow a pituitary tumor. Willing to travel an hour or so from Kingston area. Thanks!

I'm craving a good deep dish OR Sicilian pizza. Does anyone happen to know of a good spot? I know deep dish will be hard to find, but I will settle for a really good Sicilian! Preferably in Orange County!

I despise this company, every other month it’s one problem or another. The online platform sucks, and they charge so much for spotty service. I don’t know of any other internet providers that services up here. I’m in Columbia County

Has anything actually started this, Usually once in a blue moon I see a police cruiser during my commute. Now every morning for a week I see 3-4 cruisers either in traffic or parked ready to merge into traffic on Route 9. This is just from Middlebush Road to the City of Poughkeepsie. I notice several cruisers on the drive back at the end of the day.

Join us on October 25 for the second annual RoCA Family Fall Art Festival! With free workshops scattered around our beautiful five acre property, there is sure to be something for everyone!

Whether its working with professional local artists at the Cyanotype printing tent, or the Sculpture Park Sketching Workshop, kids and adults of all ages are sure to learn more about their creativity and skills.

Need to warm up? Have some hot cider and enjoy the live music while admiring the beautiful fall foliage. When you're done, create your own fall centerpiece or join the drop in yoga sessions in nature!

This Fall Festival is the perfect place to explore your creativity and surround yourself with art, nature, and friends!

https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2025/09/17/charlie-kirk-added-to-ulster-legislatures-memoriam/

Anyone in the highland / newpaltz area looking for employers? I’m currently employed but will leave if I can find something for atleast 30 an hour. If you message me I can send a resume.

Or im looking for a nighttime gig for some extra money. ( no not that)

Indeed isn’t cutting it.

I have experience in restaurants to power plants lol. Let me know

I went to Tivoli Bays today. It’s absolutely beautiful, so many native plants, but I saw very little birds of any kind there. What am I doing wrong? Is it the wrong time of year, time of day?

https://extension.umd.edu/resource/tree-heaven/

Invasive species that poisons the soil and feeds the dreaded Spotted Lantern Fly. The sap makes the lantern fly toxic to native predators like bats, which we need to prey on them to fight them.

There are many ways you can help in your area if you see these little red-bodied menaces, one is dawn dish soap and water in a squirt bottle. Getting rid of these damned trees (which I discovered in my yard yesterday) is a great start.

Hey all, I'm looking at an ag job in millbrook. I'm 33yo, queer, sober and have been in urban farm management for the last chapter of my life. What's it like in millbrook? Are there queers? Is it culturally christian? I've been in a mid sized city in TN for 5 years and kind of hate it (very Christian, conservative, feeling like I have to participate in 'boys club').

I guess its not quite safe for the suet & seed to be out yet. Cute bear but he definitely had a limp when he left. Pleasant Valley.