Walking Rockefeller’s carriage trails
The 65 miles of carriage trails along Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Pocantico Hills wind through meadows, across streams and up hills with views of the Hudson River.
Apocalypse now
In an atmosphere with daily headlines tracking potential climate catastrophe, political division and inequality, a new exhibit from Peekskill’s Hudson Valley Museum of Contemporary Art places a spotlight on contemporary paintings with dystopian themes.
Going micro on the big day
Couples are increasingly moving weddings outside the big ballroom.
Lighting an environmental solution
How many hockey players does it take to screw in an energy-saving LED light bulb? Just one – former New York Ranger Mike Richter.
Attaining another summit
Climbing Kilimanjaro, helping the kids of St. Christopher’s in Dobbs Ferry and taking hold of a Rockland nonprofit all ad up to a Nelson Mandela University Alumni Achiever award for Kurt Kannemeyer.
The Simone Sisters: Following dad’s path in real estate
Sisters Patricia and Joanna Simone are the third generation to work in the family business, the major, metro New York real estate firm Simone Development Cos.
Spanning artistry
Capturing the beauty of the Hudson River through its concrete and steel structures.
Leader of the (wedding) band
Hal Prince keeps weddings rockin’.
‘Big kids’ get messy in the name of charity
The New York Yankees got down and dirty in White Plains recently to help the Ty Louis Campbell Foundation combat childhood cancers.
Higher learning ‘saves the farm’
Marist College takes over Sprout Creek Farm in Poughkeepsie and learns a thing or two about making cheeses.
When the ‘world’ came to NY
More than 50 million people arrived in Queens in the summers of 1964 and ’65 to attend the World’s Fair at Flushing Meadows Corona…
Teatown’s Wildflower Island: ‘The Forest That Once Was’
In Ossining, a small island is home to one of Westchester County’s most diverse wildflower habitats. The island’s very creation was unintentional, but has allowed “a treasure chest of floral jewels” to thrive in isolation.
A humane approach to raising chickens
Pound Ridge Organics brings humane approach to the coop and co-op.
White Plains authors teach chess through its (very long) history
What started as classroom lessons in the Bronx is now a published guide to chess told through its most famous players and stories.
A Western Hemisphere star
Jersey City’s Liberty Science Center is now home to largest and most technologically advanced planetarium in the Western Hemisphere, and that’s more than just a marketing boast.
Icy plunge for a hot cause
This past August marked the three-year anniversary of the Ice Bucket Challenge, which Pat Quinn co-founded with Pete Frates, who was diagnosed with ALS at age 27.
After Edward Hopper
Digital illustrations capture moments inspired by the artist.
Boscobel sculptures capture Hudson River School
Sculptor Greg Wyatt has spent the past four years working on portraits of the most 19th-century landscape painters who defined America as the new Eden.
Motorcyclepedia has wide appeal
A father-and-son collection of more than 500 vintage and rare motorcycles has visitors vrooming into Newburgh.
What’s for dinner? Melissa Clark has the answer
Just cook one more night a week. That’s the mission food writer Melissa Clark has for her readers.