New Lebanon Library presents
THE TRAVELING FARM AT SHATFORD PARK!
Join us at Shatford Park for our summer reading program kick off party, which will feature Lindsay Kuhn and her traveling barnyard! Meet a mini-horse, calf, sheep, goat, pig, peacock, duck, chicken, quail, and more! Ice cream social to follow.
WHEN: Wednesday, July 13
TIME: 1:00 PM
WHERE: Shatford Park
This event is free and open to the public.
Senator Saland spoke with the Poughkeepsie Journal yesterday and described his “emotional and intellectual journey” towards supporting marriage equality. In the interview, Saland mentions that his wife and children have long been supporters of marriage equality. He also discusses the large number of communications that he received from people regarding the vote.
You can watch the interview here, below.
History was made in New York this past Friday when our great state passed the Marriage Equality Act giving civil marriage rights to all couples. New York became the 6th state to allow both mixed-sex and same-sex couples the right to marry. Same-sex marriage is currently allowed in Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. Maryland, New York and Rhode Island recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.
While we were not the first state, New York is the largest state to legalize same-sex marriage and it also the first state in which a Republican-led State Senate passed such a measure. Our own State Senator, Sen. Steve Saland (R-Poughkeepsie), provided a key vote on the measure and joined three of his fellow Republican senators in voting for marriage equality. Senator Saland spoke on the senate floor Friday night and shared his thoughts on how and why he came to the decision to vote for marriage equality. You can read his speech now on the PoughkeepsieJournal.com by clicking here.
All weekend long, Hudson is celebrating it’s second annual Pride Festival. There is a great background article on the weekend celebration over on Rural Intelligence and for a full schedule of all the activities, check out HudsonPride.com.
The Our Town series on WMHT (PBS) takes a look at our own, Hudson tonight. ‘Our Town’ is a video scrapbook of communities in New York’s Capital Region and Western New England as seen through the eyes and camera lenses of the people who live there. Back in April, The ‘Our Town’ producers interviewed 27 participants for tonight’s program at the Hudson Opera House. You can see the results tonight on WMHT at 7:30 PM.
Columbia County Current 