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Virtual Historic Hudson, Jul 2

Take a Virtual Tour of Historic Hudson, without leaving your home, this Thursday, July 2.

Take a Tour of Historic Hudson, without leaving your home, this Thursday, July 2.

The City of Hudson is much more than a quaint town in the Hudson River Valley. Founded by Quakers in 1785, Hudson quickly grew to a major commercial center and almost became the capital of New York State. Hudson offers the finest “Main Street” in New York and features examples of every architectural style since the late 18th century, including two of the rarest, Adam and Egyptian Revival.

Big Onion Walking Tours‘ virtual adventure will explore the diverse social history, architecture, and people of this Upstate urban center. Stops could include: Promenade Hill, Nantucket Houses, sites associated with the Underground Railroad, the most notorious Red Light district north of Times Square, and locations associated with The Jenkins Family, Ma Brown, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jack “Legs” Diamond, Ada Louise Huxtable, and Lieutenant William H. Allen, who was killed by pirates.

DATE/TIME: Thursday, July 2, 2020 / 6pm

COST/REGISTRATION: $15 adults / $10 students, seniors / $30 single-screen household.
Reserve a spot at bigonion.com/tour/virtual-historic-hudson

LOCATION: Your Own Home

MORE:
www.bigonion.com/tour/virtual-historic-hudson

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New Lebanon Library Summer Reading Program Kickoff: Mini-Floats!

The New Lebanon Library is celebrating Valentines Day with a crafting class that will be making Valentine Rocks.

To kickoff this year’s Summer Reading Program, the New Lebanon Library wants to throw a parade and they need your help. the library will have some boxes with decorative items inside to help you design your own mini parade float. They will be outside the library so you can pick them up. Grab one and send the library a picture of the completed craft by June 30th!

Send images to: nlzineproject@gmail.com. The library will make a virtual parade in time for the 4th of July.

DATE/TIME: Deadline for submitting pictures is June 30, 2020.

LOCATION: New Lebanon Library
550 State Route 20
New Lebanon, NY 12125

MORE:
NewLebanonLibrary.org
facebook.com/NewLebanonLibrary
instagram.com/newlebanonlibrary

Phone: 518-794-8844
Email: leb@taconic.net

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COVID-19 Update from Columbia County Health Department, Jun 28

The latest update from the Columbia County Department of Health.

Following is the latest update from the Columbia County Department of Health.

As of 12:00 pm on June 28, 2020:

– Columbia County has had 37 residents that have passed away from COVID-19.

-Columbia County has 439 confirmed positive cases.

-There are 24 active cases of COVID-19 in Columbia County.

– 377of the 439 cases have recovered from COVID-19

– 9 of the positive cases are hospitalized, 0 of those hospitalized are in the ICU

-We have received 10,775 PCR reports. Please note this number may represent duplicate reports, out of county reports, and multiple nursing home testings.

https://www.columbiacountynyhealth.com/home/coronavirus-covid-19/

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Spencertown Academy – Virtual Garden Lecture w/ Robert Clyde Anderson, Jun 28

Spencertown Academy’s Garden Lecture with Robert Clyde Anderson will take place on Sunday, June 28 via Zoom.

The lecture, ‘Naturalistic Planting on a Domestic Scale’ is an illustrated talk that will focus on practical techniques for creating and managing naturalistic plantings at a size that’s feasible for the home gardener, in terms of both labor and expense. Using part of his own garden as the example, the presenter will share failures and successes in the development, over three seasons, of a wet meadow style planting. Topics addressed will include site selection and preparation, plant material sources, choices and acquisition, installation tips, and seasonal care.

Robert Clyde Anderson found his way to the Hudson Valley after a New York City career in illustration and book design. A native of Louisiana, Robert is a lifelong gardener and has designed and maintained gardens in Columbia County as well as serving as right-hand man for eight years at the former Loomis Creek Nursery in Claverack, NY.

In 2012 Robert was hired to launch the retail division of Pondside Nursery in Hudson NY, a new garden center specializing in standard and unusual perennials, annuals, shrubs and trees as well as select pottery, tools and garden accessories. At Pondside, Robert served as Creative Director and as the buyer for perennials, annuals and hardgoods, and wrote about plants and gardening for the nursery website/newsletter. In 2017 he resigned his position to concentrate on garden design, writing, teaching and public speaking, although he remains associated with Pondside as a consultant and designer.

Robert makes his home in Stuyvesant, NY where he maintains a two acre “laboratory” garden that includes shrub borders, a sunny terraced xeric garden, a shady wooded streamside area, a moist meadow, a kitchen garden and a small flock of chickens.

DATE/TIME: Sunday, June 28, 2020 / 4pm – 5pm

LOCATION: Zoom

ADMISSION: $10
Purchase online at SpencertownAcademy.networkforgood.com

MORE:
SpencertownAcademy.org
facebook.com/SpencertownAcademy
instagram.com/thespencertownacademy
Phone: (518) 392-3693

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Ancram Opera House’s Virtual, Real People Real Stories: Redux, Jun 27

To celebrate Ancram Opera House’s fifth anniversary, REAL PEOPLE REAL STORIES: REDUX features some of the most-memorable authentic personal narratives shared over the years by local residents.