What's Happening with the Eleanor?

Last we heard, the City of Hudson had agreed to lease a piece of land on Broad Street, near Henry Hudson Riverfront Park, to the Hudson River Historic Boat Restoration & Sailing Society. There the Society planned to construct a pole barn--some said with transparent walls--where the restoration of the historic Hudson River sloop Eleanor would be carried out and the project's progress could be viewed by the residents of Hudson as well as visitors arriving by train, yacht, or kayak.

Everyone curious to know the current status of the project is invited to attend an event that is being called "Charting the Course for 2012." It will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, January 26, at the Columbia County Chamber of Commerce, located in the former Washington Hose Company firehouse at the entrance to Promenade Hill. The informational evening will include a book signing by Captain Stanley Wilcox, author of The Hudson: From the Battery to Troy, and a reading "with remembrances" from "The Voyage to the New York Harbor Fest 1979" from the log book of the Eleanor.

Refreshments will be served. For additional information call (518) 828-7884.