I recently discovered an entertaining website for people who love new terms and clever coinages: Paul McFedries Word Spy . My current fav...

Earlier this week, representatives of The Valley Alliance and Scenic Hudson met with four representatives of the New York State Division of ...

 A house was demolished today on Robinson Street.  It was on the list of buildings that Fourth Ward Supervisor Bill Hughes had identifi...

Today's  Register-Star reports about Second Ward Supervisor Ed Cross's appeal at Monday's Common Council meeting that something...

Since First Ward Alderman Sarah Sterling presented her resolution on Monday night that would authorize Mayor Scalera to negotiate with Holci...

Good news in today's Register-Star for everyone who hates that unsightly salt pile on the waterfront and worries about salt leaching in...

On Saturday, January 15, an exhibition of photographs by China Jorrin is opening at the Hudson Opera House. The subject of the photographs:...

Although yesterday the Register-Star did not report about the startling introduction, at Monday night's informal Common Council meeting...

The City of Hudson has declared a 48-hour snow emergency beginning at 8 a.m., Wednesday, January 12. Everyone who parks a vehicle on the str...

Last night, Brenda Adams, executive director for Columbia County Habitat for Humanity, and Georgene Gardner, from Habitat's site selecti...

Last night, at the close of the organizational meeting, Common Council President Don Moore made a statement that had the flavor of a "S...

The Register-Star reports this morning that the plan to rent this house from Phil Gellert as the county's first location for congregate...

Among the resolutions introduced at tonight's informal Common Council meeting was this quite unexpected one: "A Resolution to Autho...

Riverkeeper has published a map of the Hudson River Estuary that predicts the effects of sea level rise. This is a detail from it. The m...

Sam Pratt posted a priceless photo on his blog today. Take a look!

In 2012, the Town of Greenport will celebrate its 175th anniversary. For 52 years, from 1785 to 1837, the area that is now Greenport was par...

Reading the Gossips  post about the sloop Eleanor , a reader was reminded of a redevelopment project on the waterfront in Norwalk, Connectic...

I got a phone call today from Tim Shook, who took issue with what Gossips  reported in " Déjà   Vu All Over Again?"  His problem w...

It was standing room only in the back room of Wunderbar on Thursday night where people gathered to learn about the historic Hudson River slo...

A week ago, on New Year’s Eve, The Gossips of Rivertown achieved a milestone: its 500th post. In two weeks, on January 20, Gossips will re...