The Gossips of Rivertown
Saturday, August 20, 2011

The Taste of Summer

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Gossips doesn't normally comment about food, leaving that to blogs like Hungry in Hudson and Scott Baldinger's Word on the Street ...
Friday, August 19, 2011

Showcasing Hudson's Great Trees

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Imagine driving along Green Street and not seeing these three amazing London plane trees. Then sign the petition to protect Hudson'...

Let Them Make Chocolate!

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Gossips has been following the story of Christopher Norman Chocolates from the time the  first rumors surfaced that an unidentified choco...
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Of Buildings and Plans

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There two articles of interest in today's Register-Star .  In the first, Nick Haddad talks about the plan to lease 217 Warren Street to...
Thursday, August 18, 2011

Showcasing Hudson's Great Trees

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Imagine Warren and First streets without this magnificent willow.   Then sign the petition to protect Hudson's heritage trees. 

More News from the Library Board Meeting

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Before the library board got around to selling their historic building last night, they did a couple of other things that are worthy of note...
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

SOLD: Our Most Significant Historic Buildings

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First, it was the birthplace of Hudson's most celebrated national hero , General William Jenkins Worth. Then, it was Hudson's oldest...
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Books for Sale!

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The Hudson Area Library continues its moving sale of books, offering additional opportunities for people to shop in the Friends' Book Sa...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Gossips Stands Corrected

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Tonight, when the audience for the Common Council meeting was being expelled from Council chambers because the Council was going into execut...
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Don't Miss . . .

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Sam Pratt's commentary on the possibility of Linda Mussmann's fourth run for mayor: "Politics as Theater (Take 4)."

Another Hat in the Ring

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For months, there's been speculation in various circles about what Linda Mussmann might do in this year's mayoral election. Mussmann...
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Vandalism at the Waterfront

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Among all the good moments of the past weekend in Hudson, there was one very disturbing occurrence. Sometime in the middle of the night betw...
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About Those Missing Trees

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Gossips has mentioned more than once the two Bradford pear trees in Thurston Park  that died and have not been replaced. It turns out that ...
Monday, August 15, 2011

Public Comment Period Ends Today

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Today is the last day to register your support for designating South Bay Creek and Marsh as a Significant Coastal Fish and Wildlife Habitat....
Sunday, August 14, 2011

Hipness and Hudson

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First, there was the New York Times story "Williamsburg on the Hudson,"  and Sam Pratt's online comment objecting to the ...
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How Long Must We Wait . . .

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for more chocolate in Hudson and its positive effect on our serotonin levels?  Christopher Norman Chocolates wants to open a chocolate fact...

Three Hours at the Library

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Every week, I spend three hours volunteering at the circulation desk at the Hudson Area Library. My time slot is noon to 3 on Friday after...
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Saturday, August 13, 2011

News from the Campaigns

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Glenn Martin, the former Hudson police chief who resigned in disgrace in September 2000, is playing the favorite Hudson political game of tr...
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Of Interest

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Overlooked in yesterday's Register- Star was this letter from Timothy O'Connor, which takes First Ward alderman Geeta Cheddie to tas...

More About That Legal Battle

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If you're still confused about the legal drama played out recently between the Republicans and Democrats, this letter, written by Edward...
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Carole Osterink
This blog takes its name from the 1848 novel by Hudson author Alice B. Neal. The original Gossips of Rivertown cast a gimlet eye on Hudson society in the mid-19th century. Two centuries later, the new Gossips carries on the spirit of the original, but in a different genre and with a different focus.
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