The Gossips of Rivertown
Sunday, July 22, 2012

A Vision for the Library

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Last week, a reader told me about a library created in an abandoned Walmart in McAllen, Texas, that had received the 2012 Library Design Aw...
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Another Hope Dashed

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Yesterday, an article in the Register-Star raised the hope that two of the Furgary shacks were in Greenport and hence might be spared demo...
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All About HDC

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HDC (Hudson Development Corporation) came into existence in 1976, in the era when Hudson was the poster child for Urban Renewal, busy destro...
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Surprising Development in Furgary Feud

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Billy Shannon, in a story in the Register-Star  posted online on Saturday evening, reports that the two northernmost shacks at the Furgary B...
Saturday, July 21, 2012

The Future of Acres Co-op

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On Monday, July 23, the Board of Directors of the Acres Co-op Market will hold a meeting in the Chamber of Commerce conference room in the...

Of Interest

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Tom Casey has an article in today's Register-Star about the emergency and transitional housing facility being proposed for State and S...
Friday, July 20, 2012

What Now?

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Gossips was alerted today to a public notice that was posted on the City of Hudson website on June 18, 28 days before an HPD SWAT team des...
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If You Don't Ask . . .

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Inspired by a comment on Gossips  yesterday about a "plastics extrusion factory" here in Hudson, I asked about this persistent rum...
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Locavore's Delight

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Often the produce at ShopRite (my supermarket of choice) that's identified as "locally grown" actually comes from New Jers...

In Memoriam

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Tom Davis, one of the original writers for Saturday Night Live and the taller half of the comedy team of Franken and Davis, who lived near...
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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Ear to the Ground

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Gossips' sources confirm that, after months of uncertainty , the sale of 542 Warren Street to Duncan Calhoun and Russell Gibson is go...
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Tier 1 and Tier 2 Clear Hurdle 1

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Last Friday, at the Historic Preservation Commission meeting, Rick Scalera, perennial mayor of Hudson turned county supervisor and special a...
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

What He Said

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This morning, Mayor William Hallenbeck went on Victor Mendolia's @Issue radio show and talked for almost a full hour about issues affect...
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In Case of Rain . . .

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The National Weather Service is predicting showers and thunderstorms, some of which may be severe with heavy rain, for late this afternoon...

Not to Be Missed

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At 10 a.m. today, on his WGXC radio show @Issue , Victor Mendolia will interview Mayor William Hallenbeck. Intended to be an assessment of...
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Last Night at City Hall

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Tuesday night's Common Council meeting lasted for an hour and a half.  A few things worthy of notice transpired. For one, the Council pa...
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Keeping the Faith for the Furgary

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Timothy O'Connor, advocate for the preservation of the Furgary Boat Club, positioned himself on the sidewalk in front of City Hall t...
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Locating the Cannons

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On Sunday, Gossips published three newspaper articles from the 1920s reporting on Hudson's acquisition of cannons to adorn the lawn arou...

The "Nantucket Houses" of Hudson

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A reader recently sent me this photograph of a "Nantucket house" that once stood on Partition Street near West Court Street, and i...
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Summer Concert Series Begins Tomorrow Night

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Hudson.Water.Music., the concert series sponsored by the City of Hudson and produced by Rob Caldwell of Musica, begins tomorrow night and ...
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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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