About Abby Audenino

Abby Audenino is a writer, social media manager, content creator, and advertising outreach coordinator at Main Street Magazine. She writes about a little bit of everything, and her work has previously been featured in Hudson Valley Magazine and Westchester Magazine. Abby graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in communications with concentrations in journalism and public relations from Marist College in May of 2023. She also obtained her certificate in copy editing from the American Copy Editors Society. Abby can be reached at abby@mainstreetmag.com.

FINCH launches first branded products with John Derian Collaboration and FINCH Bench

Warren Street’s beloved design shop, FINCH, has officially ushered in a new chapter with the launch of its first signature products. 

The Hudson mainstay was opened in 2013 by Andrew Arrick and Michael Hofemann. After leaving fashion and finance careers behind in New York City, Andrew and Michael ventured upstate and landed […]

By |2025-11-03T08:51:07-05:00November 3rd, 2025|Home & Garden, Main Street News, The Arts|

Photographer Spotlight: Steven Howard Photography

In honor of Photographer Appreciation Month in October, we’re highlighting some of our local photographers. Get to know more about Steven Howard Photography below! 

Your name and type of camera you use / prefer?

Steven Howard / Sony a7R 3

What type of photography do you most often do or prefer (subject matter)?

I prefer landscapes and portraits.

How did […]

By |2025-10-31T09:50:08-04:00October 31st, 2025|Main Street News, The Arts|

Stissing Center for Arts & Culture brings local filmmakers to the big screen with Pine Plains Festival of Shorts

On Saturday, November 1, and Sunday, November 2, Stissing Center for Arts & Culture in Pine Plains, NY, will be hosting the inaugural Pine Plains Festival of Shorts, a curated, non-competitive showcase of short films created by filmmakers from Pine Plains and other nearby localities. 

The festival will serve as a fundraiser to upgrade […]

By |2025-10-28T14:13:06-04:00October 31st, 2025|Featured Article, The Arts|

Celebrating simple, elevated home cooking with the launch of The King Cookbook

One of autumn’s most anticipated cookbooks, The King Cookbook, by Annie Shi, Clare de Boer, and Jess Shadbolt will be released on November 4. Annie, Clare, and Jess are the women behind New York City’s beloved restaurants King and Jupiter, the newly opened wine bar Lei in Chinatown, and Stissing House in Pine Plains, […]

By |2025-10-28T14:10:07-04:00October 31st, 2025|Featured Article, Food|

Photographer Spotlight: Christina Georgiou

In honor of Photographer Appreciation Month in October, we’re highlighting some of our local photographers. Get to know more about Christina Georgiou below! 

Your name and type of camera you use / prefer?

Christina Georgiou / Panasonic LUMIX G7

What type of photography do you most often do or prefer (subject matter)?

Street photography / […]

By |2025-10-27T09:54:35-04:00October 27th, 2025|Main Street News, The Arts|

Photographer Spotlight: Julian Diamond

In honor of Photographer Appreciation Month in October, we’re highlighting some of our local photographers. Get to know more about Julian Diamond below! 

Your name and type of camera you use / prefer?

My name is Julian Diamond. I personally use Nikon’s DSLR system for the majority of my work, but I’m a big believer in the […]

By |2025-10-14T10:23:34-04:00October 20th, 2025|Main Street News, The Arts|

Pine Plains voters approve $12.9 million capital project

On Wednesday, October 15, voters in the Pine Plains Central School District approved a $12.0 million capital project proposal. The project includes a variety of necessary health and safety improvements in the school district’s buildings, as well as improvements to athletics fields and the courtyard at Stissing Mountain Jr/Sr High School. 

“Addressing […]

By |2025-10-17T13:25:19-04:00October 17th, 2025|Main Street News|

Photographer Spotlight: Angela Christian of Carried Away Photography

In honor of Photographer Appreciation Month in October, we’re highlighting some of our local photographers. Get to know more about Angela Christian of Carried Away Photography, based in the Hudson Valley, below! 

Your name and type of camera you use / prefer?

I’m Angela Christian, and you won’t catch me without my Canon R6 MKII and my […]

By |2025-10-17T09:00:10-04:00October 16th, 2025|Main Street News, The Arts|
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