About Abby Audenino

Abby Audenino is a content creator 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. At Main Street, she also works on advertising outreach and social media. 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.

Operation Mei Mei: A family seeks justice for the abuse their daughter endured at a military daycare center

Content warning: The contents of this article deal with child abuse and may be difficult to read. 

When Kate Kuykendall, a Pine Plains, NY native, picked her youngest daughter, Bella, up from her first day at the Ford Island Child Development Center near Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii, she assumed Bella […]

By |2025-04-22T14:17:15-04:00April 23rd, 2025|Main Street News|

Mohonk Mountain House’s Spring Tulip Festival returns at the end of April

The Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, NY, is hosting its annual Spring Tulip Festival from April 28 through May 9. Experience a kaleidoscope of color as Mohonk Mountain House’s garden springs to life with over 30,000 vibrant red, yellow, pink, and purple tulips.

Tulip passes are $35 per adult, $30 per […]

Jon Pardi embraces rock and roll on new album Honkytonk Hollywood: Album Review

It’s been more than a decade since award-winning country music artist Jon Pardi crashed onto the Nashville country scene. Despite his California roots, Pardi is known for his honky tonk sound and has often been praised for bringing authenticity back to the country music genre with his work. 

With fourteen RIAA-certified singles, […]

By |2025-04-23T09:23:10-04:00April 11th, 2025|Main Street News, Main Street Recommends, Music|

Railroad Street Youth Project presents free screening of Recovery City at the Triplex Cinema on April 9

The Railroad Street Youth Project, in partnership with its subset program South Berkshire Community Health Coalition, as well as South County Rural Recovery Center and The Triplex Cinema, is hosting a special free screening of Recovery City on Wednesday, April 9 at 5pm. 

Recovery City is […]

By |2025-03-28T10:29:35-04:00April 2nd, 2025|A Healthier Life, Main Street News|

Energy efficient construction: Better for the Earth and better for your wallet

Above photo is the Orchard Modern project by CB Design / Build

Energy-efficient construction is a term that’s being used with more frequency in the construction world. With drastic changes in weather due to climate change, more builders and contractors are considering ways to make homes more resilient to extreme weather, while mitigating the effects on […]

By |2025-03-25T10:55:03-04:00March 27th, 2025|Great Outdoors, Our Environment|

What’s all the buzz about? The role of honey bees in our ecosystem, colony losses, and the challenges of keeping hives

Pollination is vital to our ecosystem. Bees and other pollinators work hard, ensuring food security and nutrition and maintaining biodiversity for plants, humans, and the pollinators themselves. 

Just how dependent is our food system on pollinators?

Pollinators are essential to the production of many fruits, vegetables, seeds, and nuts. According to the Food and Agriculture […]

By |2025-03-25T10:30:40-04:00March 27th, 2025|Great Outdoors, Our Environment|

Anderson Center for Autism: Optimizing quality of life and making spaces more inclusive for individuals with Autism

According to the Centers for Disease Control, autism affects an estimated 1 in 36 children and 1 in 45 adults in the United States. Autism, or autism spectrum disorder, refers to a broad range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech, and nonverbal communication. 

According to Autism Speaks, an organization […]

By |2025-03-25T10:22:54-04:00March 27th, 2025|A Healthier Life, Featured Article|

The story of Sojourner Truth: Abolitionist and women’s rights activist from Ulster County

Above photo from Biography.com

In honor of March being Women’s History Month, we are highlighting a handful of important women who made strides in the social, political, and economic climates of our region. 

Sojourner Truth was an African American evangelist, abolitionist, women’s right activist, and author in the nineteenth century. Born […]

By |2025-03-20T09:15:59-04:00March 19th, 2025|History, Main Street News|
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