The arrival of the COVID-19 virus in America and the resulting state mandates in the Tri-State area advising residents to remain home and for non-essential businesses to temporarily close their doors has undoubtedly had an impact on those places that require foot traffic or the in-person experience to maintain viability. As the Northwestern Corner and […]
It feels like something from a bad dream during a cat nap. Quarantine; twenty-furr seven with my family. Something I thought furr sure would never happen in my nine lives.
My mom is diving me nuts! She’s a neat-furreak to begin with, but scurrying about with that noisy vacuum everyday is a bit much. There can’t […]
For over a century, the Salisbury Visiting Nurse Association in Salisbury, CT has been at the doorstep of area residents in need of home health or hospice care. In the years since its inception, the Salisbury SVNA has effectively become the oldest and most comprehensive home care, hospice and private care agency serving all of […]
On the afternoon of Friday March 20, Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro gave area residents and small business owners a few updates on the new mandates regarding business closures in New York State. Seemingly on the ‘non-essential’ chopping block were golf courses and salons of nearly every kind, yet there remained one valuable outdoor haven […]
There is almost nothing in life (apart from those of us with an abnormally large sweet tooth) that warms our collective hearts as much as the gift of flowers or floral arrangements. Whether it’s a single rose meant to show love or affection, or a bouquet of carefully selected flowers that burst with color to […]
Anneke Jans – Dutch Colonial Trail Blazer and Woman Behind the Real Roeliff Jansen
Roeliff Jansen, a would-be explorer and colonist of Scandinavian origin, came to New Netherland from Amsterdam in service of wealthy Dutch Patroon Killian Van Rensselaer. As legend has it, in 1632 he discovered a major tributary to the Hudson […]
On Friday afternoon, just hours after Governor Andrew Cuomo announced his new mandate for all non-essential businesses in the state to keep 100 percent of their employees home effective Sunday evening, Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro held an hour long telephone town hall with local business owners and leaders addressing the County’s response […]
To ensure the continued support of our local businesses, we will be providing a growing list, organized by county, of businesses in our area who are offering our community takeout, grocery, delivery as well as retail options. If you do not see your business on this list contact Griffin Cooper at griffin@mainstreetmag.com to add your […]
Welcome to our newest addition to our Great Outdoors page called Gear of the Month provided by your favorite fly-fishing guide Ben Alex of Ten Mile River. Ben will be doing a monthly column covering all things fly.
-Stay tuned, you don’t wanna miss it!
–by Ben Alex
Here is where […]
Elinor Mettler – Modern Trail Blazer
Women’s History Month is the perfect time to celebrate Elinor Mettler, who co-founded the Roeliff Jansen Historical Society (RJHS) in 1974. Elinor, known for her dynamism and seemingly limitless energy, was also a major force in saving and preserving the “Old Falls Copake Church,” built in 1892, now […]