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 […]
As government and local officials continue to urge citizens to work from home in an effort to encourage self-quarantine, large gatherings and sporting events continue to be postponed or outright cancelled and the term ‘social distancing’ embeds itself firmly into the American lexicon, local businesses have justifiably begun to panic. On Monday morning […]
Nuvance Health, New York and Connecticut’s massive healthcare network that currently manages some of the area’s largest facilities including Sharon Hospital in CT, and Northern Dutchess Hospital in NY has temporarily restricted visitor access to its hospitals across the region. In a statement released Monday morning, Nuvance had the following to say in […]
The Hardware of Our lives Transformed the Software of Generations. The Alchemy of Us reveals tech’s Transformative Impact
As she stepped off the Main Stage in Los Angeles, Ainissa Ramirez, blowtorch in hand, must have been aware on some level just how prognostic her metallurgic display, combining science and education during her 2012 TED Talk, would be […]