Friends of East Gate works to preserve Hillsdale, NY, toll house & share a rich perspective of the local community’s history

Founded in 2016, the Friends of East Gate was launched with the goal of stabilizing, preserving, and restoring the historic East Gate Toll House, which is located alongside the modern-day State Route 23 in Hillsdale, NY. This organization consists of community members, local civic leaders, and historic preservationists who want to see this building saved […]

By |2024-12-02T15:19:40-05:00December 3rd, 2024|Featured Article|

Dear Main Street Magazine Readers

Dear Main Street Magazine readers,

First off, thank you so much for reading this issue that has turned into our largest issue to date at 84 pages. It was last spring that Viviann Berlinghoff called me up and asked if I’d ever consider featuring young entrepreneurs because she’s very passionate about the topic. After some brainstorming […]

By |2024-10-29T11:48:05-04:00October 29th, 2024|Featured Article|

The Future Workforce of America

Just like the real estate market and inflation, the job market has had its fair share of ups and downs in recent years. Recent college graduates and those with a few years of work experience under their belts have been met with quite a few challenges. For many, the pandemic interrupted their college […]

By |2024-10-29T11:44:20-04:00October 29th, 2024|Featured Article|

In Business: Commercial Real Estate Roundup

The real estate market in the Hudson Valley, Berkshires, and Litchfield hills has been on a wild ride. The pandemic fueled a lot of movement in the commercial and residential markets, and more recently, there’s been an uptick in demand for commercial real estate and mixed-use properties that can accommodate businesses and residents. 

Although […]

By |2024-10-29T11:36:28-04:00October 29th, 2024|Featured Article, Real Estate|

The Curiosity of Collage – Vincent Inconiglios

Stepping into Vincent Inconiglios’s light-filled stone barn studio on Music Mountain in Falls Village, CT, reveals multimedia collages, gathered objects, and paintings. His curiosity and passion are infectious. He constantly considers his work and maneuvers pieces of recycled paper, as though he is forming thoughts on paper. Collage is the seed of his practice. […]

By |2024-10-29T11:31:16-04:00October 29th, 2024|Featured Article, Featured Artist|

Connecting Columbia County: A stalled Harlem Valley Rail Trail bridge & its impact on Hillsdale, NY

Recently, community attention has revisited a long-awaited, but undeveloped, project to construct a connecting bridge for the Harlem Valley Rail Trail. With this bridge completed, the rail trail would connect Hillsdale to the approximately 24-mile section of already-built trail and the 1.5 mile section that runs from the Hillsdale Hamlet south towards Copake Falls. The […]

By |2024-09-30T12:16:22-04:00September 30th, 2024|Featured Article|

Shoemaker: Millbrook-Based Paper Artist Linda Filley

Jimmy Choo, Manolo Blahnik, Christian Louboutin, and Chanel. For every fabulous shoe out there, there’s an enthusiast eager to slip her foot inside to determine if that magic slipper suits her style.

Renowned aficionados range from the real world’s Imelda Marcos – the Philippines’ former First Lady who amassed a collection of more than 3,000 pairs […]

By |2024-09-30T11:09:45-04:00September 30th, 2024|Featured Article|

Twisted Sisters Coffee House: A coffee-lover’s atmospheric oasis in Hillsdale, NY

One early evening this summer, as I was picking up a pulled pork sandwich and burger to-go from Roe Jan Brewing Company in Hillsdale, NY, I noticed that the adjacent dark blue building – with its yellow accented windows, grape-colored door, and assortment of potted flowers and pastel garden gnomes out front – was open […]

By |2024-09-03T12:06:53-04:00September 3rd, 2024|Featured Article, Food, Restaurant Review|
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