This Month’s Featured Articles…

By Regina Molaro | info@mainstreetmag.com Style, color, and an entrepreneurial spirit has long been a part of Gun Nowak’s lifestyle and livelihood. In the early 1980s, she had a trio of chic fashion boutiques in Sweden. In 1982, the visionary rechanneled her creativity and founded FACE Stockholm – a cosmetics company born in Sweden. The collection includes makeup and skin care. True to Swedish roots, it’s “naturally-based,” trend-forward, and offers a fun palette of colors. […]

By Griffin Cooper | info@mainstreetmag.com When world renowned poet, naturalist, and Hudson Valley resident John Burroughs pondered about his time spent walking through the natural beauty of the area and observing its every nuance he remarked, “I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” […]

By John Torsiello | info@mainstreetmag.com Railroads were once vital links from agrarian Dutchess County to New York City and beyond, hauling produce and products from the many farms that once dotted the landscape. The rail lines that ran across the local landscape like metal spider webs also carried passengers to and from the small towns of the area to near and far away places. […]

By Christine Bates | info@mainstreetmag.com Monday afternoons are a quiet time to test drive a car or talk to the head of a multi-brand auto dealership. Kristin Ruge, the President of Ruge Automotive talked to Main Street about her unconventional path from restaurant owner to managing the operations of a family business. […]

By CB Wismar | info@mainstreetmag.com First impressions often do not lie. Meeting Istvan Banyai, a celebrated artist, animator, and designer who has chosen to live in the bucolic setting of Lakeville, CT, one is immediately impressed with the fact that in a very elegant “European” way, Istvan is a gentleman. […]