Locals from the village of Saugerties, New York and surrounding areas were brought to the 49th annual Mum Festival on Oct. 5 to celebrate this local tradition. The Mum Festival has been held in Seamon Park in Saugerties since 1965. When the space first opened to the public in 1910, […]
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The 23rd annual Hudson Valley Garlic Festival returned to Saugerties this weekend, enticing garlic lovers to try sweet and savory edibles such as garlic-flavored marshmallows, garlic ice cream, pickled garlic, and garlic cheese curds. Eating wasn’t all there was to do– there was arts and crafts vendors, chef cooking demonstrations […]
In July, 2010, an Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), an invasive beetle residential to east Asia, was found in Saugerties, N.Y., and has since been infecting ash trees all throughout Ulster County in devastating measure. According to the National Invasive Species Information Center, the EAB was originally found in Michigan in 2002, […]
