January 2012

Best Shopping Deals in Dutchess County This Week: New Year Sale at Surviving Sisters Boutique in Hyde Park, NY

This week’s best shopping deal (Jan. 26-Feb. 1): 20.12% off New Year Sale at Surviving Sisters Boutique in Hyde Park, NY

By Jessica Friedlander

Best Shopping Deals in Dutchess County This Week: Bridal Sample Sale at Chamonix Bridal in Rhinebeck, NY

This week’s best shopping deal (Jan. 19-25): 25%-75% off bridal samples at Chamonix Bridal in Rhinebeck, NY

By Jessica Friedlander

Best Shopping Deals in Ulster County This Week: The Winter Sale at Next Boutique in Kingston, NY and Free Admission to National Parks for MLK Jr. Day Weekend

This week’s best shopping deal (Jan. 12-18): 50%-75% off winter clothing and 25% off spring clothing at Next Boutique in Kingston, NY, PLUS free admission to all national parks in Hudson Valley, NY

By Jessica Friedlander

Best Shopping Deals in Dutchess County This Week: Winter Clearance Sale at Elizabeth Boutique in Poughkeepsie, NY

This week’s best shopping deals (Jan. 5-11): Get up to 40% off at Elizabeth Boutique in Poughkeepsie, NY

By Jessica Friedlander

9 People to Watch in the Hudson Valley in 2012

Some of them have made headlines; most you’ve probably never heard of. But these Valley residents — with professions ranging from artists and musicians to environmentalists and business leaders...

By Olivia Abel, Melissa Esposito, Shannon Gallagher, and David Levine

Hudson Valley Weddings Guide 2012

Tying the knot in the Valley is as easy as saying “I do” with our comprehensive guide. Discover one-of-a-kind local spots for your ceremony; get the latest looks in bridal gowns; and use our...

Hudson Valley Home Winter 2012

Working with a tight budget, a husband-and-wife pair of architects pull off a stylish redo of a Columbia County cottage. PLUS: learn why decorating the home with white accessories is a red-hot trend

The Year Ahead: Hudson Valley’s Top People to Watch, How to Renovate a Home in a Bad Economy, and New Trends for Hudson Valley Weddings in 2012 (Editor's Letter)

A word from Hudson Valley Editor in Chief, Olivia J. Abel

By Olivia J. Abel

Letters to the Editor in January 2012

Read our letters to the editor for January 2012

Chatter

West Point’s jewelry, in print and on view; a local Y helps women do windows PLUS: Where in the Hudson Valley and On the Town

A History of Iron Mountain, an Information Storage Facility in Germantown, NY

Data depository: Today, the Iron Mountain information-storage company has more than 140,000 corporate clients around the globe. But the firm got its start 60 years ago in an underground bunker in...

By Jennifer Leba

Restaurant Review: New Age and American Comfort Food at Market Market Restaurant in Rosendale, Ulster County NY

A pair of transplanted Brooklynites offer comfort food — from the U.S. and around the globe — at an eatery in Rosendale

By Lynn Hazlewood

Hudson Valley Wine Bars

Wine time: They say you can’t put new wine in old bottles, but new wine bars in old towns is perfectly acceptable — and it appears that Fishkill got the memo. The quaint village has recently...

By Jessica Friedlander

Hudson Valley Latin Food Restaurant Recommendation: Union Restaurant in Haverstraw, NY

Latin dining at Union Restaurant and Bar Latino in Haverstraw, Rockland County, NY

The Wedding Diet: One Rhinebeck Mother-of-the-Bride’s Plan to Lose Weight Before Her Daughter’s Wedding

When her daughter announces her engagement, a mother’s struggle with the scale turns serious

By Barbara Ballinger