The Hudson Connection

10/31/2025

When is hanging in there, but is closing in fast 🍂

10/30/2025

If you go straight from Halloween to holiday dreams, there’s no better way to kick off your season than with Old Austerlitz Historical Society’s Holiday House! Psssst: we’ve heard a rumor you may even be serenaded by our own Content Coordinator, Jon B. Woodin playing with Jude Roberts Music as Gentlemen Caller!

Are your calendars marked!?
Holiday House 2025 is coming up soon!

Saturday & Sunday, November 8 & 9 | 11 AM - 3 PM

🥤 Complimentary beverages, 🥣 our famous soup sale, & 🥪 fresh sandwiches!🌷 Potted bulbs, 🎁 gifts & perfect stocking stuffers!
🍂🍗 Thanksgiving 🎄 Christmas décor, 🕎 Hanukkah items! 🍪 Don’t miss the homemade bake sale!

10/30/2025

Fun fact: before I accidentally bought a house in New York, the next stop in my journey was planned to be writer’s retreat winter in Cape Cod. Turns out there’s no need to leave the state: you can just cross the river!

Lakefront Chalet@ Sleepy Hollow Lake available for seasonal rental. A great way to experience lake living first class!!! This recently renovated home boasts great open floor plan on main level with woodstove to sit by and warm up on chilly days. First floor bed and bath complete this main level. Ups...

10/25/2025

All you have to do is look at our May '24 cover girl, Ms. Trudette Crimi of Trudy's Beauty Shop, to know that she walks her talk.

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10/21/2025

The same can be true of houses as can be said of significant others: I’m not specifically looking, but if the right one comes along…

10/18/2025

Soup’s on! It’s obvious that our Expert in Real Estate, Pattie Meyers of Lake and Mountain Realty, knows what makes a house a home 😋

Another pot chicken soup in the works for soup season 😋😋

10/18/2025

One of the most fun things about being a truly local media outlet is that by staying within residents’ geographic sphere of influence, our platform becomes a veritable murderboard of connections (note: no one was harmed in the making of this string theory). But it WAS at June ‘22’s cover feature Cameron Melville’s Club Helsinki Open Mic hosted by October ‘22’s cover Ryder Cooley & our Content Coordinator Jon B. Woodin of the Dust Bowl Faeries that I first saw Tony Kieraldo perform, & our January ’25 cover girl Danette Gorman of the Hudson Festival Orchestra who created the Melting Pot music series hosted by the First Presbyterian Church, most recently applauded in this month’s issue as the site of Witches Along The Hudson’s first performance! Keep that applause coming for Tony next Saturday, October 25th 🎹⛪️👏

10/13/2025

It may not be Friday, but Monday the 13th seems a spooky enough time to reveal that you can read our October '25 cover story featuring Witches Along The Hudson & Marylou Knull,'s Witchescrawlhudson at https://www.harringproperties.com/meet-your-neighbors, hosted by our Feature Sponsor, Harring Properties, LLC. We'd also like to thank The Tin Barn, Countryside Dental, Kinderhook Fitness, J. Hunziker Paving, L.A. Painting, Little Falls School of Music & Art, & Valley Energy for sponsoring your neighborhood magazine - you can also catch them in this spread!

Columbia County, Greene County, Dutchess County, Rensselaer County Homes for Sale and Real Estate. Beth Harring specializes in Homes and Listings, representing both Home Buyers and Home Sellers.

10/13/2025

Calling Hudson-based writers ISO a part-time, make-your-own-hours position!

The Hudson Connection is seeking a reliable, friendly, organized writer to join our editorial team! The CC sources great local content by and for the residents. This dual role also serves as an introductory point of contact for clients, prospective clients, and contributors to create an efficient &....

09/27/2025

RETRACT! RETRACT! As our October issue starts to hit mailboxes, please note this retraction to our article on page 14, citing the Crandell Theatre's previously-released reopening date of 10/10 - they have since alerted us that due to unforeseen circumstances, reopening festivities have been rescheduled for 10/15.

UPDATE: Wednesday, OCTOBER 15, is the Crandell's NEW Reopening Date. Please mark your calendars!

We can't wait to welcome you to our Public Open House from 11am - 1pm that day. Members of our community will be among the first to see the new Crandell, before screenings restart just 48 hours later for the opening of FilmColumbia25.