Tourism-on-Hudson

No sooner was Fleischmann’s Pier at Charles Point Park newly opened for business than a two-year-old company called R.M.S. Cruises was making good use of the dock to do just […] Read more »

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Remember the pandemic? Here at River Towns Media we certainly do. In March 2020, just as events were being canceled, public gathering spaces were shutting down, and office workers and […] Read more »

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Our November issue is the last print edition of River Journal North, which will continue to publish stories and other information of interest to our community on riverjournalonline.com Read more »

‘The Thanksgiving Play’ Gobbles Up Cultural Stereotypes

The playwright points out why our representation of Thanksgiving is mainly artifice, stuffed with questionable authenticity Read more »

‘Glass Ceiling Breakers’ Showcases Local Women of Stage and Screen

Theatre Revolution, the first in the Hudson Valley to produce a women’s short play/film festival, is back with its Glass Ceiling Breakers Short Play & Film Festival featuring Women Artists. […] Read more »

Peter Kelly Brings His Cuisine – and Cachet – to Abbey Inn & Apropos

Hudson Valley culinary master Peter Kelly has been at the top of his game – and his profession – for decades. He is in the rare echelon of chefs whose […] Read more »

Journaling: Eavesdropping Next Door 

Mom + Pop Culture are a couple of real characters. They could be you, or me, or your in-laws, or the people next door you stopped talking to around the […] Read more »

Journaling: Silent Storefronts

Will Rogers never met a man he didn’t like and suburban shoppers never saw an empty storefront they did like. Vacant venues that once contributed to the local economy and […] Read more »

Journaling: Resolve 

We tend to think of resolutions as reaching beyond the everyday inertia of static behavior that holds us back, even though we know we should be changing for the better. […] Read more »

Journaling: Vote Your Conscience

Endorsing candidates running for public office used to be a standard practice in the media, notably by local newspapers. The trend in recent years, though, is that fewer and fewer […] Read more »