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Rachel Tepper

WATCH: Undercover Foie Gras Footage Makes Cruelty Claims

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Tepper | Posted 06.12.2013 | Green

Animal advocacy group Mercy for Animals on Tuesday released undercover footage showing what it calls cruel behavior at Hudson Valley Foie Gras. The vi...

5 of the Best Wedding Ceremony Locations in the Hudson Valley, N.Y.: Part Two: The Inside Scoop

Judith Johnson | Posted 06.11.2013 | Weddings
Judith Johnson

As promised in Part 1 of this article last week, here are the top 10 common themes and words of wisdom gleaned from my interviews about wedding ceremo...

Five of the Best Wedding Ceremony Locations in the Hudson Valley, NY: Part 1

Judith Johnson | Posted 06.04.2013 | Weddings
Judith Johnson

As a wedding ceremony officiant in the Hudson Valley for over 20 years, I thought it might be helpful to share an insider's view of some of the best wedding ceremony sites in the beautiful Hudson Valley.

Crapping Out in New York: 2.0

Dave Colavito | Posted 05.24.2013 | New York
Dave Colavito

A disproportionately large savings can be realized by assisting those gamblers regain control of their lives, rather than creating more of them. I thought that's what government was supposed to do?

The Hudson Valley Seed Library: Seeds For the People, By the People!

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.08.2013 | Green
Kerry Trueman

This unseasonably cool spring -- a by-product of global weirding -- is a perverse gift for those of us who didn't get around to planting our gardens yet. The soil's only just beginning to warm up, so now is actually a great time to get some seeds in the ground!

PHOTOS: Booze From Local Crops Booming

AP | MICHAEL HILL | Posted 05.03.2013 | Green

GARDINER, N.Y. -- With all the orchards and corn fields that dot the Hudson Valley landscape, Tuthilltown Spirits doesn't have to look far for the gra...

Big Steps, Little Steps: Change Comes to Rural America

Tom Judson | Posted 05.08.2013 | Gay Voices
Tom Judson

iant strides are being made in LGBT rights everywhere, from President Obama's public statements, to Goldman Sachs's amicus brief in the DOMA case, to the Amazon Kindle "Husbands" commercial. But in my neck of the woods progress is more accurately measured in baby steps.

An Ode To John Burroughs' Hudson River

Lorie Karnath | Posted 12.29.2012 | Travel
Lorie Karnath

The Hudson is among the mightiest and most majestic rivers of all, and this river and its surrounding valley are among America's most cherished ecological natural settings.

PHOTOS: Wine Regions With Cultural Cred

JustLuxe | Posted 12.12.2012 | Travel
JustLuxe

It's not smart to plan a wine tasting tour where each day is packed with back-to-back tastings. It wears out the palate or leads to further bad decisions.

PHOTOS: 5 Adventures Perfect For Fall

Shermans Travel | Posted 12.05.2012 | Travel
Shermans Travel

Each of these fall travel adventures selected by the ShermansTravel team is bound to give you a one-of-a-kind perspective on the bold waves of crimson, fiery-orange and golden hues that sweep the country at this time of year.

All About Visiting The Woodstock Film Festival

iLoveInns | Posted 11.30.2012 | Travel
iLoveInns

Now in its 13th year, Woodstock Film Festival (WFF) has become the foremost regional scene for independent films. Indiewire named WFF one of the top 50 festivals in the world. Here's how to see it.

TD1: Juvenile Diabetes on the Rise Is Not So Sweet!

Alexandra Holzer | Posted 06.27.2012 | Impact
Alexandra Holzer

Together, we can find solutions. Together, we can find the cure for juvenile diabetes.

The Made-In-New York Spirits Movement Is Booming

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.30.2012 | New York
Tony Sachs

While distilleries dotted the city and upstate from the 1700s on, after Prohibition, I guess New Yorkers were too busy drinking booze to make it.

PHOTOS: 4,000 Carved Pumpkins Can't Be Wrong

Stylelist Home/The Huffington Post | Kaitlyn Davis | Posted 10.11.2012 | HuffPost Home

What do you get when you combine 4,000 pumpkins, more than 1,000 volunteers and a small team of artists led by Van Cortlandt Manor Creative Director M...

WATCH; New York Farmers Need Your Help

Daniel Klein | Posted 11.27.2011 | Home
Daniel Klein

We are interrupting our trip's linear flow to bring you an episode of The Perennial Plate from upstate New York. We felt like the immediacy of this is...

Crapping Out in New York

Dave Colavito | Posted 11.22.2011 | New York
Dave Colavito

Accounting gimmicks have always made it easy to pitch the "casino sale"; they obscure the documented higher rates of addiction, bankruptcy, and crime that the casino economy brings to communities.

NYC Getaway: Haute Hippie Rhinebeck

FATHOM | Christina Ohly | Posted 11.14.2011 | Travel

One of the best escapes 100 miles from midtown Manhattan is the village of Rhinebeck, New York -- a "haute hippie" sort of place situated near the Hud...

Matt Sledge

New York's Dismal Unemployment Numbers Mean 1 In 7 Out Of Work

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 11.02.2011 | New York

NEW YORK -- The state, and particularly the city, of New York may be doing well compared to the rest of the country, but nearly two years after the Gr...

Where to Go From Here: Labor Day Ideas for NYC

Jeralyn Gerba | Posted 10.25.2011 | New York
Jeralyn Gerba

Ten days until Labor Day. No plans? No big deal. Pick a direction and plot your escape.

WATCH: A Hidden Secret In The Hudson Valley

ossining.patch.com | Posted 10.17.2011 | Travel

Rockland, Putnam and Westchester County residents escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life at Hilltop Hanover Farm....

The 5&10 Pop=Up

Stefan Beck | Posted 10.12.2011 | Home
Stefan Beck

For the benefit of those who take their meals at the microwave, a pop-up is a temporary restaurant, a fine-dining Brigadoon that appears in some unusual location for a one-night-only engagement.

Singing Out for Peace with Sweet Honey and the Rock

Margie Goldsmith | Posted 09.13.2011 | Travel
Margie Goldsmith

"In Central Africa, people believe the rain forest is God," says Ysaye, "And they chant to imitate the God inside."

Alexander Turnquist's 'Hallway of Mirrors': Harmonics, Reverb and Acrylic Nails

Alexandra Marvar | Posted 07.17.2011 | Entertainment
Alexandra Marvar

Today, experimental composer/guitarist Alexander Turnquist releases his fourth album, "Hallway of Mirrors" -- a beautiful and haunting 35-minute wash of sound, best played in full.

Exhuming the Leather Man of the Hudson Valley

Margie Goldsmith | Posted 07.16.2011 | Travel
Margie Goldsmith

The mysterious hermit who tramped from town to town just after the Civil War was called the Leather Man because he wore a suit of leather sewn together from scraps.

Astoria Characters: The Single Supermom

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 07.03.2011 | New York
Nancy Ruhling

The top of the piano is crowded with framed photographs of a cute little boy with big beautiful eyes. The little boy isn't here. He's in the Hudson Valley, living in a boarding school for autistic children.