Putnam County 4-H Fair—the Best Yet!
What a weekend! What a fair!
Organizers of the 38th annual Putnam County 4-H Fair have their work cut out for them: How to make the 2010 edition of the 4-H fair better than the 2009 extravaganza. Full Story
Cold Spring’s Listening Room Celebrates 200th Performer
COLD SPRING—True originals are disappearing by the day. Cookie cutters produce impossible-to-tell-apart houses. Cars are not only all the same shape, they’re also all the same color— “medium drab.” Fast food chains outnumber restaurants that don’t have a drive-though lane. Local, independent radio stations have been added to the endangered species list. Full Story
Explore Cold Spring’s Militaristic Roots
Despite its name, the West Point Foundry Preserve is on the Putnam County side of the Hudson, just a short distance from downtown Cold Spring. This foundry was important enough in its time to warrant a visit from President Lincoln during the Civil War. The old foundry made cannons that were instrumental in the North’s victory. Full Story
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