Hudson River Story

by Susan Petrie - Susan Petrie had one of those wonderful, free-ranging childhoods, and she still loves to roam about. She is a native of Troy, NY, and currently lives in Albany. In 2018, Susan [...]

by Xhenet Aliu | Photos by Tema Stauffer - The focus of Tema Stauffer’s photographs of Hudson and its neighboring places—Livingston, Germantown, Kinderhook, areas unincorporated or merely [...]

by Carolyn Marks Blackwood - I live on the edge of a cliff, overlooking the Hudson River. The scene is different every day, every minute. It changes with the weather, light, and seasons. I have a [...]

by Richard Beaven - My family and I have been in Ghent, NY, since 2005. The 2018 bicentennial of this small Hudson Valley town coupled with my desire to be better informed about the community [...]

by Joseph Squillante - My first visit to the Hudson River was in 1975, when a boyhood friend from the Bronx moved to paradise – buying a house on the river in Tivoli. While visiting to help work [...]

by Madeline Cottingham - Most days I carry a fear inside me. I struggle between alarm and hope, and finding a balance between the two. But when the animals are fed and there's dirt under my [...]

by Jon Bowermaster - Photos by Devin Pickering - It’s impressive how cold two degrees Fahrenheit feels on your cheeks, especially with a stiff breeze in your face. I can almost hear the sound of [...]

by Eva Deitch - Nature has always been where I’ve known people go to clear their minds, reset, and reconnect with themselves and their surroundings. When I moved from Chicago to The Hudson [...]