Business calendar
SEPT. 18: Buy Local Expo, noon to 5 p.m., Diamond Mills Hotel & Conference Center, 25 S. Partition St., Saugerties. Free admission and parking. Exhibitor space sold out. More info: Bob Hirsch at (845) 338-5100, ext. 103, or bob@ulsterchamber.org.
SEPT. 20: Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce “Meet the Candidates” breakfast, 7:30-9 a.m., Best Western Plus hotel, 503 Washington Ave., Kingston. Featuring 19th Congressional District candidates Rep. John Faso, R-Kinderhook, Antonio Delgado, D-Rhinebeck, and Green Party’s Steve Greenfield. Cost: $25 for members in advance, $30 for members at the door, $35 for nonmembers. Reservations required at (845) 338-5100 or bit. ly/2wtesqF.
SEPT. 20: Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce breakfast, 7:30 a.m., Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel & Conference Center, 40 Civic Center Plaza, Poughkeepsie. Speakers will be New York’s 41st Senate District candidates — incumbent Sue Serino and challenger Karen Smythe, Cost: $25 for chamber members, $35 for others, Preregister at (845) 454-1700, ext. 1000, or bit. ly/2OsazKp.
SEPT. 20: Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce “Work Local First”
job fair, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel & Conference Center, 40 Civic Center Plaza, Poughkeepsie. More info: dcrcoc.org/jobfair or (845) 454-1700, ext. 1000.
SEPT. 22: Grand opening celebration, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Bank of Greene County, 81 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock. Ribbon cutting at noon.
SEPT. 26: Ribbon cutting for HumphreyEmpire Corp., 10 a.m., at Sojourner Truth monument in front of Ulster County Courthouse, 285 Wall St., Kingston.
SEPT. 27: Ribbon cutting, Herzog’s remodeled Design Center, 11:30 a.m., 151 Plaza Road (Kingston Plaza), Kingston. Home design workshops at 6, 6:30 and 7 p.m. RSVP and more info: (845) 338-5100 or bob@ ulsterchamber.org.
SEPT. 27: Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce mixer, 5-7 p.m., Center for Spectrum Services, 70 Kukuk Lane, town of Ulster. Free for chamber members and prospective members, but reservations required at bit.ly/2vB7e3g or (845) 338-5100.
OCT. 17: Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce breakfast, 7:30-9 a.m., Best Western Plus hotel, 503 Washington Ave., Kingston. Candidates for state Senate in Districts 39,
42 and 46 will speak and take questions. Cost: $25 for members in advance, $30 for members at the door, $35 for nonmembers. Reservations required at (845) 338-5100.
OCT. 25: Ulster County Business Recognition Awards Dinner, Wiltwyck Golf Club, 404 Steward Lane, town of
Ulster. Cocktails at 5:30 p.m., dinner and awards ceremony begin at 6:30 p.m. Tickets: $100 per person. Reserve at bit.ly/2KpJi8D or (845) 338-5100.
NOV. 1: Fall Roundup Grazier Meeting — Extending the Grazing Season for Livestock, 1-4 p.m., Diamond Hills Farm, 80 Angus Lane, Hudson. Sponsored by. Presenters: Jason Detzel and Aaron Gabriel. Cost: $10 per person. Preregistration requested by Oct. 30 at tinyurl. com/FallRoundup; or send check to Cornell Cooperative Extension Albany County, Fall Roundup/CAAHP Program, 24 Martin Road, Voorheesville, N.Y. 12186.
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