Mid-Hudson, Catskills
The following is a list of Mid-Hudson Valley and Catskills cancellations, postponements and operational changes due to concerns about the coronavirus.
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• The Department of Motor Vehicles office in the Ulster County Office Building in Kingston is closed until further notice. A drop box for the office is on the back side of the building, 244 Fair St.
• The Southern Tier Seniors have canceled their April 1 meeting at The Mason’s Hall, 9 North Road, Tivoli,
• The Town of Ulster Senior Club has canceled its Thursday, March 26, meeting at the Town of Ulster Senior Center, 1 Town Hall Drive, Lake Katrine. The center will be closed until Wednesday, April 1. The group has also canceled its Tuesday, April 14, trip to the Saratoga casino. All payments will be fully refunded.
• The Ulster County Animal Response team has canceled its Tuesday, April 14, meeting at the Marbletown Community Center.
• The United Reformed Church in Bloomington has canceled its Heavenly Soups To Go and its Movie Night, both scheduled for Friday, March 20.
• The Senate House State Historic Site in Kingston has canceled “Sugaring Off: 18th Century Style,” scheduled for Saturday, April 4.
• Chabad of Ulster County, 254 Lucas Ave., Kingston, will not be having its regularly scheduled prayer services or classes.
• The Rhinebeck Village Board has canceled budget workshop meetings scheduled for Thursday, March 19, and Thursday, March 26.
• The Dutchess County Board of Health has canceled its meeting scheduled for Thursday, March 19.
• Mohonk Consultations in New Paltz has canceled “Finding Common Ground Despite Differences,” scheduled for Sunday, April 5. It also canceled its Distinguished Achievement Award and Celebration of its 40th Anniversary, scheduled for Sunday, June 14.
• A nickel social sponsored by St. Mary’s Youth Ministry and scheduled for Saturday, April 4, at Hose Company No. 3 in Coxsackie has been canceled. • Price Chopper supermarkets in Saugerties and Catskill will be open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week, with special pre-opening hours for seniors from 6 to 7 a.m., starting Thursday, March 19, until further notice.
• The Ashokan Center in Olivebridge has canceled this year’s Spring Day Camp, which was scheduled to run April 6-10. • The Rosendale Fire District meeting on Monday, March
23, is canceled.
• The Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center is closed until further notice.
• Village elections in Saugerties, Rhinebeck and Tivoli originally scheduled for March 18 are postponed until April
28.
• The Thomas Cole National Historic Site in Catskill has postponed events and tours for March and April. The grounds are open for visits. • The Hyde Park Town Hall will be closed to the public through March 22.
• The Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill has postponed some performances until August and canceled performances by The Hyde Park Ensemble and Flo Hayle’s cabaret.
• The Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce has canceled its April and May breakfast meetings and networking mixers.
• The Clearwater Community Celebration scheduled for
June 20-21 at Croton Point Park has been canceled.
• The Starr Library in Rhinebeck is closed through March 31.
• The E.R. Evarts Library in Athens will close on Thursday, March 19.
• Kingston’s soccer team, Stockade FC, has canceled all future tryouts and says it is unclear what will happen to the 2020 season, which runs from May through July.
• The Section 9 Athletic Council has extended its suspension of all competition to May 1.
• The Clermont State Historic Site’s historic mansion and visitors center will not open for the season for tours and events on April 9, as previously scheduled. The Chancellor’s Sheep and Wool Showcase, originally scheduled for April 18, has been canceled. The historic grounds and trails remain open daily from 8:30 a.m. to sunset. Parking fees are waived
• The Kiskatom Fire Department has canceled its Friday Night Fish Fry dinners of March 20 and 27. it has also canceled its Palm Sunday pancake breakfast on April 5. • All Kingston City Hall meetings are canceled.
• The state police are suspending employment fingerprinting, along with child safety seat checks, at their stations.
• All local Social Security offices are closed to the public for in-person service.
• Mohonk Mountain House is closed until April 1.
• The Woodstock Film Festival has postponed all spring events.
• The Clinton Community Library in Rhinebeck will be closed through March 29.
• The Ellenville Public Library and Museum will be closed from through March 27. • Coach House Players in Kingston has canceled the upcoming performance of “Nightwatch.”
• The YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County is closed for two weeks.
• No visitors are allowed at the two HealthAlliance hospitals in Kingston, Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie.
• Roost Studios & Art Gallery in New Paltz is closed. • Hudson Valley Honor Flight has postponed its two upcoming spring flights.
• The Ashokan Maple Fest 2020 has been canceled.
• The Boys & Girls Club of Ulster County will be closed until March 30.
• The Marlborough Town Hall is closed until further notice. • The Esopus Town Hall is closed until further notice. • Ulster Ballet’s 37th Annual Festival of Dance is canceled. • The Town of Ulster Justice Court is closed until March 27. • The town of Ulster Highway Department complex and the Water and Wastewater Department are closed. The Town Clerk’s Office will have limited interactions.
• The Saugerties Library is close for two weeks.
• The March 19 meeting of Hudson 7, a group of MidHudson Valley municipalities that draw drinking water from the Hudson River, is canceled. • The Catskill Mountains Chapter of Trout Unlimited has suspended fly fishing classes at SUNY Ulster.
• Performing Arts of Woodstock has canceled its production of “Suddenly Last Summer.”
• The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills has canceled services on March 22. Family Friday, on March 27, also is canceled. Other congregational events, such as committee meetings or gatherings of less than 10 people, can be held at members’ discretion.
• The Council For Resources to Enrich the Arts, Technology & Education will be closed to the public through the end of March. It will continue operating at its office at 398 Main
St., Catskill, on a limited schedule.
• St. James United Methodist Church in Kingston is closed for in-person worship services on Sunday, March 22. An online service will be held at 10 a.m. on the church’s Facebook page. Twelve-step programs,
Bible studies and church meetings will continue on schedule, unless otherwise announced. The food pantry will be closed March 22; details for March 29 will be announced.
• The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision has temporarily suspended visits at all state correctional facilities. The department will provide five free stamps per week for use for the “Inmate Correspondence Program”; two free secure messages per week via electronic tablet; and one free phone call per week.
• The FDR Library and Museum
in Hyde Park is closed until further notice.
• The Bardavon in Poughkeepsie and the Ulster Performing Arts Center in Kingston are closed through at least mid-April.
• All performances, events and programs at The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck through April 16 are postponed or canceled. • The Rhinebeck Rotary has canceled its May 18 Service Above Self awards dinner. • Colony Woodstock has canceled events for at least two weeks.
• Helsinki Hudson has closed the club and the restaurant and canceled events.
• The Hudson River Maritime Museum, 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston, is closed, and it has canceled all spring Wednesday evening lectures, including April 15, April 29, May 13 and May 27; along with the April 24 opening reception for the exhibit, “Mary Powell: Queen of the Hudson.” The “Bottles & Brews: Prohibition in the Hudson Valley” program originally scheduled for Saturday, March 21, has been postponed; a new date will be announced.