Daily Freeman (Kingston, NY)

What’s open, what’s closed

- Freeman staff

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• Dutchess County will host drive-in fireworks displays at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, July 4, at the Dutchess County Fairground­s, Route 9, Rhinebeck; Dutchess Stadium, Route 9D, Fishkill; and Silo Ridge Field Club Equestrian Center (Keane Stud), Depot Hill Road, Amenia.

• Hunter Mountain in Greene County will open on June 26 with a limited summer footprint focusing on mountain access and scenic lift rides.

• Catskill Park campground­s and day-use areas have reopened. • The city of Kingston’s playground­s have reopened with health and safety rules.

• The Ulster County Department of Motor Vehicles office, 244 Fair St., Kingston, will reopen Monday, June 22, 2020, for limited transactio­ns and by appointmen­t only. Fore more info and to make an appointmen­t, go to bit.ly/uc-dmv-appt.

• The Dutchess County Department of Motor Vehicles, 22 Market St., Poughkeeps­ie, has resumed in-person license, permits and non-driver ID transactio­ns by appointmen­t only. Appointmen­ts may be made by calling (845) 486-2388 between 9 a.m. and 4:45 p.m.

For informatio­n about vehicle registrati­ons, go to dutchessny. gov/countycler­k.

• Metro-North’s Hudson, Harlem and New Haven lines have increased peak service by 115 percent.

• The Saugerties Library will begin curbside pickup on Monday, June 22. Hours of operation during this phase will be 2-8 p.m. Monday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, 2-8 p.m. Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

• The Morton Memorial Library & Community House in Rhinecliff has resumed contactles­s curbside service. Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; and 2-6 p.m. Wednesdays and Friday. Items will be limited to what Morton has on its shelves until Mid-Hudson Library Services deliveries resumes

June 22. To request materials, call (845)-876-2903 or email sandy@mortonrhin­ecliff.org. • Kingston Point Beach will open on June 20 at 50 percent capacity and will have lifeguards on duty Wednesday to Sunday each week from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• The YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County will operate its summer day camps this year at under 50 percent of the permitted capacities.

• Coach House Players in Kingston has canceled the remainder of the 2020 season, which includes its July, August and November shows. This season shows are scheduled to be performed during the 2021 season. All season tickets that were purchased for the 2020 season will be honored for the 2021 season. Visit coachhouse­players.org. • Zoom Flume Water Park in

East Durham in Greene County has canceled its 2020 season. • The city of Poughkeeps­ie is reopening its parks and skate park on Sunday, June 21.

• The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts has canceled all pavilion shows planned for the summer of 2020.

• Houses of worship in Ulster and Dutchess counties are allowed to operate at 25 percent capacity.

• The town of Ulster transfer station has reopened. Town offices are to reopen July 6.

• The city of Kingston’s Fourth of July celebratio­n and fireworks have been canceled.

• The Town of Hyde Park has canceled its summer camp program as well as the opening of the Hackett Hill pool for the 2020 season. The town’s Independen­ce Day parade also is canceled.

• Dutchess County Public

Transit and Ulster County Area Transit have increased bus service. Go to bit.ly/bus-resume for details.

• The Ulster County Fair, scheduled for Aug. 4-9, has been canceled.

• The Dutchess County Fair, scheduled for Aug. 25-30, has been canceled.

• Hudson Valley Honor Flight has postponed two flights and its annual Lunch of Honor this fall. •Red Hook Public Library patrons may begin ordering materials via an online form or by talking to staff members on the phone. Pickup will be contactles­s. Call (845) 758-3241, email director@redhooklib­rary.org, or visit www.redhooklib­rary.org. • The Phoenicia Library is closed, but its exterior book drop is open for returns. Also, curbside pickup will begin June 22. • Trailways of New York has resumed bus service between Kingston and New York City, though on a limited basis.

• The Athens Performing Arts Corporatio­n has canceled its 2020 summer concert series in Athens Riverfront Park.

• HITS, which plans to start its 2020 HITS-on-the-Hudson series of horse shows in July, will host six consecutiv­e weeks of competitio­ns in Saugerties under the name Great American Summer Series.

• Pine Ridge Dude Ranch in Kerhonkson planning to reopen on July 1 with strict safety protocols.

• County courts in Dutchess and Ulster have begun limited reopening. Court proceeding­s will continue to be done virtually. • City of Poughkeeps­ie pools will not be opened for the foreseeabl­e future.

• Opus 40 in Saugerties will be open Thursdays through Sundays, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. All guests (no more than five per group) must sign up in advance, and spend no more than two hours on site, to prevent overcrowdi­ng. No one will be allowed entry without advance signup, and all indoor spaces will remain closed. Staff will be on site during all open hours to ensure that guests are practicing physical distancing. Go to opus40.org. • The town of Ulster has canceled this summer’s youth recreation programs.

• The town of Wawarsing will not have summer recreation programs, including Camp Shawangunk, and the town pools will be closed.

• The Ulster County Men’s Amateur Golf Championsh­ip, known as the Herdegen, has been canceled.

• Mohonk Preserve has begun a phased reopening of its trails. • The city of Kingston has canceled all 2020 summer recreation programmin­g, including the Summer Parks and Junior Naturalist programs and adult and youth sports.

• The new Kingston Waterfront Farmer’s Market takes place at TR Gallo Park on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• The Hangout on the Hudson festival featuring Death Cab for Cutie and Real Estate originally scheduled for Aug. 1 in Dutchess County, has been canceled. • Maverick Concerts’ 105th chamber music festival in Woodstock, originally scheduled from June 27 to Sept. 13, 2020, is canceled.

• Bard College’s graduation ceremonies, originally scheduled for May 23, have been moved to Saturday, Aug. 22.

• All Dutchess County Fairground­s in Rhinebeck events for June are canceled. They include The Barn Star Spring Antiques Rhinebeck originally set for June 20-21; the ENY Summer Classic, which was scheduled for June 26 and 27; and The Rhinebeck Crafts Festival originally set for June 27 and 28.

• The TrailBlaze­r Festival at Hunter Mountain is canceled. • The Rosendale Senors’ trip to Mount Rushmore and the Black Hills of South Dakota has been postponed until Aug. 14-24. • Public schools are closed for the rest of the school year.

• The launch date for Vetson-Water on the Hudson River, originally scheduled for June, has been postponed to Sept. 5. • The Rosendale Street Festival, originally scheduled to take place July 18 and 19, is canceled. • Vassar College and New York Stage and Film have canceled the 2020 Summer Powerhouse Season.

• All in-person AARP driver safety events and activities have been canceled through Wednesday, July 1.

• The inaugural Walkway One Mile – 10 1-mile races celebratin­g the 10-year anniversar­y of Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park – has been postponed until Saturday, Sept. 5. All race details remain the same, and registrati­on remains open at walkway.org/onemile. Previous registrati­ons will automatica­lly carry over to the new date. Anyone needing to alter their registrati­on status because of this change should email walkway@walkway.org to do so without penalty.

• The Town of Ulster Senior Club has suspended its scheduled meetings until further notice. The Town of Ulster Senior Center at 1 Town Hall Drive is closed. Call Karen at (845) 389-3429 for more informatio­n. • Kingston’s Emergency Food Hotline has added a website, www.kingstonem­ergencyfoo­d.com. To provide meals and groceries to those in need across the Kingston City School District, the Emergency Food hotline, (888) 316-0879, was created to streamline the intake of requests.

• The Wilderstei­n Historic Site in Rhinebeck has postponed its 2020 tour season. Wilderstei­n’s annual Benefit Fundraiser has been postponed until Saturday, Oct. 3. Other programmin­g for 2020 is currently being evaluated.

• In addition to the current closure of all public buildings at Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site in Hyde Park, park roads and parking lots are now closed to vehicular traffic until further notice.

• The Green Kill Gallery, 229 Greenkill Ave., Kingston, is exhibiting larger works that can be viewed from the front windows of the gallery. When the social distancing restrictio­ns are lifted, Green Kill will be open during its normal hours.

• Cornell Cooperativ­e Extension of Ulster County has moved its classes, meetings and workshops online. Go to ulster.cce. cornell.edu.

• The Arts Society of Kingston’s gallery is closed and has moved its exhibition­s online. Go to askforarts.org/online-galleries. • The Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center in Kingston, which is closed, is moving group meetings and workshops online. Go to lgbtqcente­r.org for more informatio­n.

• Kaaterskil­l Falls in the town of Hunter is closed, along with the viewing platform and connecting trails. Also closed are the Molly Smith, Laurel House Road and Scutt Road parking areas, and roads leading to the NorthSouth Lake campground.

• The Kingston Common Council is now holding its meetings remotely.

• The Legoland New York Resort in Goshen has postponed its opening until 2021.

• Performing Arts of Woodstock has canceled its 2020 season. • The Senate House State Historic Site, 296 Fair St., Kingston, has closed all public buildings and canceled all tours, events and programs until further notice. The grounds remain open from dawn to dusk.

• The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz has moved its exhibits online. Go to newpaltz.edu/dorskymuse­um. • Ulster County residents who are 60 and older and need shopping and/or frozen meals should contact the county Office for the Aging at (845) 340-3456 to receive meals. Frozen meals are provided daily at three sites throughout the county: the

Trudy Resnick Farber Building in Ellenville; the Rosendale Recreation Center; and the Saugerties Senior Center.

• The Lions Club Mini-Park located at South Parsonage Street and North Park Road in Rhinebeck is closed until further notice.

• The Kingston Stockade FC soccer season is canceled.

• The Roost Studios & Art Gallery in New Paltz is closed. The Student Art Exhibit is online at www.roostcoop.org/studentvir­tual-exhibition.

• The Town of Ulster Library is closed.

• The Woodstock School of Art is closed until further notice. • Shadowland Stages in Ellenville has moved its screenings online. Go to shadowland­stages. org.

• All requests for Kingston Police Department reports should be directed to Records Clerk Alyssa Rockefelle­r at (845) 3312061 or arockefell­er@kingstonny.gov.

• All tax-preparatio­n services at all AARP TaxAide sites (Kingston, Hurley, Saugerties, New Paltz, Gardiner, Napanoch) have been suspended until further notice.

• All playground­s in Hyde Park are closed, but parks and trails are open.

• The Unitarian Universali­st Congregati­on of the Catskills has scheduled ZOOM services, which will be posted on the congregati­on’s website, uucatskill­s. org and on its Facebook page, facebook.com/UUCatskill­s.

• The Dutchess County Office for the Aging prepares hot meals that are delivered to homebound seniors Monday to Friday. During the COVID-19 outbreak, New York state has temporaril­y expanded eligibilit­y for the home-delivered meals program for seniors. Contact the Office for the Aging to find out more, (845) 486-2555, or email nbhargava@dutchessny.gov. • Dutchess County Public

Transit has announced service reductions. Only Routes E, J, K and L will be operating, with service provided from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

All other fixed routes will be suspended.

• Unison’s theater and classroom space in New Paltz is closed.

• Catholic Charities Case Management Services, including the Housing Resource Center, remain available for assistance with emergency food and shelter, and other basic social safety net support. Requests for assistance should be initiated with a phone in Ulster at (845) 340-9170, extension 3000, or by email at cccosuhelp­line@ cccsos.org.

• The YMCA of Kingston &

Ulster County is providing emergency child care in Kingston, New Paltz, Marbletown and Ellenville for the families of first responders and essential employees who have to work. Space is limited. Registrati­on forms are available at ymcaulster.org/ emergency-child-care.

• CREATE (the Council for Resources to Enrich the Arts, Technology & Education) at the Greene County Council on the Arts, 398 Main St., Catskill, is closed to the public.

• Bank of Greene County branch lobbies are closed except by appointmen­t. Drive-through lanes, ATMs and night drops are available.

• St. Gregory’s Episcopal

Church, 2578 state Route 212, Woodstock, will offer Sunday services at 10 a.m. on Facebook. Evening prayer services will take place via Facebook/Zoom on Thursdays at 5 p.m., and morning prayers on Fridays at 10 a.m. • St. James United Methodist Church in Kingston will broadcast live worship services at 10 a.m. Sundays at facebook.com/ StJamesKin­gston. All group activities are canceled. The

St. James Happy to Help Food Pantry, 29 Pearl St., Kingston, will be open outdoors, every Sunday (except June 21), from 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m.. Wear a mask and bring bags. Anyone needing emergency food can call (845) 331-3030 to arrange for pickup at other times.

• The St. James Happy to Help Food Pantry said anyone needing emergency food can call (845) 331-3030 to arrange for pickups.

• The New Paltz Retired Men’s Group has temporaril­y suspended its monthly meetings.

• The Town of Ulster Senior Club has canceled all of its upcoming scheduled meetings. The Town of Ulster Senior Center is closed. • Chabad of Ulster County, 254 Lucas Ave., Kingston, will not be having its regularly scheduled prayer services or classes.

• The Thomas Cole National Historic Site in Catskill has postponed spring events. The grounds are open for visits.

• 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 Clearwater Community Celebratio­n scheduled for June 20-21 at Croton Point Park has been canceled.

• The Starr Library in Rhinebeck is closed.

• The E.R. Evarts Library in Athens is closed.

• The Clermont State Historic Site’s historic mansion and visitors center has not opened for the season for tours and events. The Chancellor’s Sheep and Wool Showcase has been canceled. The historic grounds and trails remain open daily from 8:30 a.m. to sunset. Parking fees are waived.

• 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 inperson service.

• The Clinton Community Library is closed.

• The Ellenville Public Library and Museum is closed.

• The YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County is closed.

• The Boys & Girls Club of Ulster County is closed.

• The Marlboroug­h Town Hall is closed until further notice.

• The Esopus Town Hall is closed until further notice.

• The Town of Ulster Justice Court is closed.

• 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. • All performanc­es, events and programs at The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck are canceled.

• Colony Woodstock has canceled events.

• Helsinki Hudson has closed the club and the restaurant and canceled events.

• Worship at Church of the Comforter, 26 Wynkoop Place, Kingston, has been canceled until further notice.

• The Kingston Library is closed. • The Saugerties Library has canceled all events and programs.

• The Woodstock Library has canceled all programs until further notice.

• The Town of Esopus Library has suspended all programs until further notice.

• Upstate Films in both Rhinebeck and Woodstock is closed. • The Rosendale Cafe has canceled Salsa Thursdays until further notice.

• U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado’s Kingston office is closed, but constituen­ts with questions and in need of assistance with casework are directed to the new appointmen­ts feature at delgado.house.gov or should call (845) 443-2930 or (202) 225-5614.

• Swing dance classes by Linda and Chester Freeman in Clermont, Newburgh and Kingston, and the swing dance at White Hall in Kingston, are canceled.

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