What’s open

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• The Hurley Heritage Museum has reopened for Saturday visits and tours. Walking tours of Historic Main Street will take place at 1 and 3 p.m. Tours cost $5. Meet in front of museum; reservations are advised. Museum hours are 1-4 p.m. Saturdays through the end of October. Online: hurleyheritagesociety.org.

• City of Kingston municipal buildings are open. Employees and visitors no longer will have to undergo health screenings to enter city buildings. Unvaccinated persons still have to wear face masks.

• The Ulster County Fair will be held Aug. 3-8 at the county fairgrounds, 249Libertyville Road, New Paltz. Online: ulstercountyfair.com.

• The Ulster County Pool Complex, 241 Libertyville Road, New Paltz, is open for the summer, until Labor Day.

• The Bardavon in Poughkeepsie and the Ulster Performing Arts Center in Kingston are reopening this summer. Go to bardavon.org for upcoming shows.

• The Ulster Heights Rod & Gun Club, 244 Sherman Road, Ellenville, will have a chicken barbecue on Saturday, Aug. 7. Take-out orders are $12. Call Bill at (845) 647-5190 for reservations.

• The Hudson Valley Garlic Festival will take place Saturday, Oct. 2, and Sunday, Oct. 3, at Cantine Field in Saugerties.

• Ulster County’s offices have reopened. Visitors must wear masks unless they provide proof of vaccination. The Department of Motor Vehicles office will remain open by appointment only. Go to clerk.ulstercountyny.gov or dmv. ny.gov.

• The 32nd Annual Tivoli Wide Yard Sale will take place Saturday, July 31, starting at 9 a.m., rain or shine. A comprehensive map will be published showing the locations of each sale, and distributed at the Four Corners. Call the village office at (845) 757-2021 for more information.

• John Burroughs’ cabin, Slabsides, 261 Floyd Ackert Road, West Park, will be open for tours from noon to 4 p.m. Aug. 7, 14, and 28; Sept. 11 and 25; and Oct. 2. For more information, email Info@johnburroughsassociation.org or go to johnburroughsassociation.org.

• The Kingston Library is open. More info: kingstonlibrary.org.

• The Kingston Farmers Market has opened for the season. It takes place Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the Ulster County Courthouse parking lot. (Enter from John Street or Wall Street.) The market is scheduled to run, rain or shine, through Nov. 20. Online: kingstonfarmersmarket.org.

• The Rhinebeck Farmers Market is open Sundays, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the municipal parking lot at 61 E. Market St. It will run outside until Dec. 26. (There will not be a market on Dec. 5.) Visit rhinebeckfarmersmarket.com for more information.

• The Ulster County Historical Society, 2682 U.S. Route 209, Marbletown, has opened for the season. Hours are Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for seniors and students. Admission for society members is free.

• Opus 40, located at 50 Fite Road in Saugerties, is now open Friday through Sunday.

• The Stone Ridge Library, 3700Main St. (U.S. Route 209) is open. Hours are Monday, 1:30 to 7 p.m.; Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. More info: stoneridgelibrary.org.

• Friends of Historic Saugerties, a program of the Saugerties Public Library, has suspended its monthly local history lecture. Online: FHSSaugerties.wixsite.com/home

• The town of Ulster’s Russell Brott Senior Center is now open for daily activities. Contact group leaders or the Town Clerk’s Office (845) 382-2455 for class schedules.

• Happy to Help Food Pantry is located at St. James United Methodist Church, 35 Pearl

St., Kingston. The food pantry is only open on Sundays, from 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Participants are asked to follow COVID procedures by wearing masks, bringing in their own bags, entering through the Fair Street entrance, and observe social distancing. The food pantry does NOT deliver food. (845) 3313030.

• The People’s Place Food Pantry is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 17 St. James St., Kingston. Donations of fresh and shelf-stable foods are being accepted. (845) 338-4030.

• The People’s Place Community Café is open and free to all Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., serving continental breakfast and lunch.

• The People’s Place Bounty Table, located just outside the doors, offers free produce, breads, baked goods, dairy items and proteins. The items change daily and are first come, first serve during business hours, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

• The People’s Place Thrift Store and Boutique has reopened. Hours are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday.

• The Hudson River Maritime Museum, 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston, is open from noon to 4 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays for 30-minute visits by groups of up to four. Advance tickets are required. Go to hrmm.org.

• The Saugerties Public Library is open to the public. Visit saugertiespubliclibrary.org or Call (845) 246-4317.

• The Arts Society of Kingston’s gallery has reopened. Hours are 1 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays to Saturdays; and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. Visit askforarts.org.

• The Highland Public Library is open. Hours are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2-6 p.m.; and Saturdays, noon to 2 p.m. More info: (845) 691-2275 or highlandlibrary.org.

• The Starr Library in Rhinebeck has reopened. The hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. More info: starrlibrary.org or (845) 876-4030.

• The Woodstock Library is open Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Visit woodstock.org.

• The Red Hook Public Library is open. Call (845) 758-3241, email director@redhooklibrary.org or go to www.redhooklibrary.org.

• The Olive Free Library is open. More info: olivefreelibrary.org.

• The Rosendale Library is open. More info: (845) 658-9013, rosendalelibrary.org.

• The Hurley and West Hurley libraries have reopened.

• The D.R. Evarts Library in Athens is open. More info: (518) 945-1417.

• The Clinton Community Library has reopened.

• The Ellenville Public Library and Museum is open. Call (845) 6475530.

• The Town of Esopus Library is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and from 1 to 6 p.m. Thursdays. More info: (845) 3385580, info@esopuslibrary.org or www.esopuslibrary.org.

• The Morton Memorial Library & Community House in Rhinecliff has reopened to the public. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. (845) 876-2903 or email sandy@mortonrhinecliff.org.

• The Morton Memorial Library in Pine Hill is open. More info: (845) 254-4222, www.pinehilllibrary.org.

• The Balsam Lake Mountain Fire Tower in Arkville has reopened its top cab to visitors.

• The Food Pantry at Trinity Lutheran Church, 72 Spring St., Kingston, is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 1p.m. The pantry is closed on Mondays and Fridays. Wear a mask when picking up a bag of groceries at the door.

• The city of Kingston’s playgrounds have reopened.

• The Dutchess County Department of Motor Vehicles, 22 Market St., Poughkeepsie, has resumed in-person license, permits and nondriver 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.

• The city of Poughkeepsie has reopened its parks and skate park.

• The town of Ulster transfer station is open.

• Dutchess County Public Transit and Ulster County Area Transit have increased bus service. Go to bit.ly/busresume for details.

• 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 Samuel Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz has reopened. Its hours are Wednesdays through Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Attendance is limited to allow for social distancing. Go to newpaltz.edu/dorskymuseum for more information.

• All requests for Kingston Police Department reports should be directed to Records Clerk Alyssa Rockefeller at (845) 331-2061 or arockefeller@kingstonny.gov.

• 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.

• 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) 3409170, extension 3000, or by email at cccosuhelpline@cccsos.org.

• The state police have suspended employment fingerprinting, along with child safety seat checks, at their stations.

• The Boys & Girls Club of Ulster County is operating at limited capacity.