Chatham Area News

May 1, 2024 | Syracuse.com

Chatham Brewing is the winner of this year’s “Best NY Burger” competition.

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March 20, 2024 | BerkshireOnstage.blog

PS21’s 2024 season, diverse, distinctive performances by American and international artists, World, US, and North American premieres, work developed in our growing artists’ residency program, and expanded community programming for Columbia County residents.

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Chatham Brewing, Columbia County’s first brewery in New York’s upper Hudson Valley, has released Nectaron of the Gods Double IPA, featuring Nectaron and Motueka, two southern hemisphere hops. This release, available in a four-pack of 16 oz. cans, will be released this week to the public.

This Double IPA is a welcome addition to the brewery’s long list of easy-to-drink beers that Chatham Brewing has to offer, even with an 8.5 percent ABV.

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“One could spend a lifetime exploring the Big Apple’s five boroughs, sites, and attractions. However, once you get out of the city, New York boasts a ton of beautiful towns.”

“Chatham is a small town in the Hudson Valley with a quintessential downtown and is known for its vibrant art scene. Once known as Groats Corner, Chatham is known for its sense of community, and this is evident in the downtown area…”

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January 11, 2024 | Albany Business Review

Art Omi, the nonprofit arts center in Ghent, is developing a second Columbia County destination.

The $60 million project, Art Omi Pavilions, will feature at least a dozen exhibition buildings linked by outdoor pathways on a 190-acre hillside property off Route 66 in Chatham. A number of prominent artists and architects are already involved in the project.

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Gift Basket Winner

Patrons earned a free raffle ticket every time they made a purchase from a Village shop at Chatham’s WinterFest, held December 9, 2023. The Prize: a gift basket worth $1,500 filled with items from a variety of popular Village businesses, including gift certificates.

The winner: Donna Curnow Ross of Old Chatham who had spent the day shopping in the Village.
Congratulations, Donna!

Cookie Baking Contest Winners

1. Jeff Risley of Nassau – first prize $100.00
2. Maryse Folmsbee – second prize $50.00
3. Third prize will be divided up among the three children who entered, $25.00 each as they were all equally delicious.

Congratulations to all, and the judges thank you for a yummy effort.

September 1, 2023 | TimesUnion.com

A key step in the expansion of a rail trail in Columbia County has been taken.

The Harlem Valley Rail Trail Association said work has started toward creating a shovel-ready construction plan for a new section of the trail that will link the village of Philmont to the town of Ghent and Chatham village.

The construction-ready documents are being designed by MKM Landscape Architecture of New York under contract to the association, the nonprofit community group that helps oversee the expansion and maintenance of the trail. MKM has designed 2.5 miles of earlier extensions of the trail.

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May 9, 2023 | WAMC

Sharon Weinberg and Amy Zimmerman from Chatham Bookstore in Chatham, New York join us with this week’s Book Picks.

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