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Trot with Family this Thanksgiving in both New Paltz and Woodstock
Family of Woodstock will host two turkey trots this Thanksgiving morning, inviting runners, walkers and families to celebrate while supporting vital community services. The tradition returns to New Paltz for its 23rd year and to Woodstock for its second year on Thursday, November 26. Registration is now open. Both events...
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Poughkeepsie Journal
Local farm ensuring Beacon school kids in need get Thanksgiving dinner
Backpacks bursting with harvest-themed produce will be given to Beacon City School District children with the greatest need to ensure they not only have Thanksgiving dinner, but a holiday spread to remember. This is Common Ground Farm's "Holiday BackPack Distribution." For Thanksgiving 2026, 80 or more Beacon City School District children, grades K-12, and their families, will receive backpacks on Nov. 19 filled to the brim, according to Liz Craig, the finance and operations manager at Common Ground Farm. From sweet potatoes and carrots to onions and garlic, as well as apples, potatoes, honey nut squash, celery and herbs, everything you'd expect on the holiday table is in the backpack, including 10 pounds of produce per bag, Hailee Salvesen, the backpack coordinator at Common Ground Farm, said. Common Ground Farm could have given instant mashed potatoes or canned pie filling, but the fresh foods give these families the flexibility, Salvesen said, to make their mashed potato recipe, their grandma's apple crisp or, if they don't celebrate Thanksgiving, an abundant bag of food that can last. Fixings like canned cranberry sauce, stuffing mix and local bread will also be found inside the bags, worth about $45 each, while allergy and dietary
newyorkalmanack.com
Gradual Abolition: New Research on John Hasbrouck and His Family
On Thursday, November 12, 2026 at 7 pm, Historic Huguenot Street (HHS) will host a virtual presentation and conversation entitled “Gradual Abolition to Freedom: New Research on John Hasbrouck and His Family” with Josephine Bloodgood and Kate Hymes. The talk will focus on the story of a Black child born in New Paltz in 1806 under New York’s gradual abolition acts and explores the personal stories of how the laws impacted John, his enslaved parents, and other family members.