Shawn Dell Joyce 06:43 pm | Did your travel plans get curtailed this summer like many other Americans? Rising gas prices and a slow economic recovery have many people rethinking vacation plans. Driving is…

admin 09:28 am | Green Hudson Valley has signed the petition “BAN NATURAL GAS DRILLING IN NEW YORK STATE”. We’re asking you to sign this petition to help reach the goal of…

admin 08:04 am | Next Friday, Aug. 6, President Obama’s “America’s Great Outdoors Initiative” is holding a public listening session at Marist College in Poughkeepsie. Please come to tell top federal decision-makers…

Shawn Dell Joyce 10:41 pm | Most of us hardly give a thought to planning our own funerals while we are alive. We would prefer to leave that to our living relatives, along with…

Shawn Dell Joyce 04:17 pm | Many of us have watched our utility bills triple in the past few years, if you are a senior, or living on a fixed income, this can be…

Shawn Dell Joyce 03:55 pm | The economic downturn has left many communities looking decimated with empty lots, vacant stores, and unemployed people with too much time and too little money. Many of these…

Shawn Dell Joyce 02:03 pm | According to NASA, 2010 is the hottest year on record so far. Summer temperatures are soaring, and many of us are looking for ways to keep cool without…

Shawn Dell Joyce 01:31 pm | In his recent book; Outliers, author Malcolm Gladwell cites a study that proves a strong localized community actually improves your health. The study is centered on Roseto, Pennsylvania,…

Shawn Dell Joyce 01:38 pm | Americans drive an average of 10,000 miles per year, per person, which includes non-drivers as well. We do a lot of that driving during the summer on family…

Shawn Dell Joyce 01:46 pm | We Americans complain bitterly about the rising cost of food. Most Americans don’t realize just how good we really have it in the land of plenty. In other…