Featured Community Businesses

Bacchus Restaurant, Brewery & Billiards

Open Daily serving Lunch, Dinner, and weekend Brunch. Late-night live music and large billiard room with pool, ping pong, foosball and darts. Over 40 years of hearty food and tasty drinks served in a warm neighborly atmosphere. We are the Hudson Valley’s original craft beer bar, now also brewing our own. Monday-Friday 11am-3am. Saturday and Sunday 10am-3am.
4 South Chestnut Street, New Paltz
255-8636
www.BacchusNewPaltz.com

C. Glasner Design and Associates, LLC

Complete design & home restoration services, including antiques & fine art consultation. From 18th Century to modern styles. Local references. Free initial consultation.   Serving the Mid-Hudson Valley
845-527-5859
cglasnerdesign@aol.com

Main Street Bistro

Voted "Best Breakfast" in Best of the Hudson Valley, Hudson Valley Magazine. Innovative American and Vegetarian cuisine. Our menu features wonderful gourmet breakfasts, homemade soups, unique salads & sandwiches, pasta, burgers, creative entrees, vegan dishes, and much more. Our in-house bakery provides freshly baked breads, muffins, brownies, and other delicious treats. Gluten-free bread available. Extensive beer & wine menu. Mon-Thurs 8am-4 pm. Friday 8am-4pm. Saturday & Sunday 7am-6pm.
59 Main Street, New Paltz
845-255-7766
www.mainstreetbistro.com

Mountain Brauhaus Restaurant

Celebrating more than 60 Years! Sauerbraten, Wiener Schnitzel, hamburgers & sandwiches, plus creative weekly specials including fresh fish, vegetarian and vegan dishes made with local produce. Located at the intersection of Routes 44/55 & 299, just below the Shawangunk cliffs. Open 11:30am, closed Monday & Tuesday.
Rte 44-55 & Rte 299, Gardiner
255-9766

Rusk, Wadlin, Heppner & Martuscello, LLP

General civil practice. Two locations.
255 Fair St, Kingston
331-4100
331-6930 (Fax)
Main St., Marlboro
236-4411
236-3190 (Fax)
RWHM.com
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Putting Down Roots: An Interview with Tom Lindtveit

by
Fall 2025

In February of 2024, I dropped a note to Woodsman Forest Products in West Hurley, NY, seeking a donation for the John Burroughs’ Woodchuck Lodge annual April Auction. The note was one of perhaps seventy-five I sent to businesses I hoped would want to help preserve the lodge.

Woodsman Forest Products’ owner was among the first to call me. It turned out to be a one-man operation that flows unique from start to finish. First, the “one man,” Tom Lindtveit, has kind of a tough-love-affair with trees. More on that shortly.

He contacted me to say he was interested in making a small step stool for the auction. We corresponded a few more times, and after learning about him and more about his main business, knew I had to interview him […]

 

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Putting Down Roots: An Interview with Tom Lindtveit (PDF)