Gardiner Gazette NY

03/11/2026

Nominate your favorite Gardiner, NY businesses for the Chronogrammies! NOW is the time to submit nominations for any Gardiner business through the Chronogram Readers' Choice 2026 ballot in categories such as:
General Contractor: McMahon's Contracting & Home Improvement
Food & Drink: Restaurants, bakeries, and bars--Pitanga North, Cafe Mio, Disgruntled Chef, Lombardis, Mountain Brauhaus, Gardiner Bakehouse, etc
Nature & Outdoors: Farms, preserves, and outdoor recreation--Wright's Farm, Phillies Bridge Farm Project, etc.
Services: Local professional services and retail. Pitch Pine Outfitters, The Gardiner Collective,
(if unfamiliar with the above businesses, look for their pages (e.g., McMahon's Home Improvement Forum)
😍 Vote for any/all of the above or just write in your favorites daily!
Nominations are open March 1st – March 31st.
Top 5 in each category move on to the voting round.

11/06/2025

Let's talk about local, seasonal treats. I'll start: The Fall Veggie Hash with 2 eggs and toast @ Cafe Mio with a ton of roasted Fall veggies was amazing this morning. What are your Gardiner-local favorite treats?

10/20/2025

A few reported on Bruynswick Rd...how about you?

See it. Report it. Stomp it. Help DEC, NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets, and other state and federal partners stop the spread of invasive spotted lanternflies.

❓ WHAT: Spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) or SLF, is an invasive insect that primarily feeds on trees of heaven (Alianthus altissima) but can also feed on a wide variety of plants such as grapevine, hops, maple, walnut, and fruit trees. While the full impacts of SLF are unknown, the insect will negatively impact the agricultural and tourism industries and may impact New York’s forest health.

📣 WHAT TO DO:
* Learn how to identify SLF.
* Inspect outdoor items such as firewood, vehicles, and furniture for egg masses.
* If you visit other states with SLF, be sure to check all equipment and gear before leaving. Scrape off any egg masses.
* Destroy egg masses by scraping them into a bucket of hot, soapy water or a baggie/jar of hand sanitizer.

📍 LOCATION: People living in the following counties DO NOT need to report Spotted Lanternfly sightings to DEC or Ag and Markets or collect samples at this time:
- Dutchess
- Nassau
- New York City counties
- Orange
- Putnam
- Rockland
- Suffolk - except for North Fork
- Sullivan
- Ulster
- Westchester
* If you see a Spotted Lanternfly in the counties listed above, kill it immediately by stepping on it or crushing it. Each female SLF eliminated can reduce next year’s population by 60-100 insects.

If you live OUTSIDE of the counties listed above, you can help by reporting SLF immediately after it is found. Follow these steps:

* Take a photo.
* Collect a sample and place it in a freezer or in a jar with rubbing alcohol or hand sanitizer.
* Contact the SLF responders by emailing [email protected] or filling out the report using the link in the comments

After you have reported SLF in your area and collected a sample, you should kill any additional SLF you see by stepping on it or crushing it.

Photo by James Perez-Rogers

10/18/2025

GARDINER IS HOPPING TODAY with hundreds coming out for "No KINGS" event and for the Craft & Food fair over at Gardiner Fire and Rescue - New York Below is a sample of cool and affordable crafts available there. This handmade epoxy board looks like the ocean and was the perfect gift for a scuba diving friend and was only $15! There are also food trucks outside and homemade, fresh baked goods inside the building, but I ate the cookies on the way home, so the only photo I could take of that would be crumbs. Gardiner, NY

08/15/2025

Willow Pond Sheep Farm Changes Yogurt Jar Lids to Steel
Located in Gardiner, NY, Willow Pond Sheep Farm is owned and operated by Brent and Carrie Wasser. They are the sole owners and operators of this 65-acre sheep dairy, which is the only one of its kind in the Hudson Valley. The Wassers milk their dairy flock from May to October, raise their sheep on pasture, and practice rotational grazing. Previously the caps used to seal their glass yogurt jars were plastic, but Brent was concerned about it, "It is difficult to manage, and much of the plastic that is brought in for recycling does not get recycled due to the material being contaminated or challenges with the infrastructure for processing plastic. So plastic often goes into a landfill or it's incinerated." "Plastic also persists in the environment," Brent said. "It's in wildlife, and it contaminates food and people. We're trying to reduce our contribution to the problem." Gardiner Gazette is thrilled to report on local efforts to improve and protect our environment and would be interested to hear from other local businesses who are making ecologically supportive changes to their business practices. It is so important to support local businesses, especially those that are socially responsible, so we encourage residents to stop by the farm and pick up a steel-capped jar of the most excellent yogurt around.
Gardiner Association of Businesses Gardiner Library Gardiner Brewing Company Gardiner Fire and Rescue - New York

08/14/2025

For anyone who Rock the Ridge, why not find out what Rock The Ridge is all about! You'll have to move NOW because it's on August 15th, TOMORROW! If you can't make it, you can still register online!

Rock The Ridge A 50-mile Challenge to Benefit Mohonk Preserve   Save the Date | May 2, 2026 | 6 AM Registration opens on August 15th! Get Ready to Rock The Ridge Set in the natural beauty of the Shawangunk Mountains of New York’s Hudson Valley, an area described as “one of Earth’s last great ...

05/14/2025

LAST DAY TO VOTE for local businesses! Gardiner's own McMahon's Contracting in the finals of the 2025 Chronogram Readers' Choice Awards. https://chronogrammedia.secondstreetapp.com/og/862f1e2e-b8a5-4fe2-9296-9b0e4df78c28/gallery/476421028
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04/04/2025

What are Gardiner cat owners paying for their cat's dental cleaning/extraction in 2025?