Thank you to Steiners Sports for sponsoring the Ghostly Gallop! Every kid who registers for the One-Mile Kids Fun Run will be entered in a raffle to win a bike, courtesy of Steiner's! Register today (free for kids!) via ghostlygallop.info & join the fun on Sunday, Oct. 30!

Last year's Pumpkin Painting program was so fun that we're bringing it back again this year! Get creative with us on Wednesday, October 26, at 5 pm. Supplies are limited, and registration is required! To register, email [email protected] or call 518-828-1792 x101

As mentioned in the 1980s Been Laborin' curriculum guide, the BLACC oral histories are replete with home remedies stories. Beulah Whitbeck, Marion Van Ness, Marie Parker, Bill Van Ness, and others spoke about these remedies for colds, rheumatism, and other ailments. Link in Bio.

Thank you to SDL+GHS for supporting our library and the 22nd Annual Ghostly Gallop as a Major Sponsor! Register today via ghostlygallop.info and join the fun on Sunday, October 30! #ghostlygallop #hudsonarealibrary We Insure Risk

Thank you to A. Colarusso for supporting our library and the 22nd Annual Ghostly Gallop as a Major Sponsor! Register today via ghostlygallop.info and join the fun on Sunday, October 30!

Thank you to Ronsani Brothers Paving for supporting our library and the 22nd Annual Ghostly Gallop as a Major Sponsor! Register today via ghostlygallop.info and join the fun on Sunday, October 30!

Thanks to the Hudson Children’s Book Festival, every kid participating in the Ghostly Gallop 5K or Kids One-Mile Fun Run will get a free book! Register today via ghostlygallop.info and join the fun on Sunday, October 30! p.s. also, save the date for the 2023 Book Festival: Sat., May 6!

Join the Leisler Institute and us on Thursday, October 27, at 6pm at the library for a talk by Patricia U. Bonomi titled Colonial New York as Model for the Nation, highlighting the significance of New York’s religious and racial diversity, geography, and tumultuous politics.

Thank you to Taconic Engineering for supporting our library and the 22nd Annual Ghostly Gallop as a Medals and Awards Sponsor! Register today via ghostlygallop.info and join the fun on Sunday, October 30!

Our History Room received a donation of a film reel called Widening Circle from the YWCA that may be interviews with Hudson residents. Does anyone know anything about this film and/or have a film projector we can use to see if the film is worth digitizing?

Ghostly Gallop race day is just a few days away! For those who pre-registered for the race, we encourage you to pick up your race bib (and water bottle - for 5K participants) this Saturday at the library between 10am and 4pm. ghostlygallop.info

Your vote counts! Early Voting kicks off tomorrow, Saturday, October 29 at 9am. Be sure to turn your ballot over to vote on ballot proposals. Hudson residents - look for Proposal 2, the Hudson Area Library’s ballot proposition. Find out more at hudson.fundourlibraries.org

We are excited for the Ghostly Gallop 5K and Kids One-Mile Fun Run! Join the fun tomorrow, Sunday, October 30 at the Hudson Jr./Sr. High School! For more info, visit ghostlygallop.info

Thank you to Samascott Orchards for donating the pumpkins that we decorated during our Pumpkin Painting program last week! We had a 𝘨𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴 time! 😉🎃

Join us Thursday, November 10, 6pm, when FASNY Museum of Firefighting archivist Lauryn Czyzewski speaks on Forged by Fire: The Life and Legacy of Harry Howard at this in-person event at the library. For more info, please visit: historyroom.hudsonarealibrary.org/history-room-p…

Our Library team, the Hudson Lion's Club, & the Columbia County Libraries Assoc. thank all for a successful winter coat drive! The donation box was overflowing with your generous donations of parkas, puffers & trenchcoats (here is Library Asst. Mandy modeling 6 in one go).

Joy fills our week as we reflect on Saturday's Arte y Lugares Especiales program. Olana's first-ever Spanish-language event was shared thanks to a collaboration between the library, Olana, Columbia County Sanctuary Movement, and ArtsConnect. Thank you all! Let's do it again! 🙂✨

¡Feliz Día de los Muertos de parte de señora Sonia, Paco y su biblioteca local! 💀🌹

Does anyone still have official SPOUT jewelry? Support Promoting Our Unique Town was an association formed to promote Hudson businesses when the advent of malls threatened them. This final iteration of urban renewal in Hudson was a herculean effort in civic pride.

We can’t stop sharing this poster for the HCBF by Brendan Wenzel Hudson Area Library Columbia County Chamber of Commerce Talk Read Sing Columbia Literacy Connections of the Hudson Valley