New Paltz and Gardiner.
New Paltz is a small Town within which nestles the Village of New Paltz. Gardiner is a hamlet roughly seven miles to the south. They are connected by many things: a School District in common; the Shawangunk Ridge which runs parallel to the road that links them; the Wallkill River which flows northward through both townships. There are farms, wineries and Preserve land that straddle the boundaries. There are people who live in one and work in the other. Nevertheless, each proudly enjoys its individual traditions and history.
A wonderful source of Historical Information about New Paltz is found in the Haviland-Heidegard collection in the Elting Memorial Library, right in the center of the Village.
And below is information from Wikipedia. Click on it to find out more.
NEW PALTZ was founded in 1678 by French Huguenots who had taken refuge in Mannheim, Germany, for a few years before coming to America... ...The secession of the Town of Lloyd and parts of Shawangunk, Esopus, and Gardiner, between 1843 and 1853, reduced New Paltz to its present size. In 1887, the Village of New Paltz was incorporated within a town of the same name.
In the heart of the hamlet of GARDINER is Station Square, which is naturally right along the Rail Trail. You can bike to it, relax at Rita's Pizza (whose display cases were created by the same craftsman who made many of the cases at the Metropolitan Museum) then check out the Library. Or half a mile away, down Sandhill Road, you could go to the other end of the excitement spectrum and jump out of an airplane!
To quote from the Gardiner website: The town of Gardiner is a minor civil division located in southern Ulster County. Based on the 2000 federal Census, the population of the town of Gardiner is approximately 5,238 persons ... ...approximately 75 miles north of New York City. The landscape varies from vertical rock cliffs and evergreen forests of the Shawangunk Mountains to the basins and broad floodplains of the Wallkill River, Shawangunk Kill and Mara Kill streams.
We agree with those who believe that a future in these communities is just plain more likely to turn out well, owing to the stable and providential attributes of our part of Ulster County that benefit properties and homes alike. Ask any resident!
While the newly expanding Stewart International Airport is incredibly accessible and convenient, we are not experiencing negative effects, such as noise or extra traffic.
What we do seem to be experiencing, specifically in this area, is a lot more stability and confidence in the Real Estate Market that the national news services are currently quoting. Their statistics are usually general. It is very important to recognize regional variations. We are happy to think of ourselves as a Special Region in this respect, too.
