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Poughkeepsie: Real Renewal Community Pages

Poughkeepsie: Real Renewal

The level of investment in the city now shows that Poughkeepsie is well poised to come out of the pandemic ahead of the curve.

Jamie Larson | Feb 1, 2022

Harana Market Brings Filipino Flavor & Asian Products to Woodstock Restaurants

Harana Market Brings Filipino Flavor & Asian Products to Woodstock

A year after opening, Asian grocery store and Filipino cafe/deli Harana Market in Woodstock is thriving.

Lauren Mowery | Feb 1, 2022

Country Chic Wedding: 6 Hudson Valley Inns that Make Excellent Venues Weddings

Country Chic Wedding: 6 Hudson Valley Inns that Make Excellent Venues

There’s something so Hudson Valley about a cozy inn, whether bursting with greenery or dusted with New Year’s Eve snow—and perfect for weddings!

Kendyl Kearly | Feb 1, 2022

Forge Project: Back to the Land Education Supplement

Forge Project: Back to the Land

A Native-led initiative, launched in August, Forge Project is educating the public while providing Indigenous activists with a place to make changes in their communities.

Kerri Kolensky | Feb 1, 2022

The Greek Revival Farmhouse of Joseph Gosler and Sheila Wolper House Profiles

The Greek Revival Farmhouse of Joseph Gosler and Sheila Wolper

Evoking Eden: A Writer and an Artist Revisit the Past in Ancramdale

Mary Angeles Armstrong | Feb 1, 2022

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Delaware Tribe

Delaware Tribe breaks ground on veterans wall with smoke ceremony

The Delaware Tribe of Indians came together Saturday in prayer, ceremonial cedar smoke and song to bless the ground for a soon-to-be-constructed Delaware Veterans Memorial Wall. 

“It was a beautiful day the creator presented us with,” Lenape Veterans Committee chair Kenny Brown said Monday. “It was just a very unique and exciting experience.”

The committee has been raising funds to erect a veterans wall for several years. Following auctions, raffles, a GoFundMe account and a significant donation from the tribe, a construction company has now been hired to make way for its construction on the north side the pond at the Delaware’s tribal headquarters at 5100 Tuxedo Blvd. 

Attendees included committee member and veteran John Sumpter, the Lenape Color Guard, Chief Brad KillsCrow, Assistant Chief Jeremy Johnson, Tribal Princess Morgan Messimore, tribal domicile commissioner Allan Barnes, representatives from the Delaware War Mothers and others. 

Brown, who served in the US Army from 1966 to 1973, said he believes the Lenape Color Guard to be one of the first tribal color guards in the area to ask female veterans to participate as members. Auxiliary members include the Lenape Gourd Dance Society and Delaware War Mothers.

“We have four ladies in our color guard who present the colors with us. Two were in the Army, one was a Marine and one is Navy and they are special ladies,” Brown said.  

The wall will be about 60 feet long and 7 feet high with bronze lettering. It will feature service flags from all branches of the US military, the tribe’s turtle, wolf and turkey clans,  an honor to Prisoners of War, benches and 12×12 paving tiles etched with veterans’ names.

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Munsee

What Is a Wendigo? A Look at the Supernatural Creature

In order to fill 320 episodes, Supernatural writers got to explore all sorts of terrifying creatures. So what is a wendigo and when did it get featured on the show?

To understand the monster, we need to take a look at its origin story. The Algonquian tribes saw the Wendigo as more than a mythical monster. It was a cautionary tale of what happens when you let gluttony overcome you.

Let’s take a look at the beginning of the legend and where it shows up in pop culture today.

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What Is a Wendigo? 

So what is a wendigo? According to Algonquian legend, these creatures weren’t born a monster. They became one.

A wendigo is the result of a person driven to madness by hunger. This hunger leads them to do something unforgivable: resort to cannibalism.

When they eat human flesh, that person becomes a beast driven only by hunger. The very thing that created them will haunt them for the rest of their lives. They will spend the rest of their time on this earth hungry, only getting momentary relief when actively eating another person. 

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Some people who saw the creature believe it’s a relative of Bigfoot. Others think that the creature is more similar to a werewolf.

A wendigo resides in the cold, so sightings mostly take place in Canada and sometimes northern states like Minnesota or in the Great Lakes region. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Algonquian tribes would commonly blame missing person cases on wendigo attacks.

In some accounts, the wendigo uses his swift speed to entrap victims. But his primary…

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Mohegan

Mohegan Sun Valentine’s Day Sweepstakes

Mohegan Sun Valentine’s Day Sweepstakes
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January 31, 2022 – February 13, 2022

PRELIMINARY INFORMATION: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A purchase will not improve your chances of winning. Void where prohibited. The Mohegan Sun: Valentine’s Day Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”) will begin on January 31, 2022 at 5:00 A.M. ET and end on February 13, 2022 at 10:00 P.M. ET (“Sweepstakes Period”). All times in the Sweepstakes refer to Eastern Time (“ET”). Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible Entries (as defined below) received. Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws. PRIZE (AS DEFINED BELOW) DOES NOT INCLUDE ACCOMMODATIONS, PARKING OR TRANSPORTATION.

ELIGIBILITY: Open only to permanent, legal United States residents who are physically residing in the state of Connecticut, and who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older as of the start of the Sweepstakes Period. Officers, directors, and employees of Sweepstakes Entities (as defined below), members of these persons’ immediate families (spouses and/or parents, children, and siblings, and each of their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside), and/or persons living in the same households as these persons (whether or not related thereto) are not eligible to enter or win the Sweepstakes. Sweepstakes Entities, as referenced herein, shall include WVIT, 1422 New Britain Avenue, West Hartford, CT 06110, NBCUniversal Media, LLC, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112 (collectively, “Sponsors”), Mohegan Sun Casino, 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd, Uncasville, CT 06382, (“Prize Provider”), and each of their respective parent, subsidiary, and affiliate companies, and their administrative, advertising, and promotion agencies, and any other entity involved in the development, administration, promotion, or implementation of the Sweepstakes. Prize (defined below) must be redeemed by February 14, 2023 (or on such other date designated by Sponsors and/or Prize Provider in their sole discretion) or Prize (defined below)…

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Mohican

Rooney savours comeback and Zlatan’s last Mohican – Sunday’s sporting social

Sports stars and clubs across the world continue to provide an insight into their lives on social media.

Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the best examples from January 30.

Football

R&R for TAA…

And Jordan Henderson.

Zlatan was sporting a different look.

Luis Diaz signed for Liverpool.

And Jamie Carragher is expecting big things.

Cristiano Ronaldo was looking forward during some training.

Georginio Wijnaldum was preaching positivity.

Mohamed Salah and Egypt reached the last four.

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Lenni Lenape

Lenape over Timber Creek – Girls basketball recap

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Alexa Henry knocked down five 3-pointers on her way to 16 points and Kaitlyn King also scored 16 to help Lenape defeat Timber Creek 54-35 in Medford.

Lenape built a 33-20 lead by halftime and went on to improve to 11-4.

Amaya Burch scored 16 points for Timber Creek, which had its five-game winning streak halted and fell to 10-3.

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Nanticoke

Firefighters battling more structure fires during cold spell

Crews in Luzerne County have been battling blazes in the blistering cold. Responding to calls one after another, firefighters have had no time to catch their breath.

NANTICOKE, Pa. — Colder weather has meant more calls to the Nanticoke City Fire Department.

“The past couple weeks with the sub-zero freezing temperatures, there has been a noticeable increase in structure fires in the area,” said Dane Aukstakalnis, a Nanticoke firefighter.

The department’s eleven paid firefighters and numerous volunteers have been busy. Responding to nearly 30 fires across Luzerne County in just the last month and a half, they’ve been battling the cold as much as the flames.

“In Newport recently, three out of the four hydrants that were hit were frozen,” said Firefighter David Wojciechowicz. “So it’s always in the back of my mind if we’re going to a fire, knowing where the secondary hydrant is.”

They’re also looking out for their health. Their suits and extra layers only protect firefighters from the cold for a short time.

“You’re in a fire, then all of a sudden you come out, and you’re wet,” Aukstakalnis said. “The coats and everything being wet, they almost freeze instantly, but with the adrenaline going, you don’t always realize that it’s dropping your body temperature.”

Chief Mark Boncal said the cold means more warm-up breaks for his crew and a bigger need for backup.

“You get a guy that’s spent after two cylinders, and he comes out, we need to have extra manpower in place to replace him,” Boncal said.

But with fewer volunteers in Luzerne County and across the country, crews are finding themselves shorthanded.

“We had the fire down on Church Street, two o’clock in the afternoon. It was myself and the three other duty guys for the first ten minutes trying to suppress…

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Mohegan

Palms ready to make Las Vegas ‘history’ with grand re-opening

A long-time dream of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians is inching closer to reality. When it finally happens this spring, it will also be a historic moment for Las Vegas.

Last May, the tribe and the San Manuel Gaming and Hospitality Authority announced they agreed to purchase The Palms Casino Resort for a reported $650 million from Red Rock Resorts. After an extensive renovation and refresh of the property, the tribe is just weeks away from celebrating a grand reopening.

While Hard Rock Entertainment, owned by the Seminole Indian Tribe in Florida, purchased The Mirage from MGM Resorts International in December, and the Mohegan Tribe’s Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment operates the Mohegan Sun Casino at the new Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, the Palms will become the first and only Native American-owned casino in Las Vegas.

“It’s historic and it’s very exciting,” said Palms General Manager Cynthia Kiser Murphey, who added an official opening date has yet to be determined, but confirmed it is projected to happen this spring. “The tribe has long been searching for the right time to enter the Las Vegas market and when the Palms became available, they really took their time, did their due diligence and decided it would be a perfect fit.”

The Palms is a glimmering 31.5-acre property with twin hotel towers that sits a mile west off the Strip, just past the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino on Flamingo Road. It opened in November 2001 and was originally owned by…

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Mohican

Rooney savours comeback and Zlatan’s last Mohican – Sunday’s sporting social

Wayne Rooney’s Derby nicked a late point against Birmingham (PA Wire)

Wayne Rooney’s Derby nicked a late point against Birmingham (PA Wire)

Sports stars and clubs across the world continue to provide an insight into their lives on social media.

Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the best examples from January 30.

Football

R&R for TAA…

And Jordan Henderson

Zlatan was sporting a different look.

Luis Diaz signed for Liverpool.

And Jamie Carragher is expecting big things.

Cristiano Ronaldo was looking forward during some training.

Georginio Wijnaldum was preaching positivity.

Mohamed Salah and Egypt reached the last four.

Wayne Rooney was a happy man.

Happy birthdays!

Tennis

Rafael Nadal won a record-breaking 21st grand slam title at the Australian Open.

Cricket

Virat Kohli was getting philosophical.

KP was enjoying his cricket.

England Women drew their one-off Ashes Test against Australia.

Golf

Justin Rose was in contention.

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Lenni Lenape

3 Mainland Regional friends commit to Notre Dame, Rhode Island, La Salle rowing programs

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