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The Hudson Valley (also known as the Hudson River Valley) comprises the valley of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in the U.S. state of New York. The region stretches from the Capital District including Albany and Troy south to Yonkers in Westchester County, bordering New York City. (Full article...)

The Wallkill Valley Rail Trail is a 23.7-mile (38.1 km) rail trail and linear park that runs along the former Wallkill Valley Railroad rail corridor, from Gardiner through New Paltz to Rosendale. The addition of an 11.5-mile (18.5 km) section in 2009 effectively doubled the length of the trail from 12.2 miles (19.6 km) to 23.7 miles (38.1 km), extending it north from Rosendale through Ulster to Kingston.

There are several former rail bridges along the trail, notably the Rosendale trestle, a 940-foot (290 m) bridge that can be considered the "most awesome part" of the former Wallkill Valley Railroad. The trail passes by several historic sites, such as Huguenot Street in New Paltz, and the Binnewater Historic District and Snyder Estate in Rosendale. It crosses both the Wallkill River and Rondout Creek, as well as U.S. Route 44 (concurrent with State Route 55), and state routes 299 and 213. The Shawangunk Ridge is visible from clearings along the trail.

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... that Ward's Castle (pictured), on the state line between Rye Brook, New York and Greenwich, Connecticut, is believed to be the first reinforced concrete building in the United States?
... that the Bergh-Stoutenburgh House, one of only two remaining Dutch Colonial stone houses in Hyde Park, New York, has been converted into a Japanese restaurant?
... that the Peter C. DuBois House in Beacon, New York was reused as a sanatorium for much of the 20th century?

Sneha Anne Philip (October 7, 1969 – ruled to have died September 11, 2001) was an Indian American physician who was last seen on September 10, 2001 by a department store surveillance camera near her Lower Manhattan apartment. She may have returned to the building at some point that night or the next morning. Due to the proximity of the World Trade Center and her medical training, her family believes she perished trying to help victims of the next day's terrorist attack. On January 31, 2008, a New York State appeals court overturned a lower-court ruling and declared that she had been a victim of the attacks, officially making her the 2,751st victim of the Twin Towers' collapse.

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