🌱 How one Hudson gravetender keeps forgotten names alive at Cedar Park
Hudson, New York Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Hudson! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How one Hudson gravetender keeps forgotten names alive at Cedar Park
- Want Pride Month plans? See what’s premiering at Hudson Hall.
Today's riddle: Why are frogs poor conversationists? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 78 and low of 57 degrees.
- Sunday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 83, low: 49.
- Monday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 84 and low of 64 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Tending graves and memories at Cedar Park Cemetery in Hudson (wamc.org) — At Cedar Park Cemetery in Hudson, local gravetender Caitie Hilverman carefully restores old headstones so long-faded names can be read and remembered. Growing up in Hudson, she connects this quiet work to the city’s rapid change, honoring longtime families and lost children while reflecting on affordability and who can still call Hudson home. 
• Hudson Hall presents new song cycle by MacArthur Fellow Matthew Aucoin (iloveny.com) — Hudson Hall is hosting the regional premiere of Matthew Aucoin’s The Inner Core, a Pride Month song cycle, on Saturday, June 20 at 7 p.m. in downtown Hudson. Composer-pianist Aucoin and bass-baritone William Socolof will perform, with tickets ranging from $30 to $55, and Socolof slated to return in 2027 for Handel’s Deidamia.
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Saturday May 16
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🗞 Nearby News
Catskill
- Catskill and Athens Awarded $14.2 Million for Downtown Revitalization (chronogram.com)
- Sushi From The Hudson?: Anglers Can Eat Fish From The Hudson For The First Time In 50 Years (wired2fish.com)
- What's happening in the Mid-Hudson Valley: May 15, 2026 (dailyfreeman.com)
Chatham
- Beach & Bartolo welcomes Banker to team (dailygazette.com)
- Crandell Theatre extends 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' (dailygazette.com)
Cairo
- Drug charges filed in Cairo (newportdispatch.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They jump to conclusions. (Thank you Rita S. for sending it in!)
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