Readers, you have spoken! Back in April, we asked you to cast your ballot in our annual Best of the Hudson Valley poll. We received hundreds of enthusiastic responses detailing your favorite eateries, shopping spots, arts venues, outdoor activities, and local personalities. Not to be outdone, we editors
supplemented your choices with our own Best Of picks, which highlight other local people and places that you might not know about, but should. Our final list features more than 240 reasons why living in the Hudson Valley — we think you’ll agree — is absolutely “the best.”