Red Hook

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Several weeks ago, two visitors from Argentina arrived unannounced at Red Hook supervisor Robert McKeon's office.

They told him the developer behind a proposed 120-room hotel south of Hannaford is no longer involved, and they asked McKeon how far the project has advanced.

Nearly four years after the 47-acre land purchase, little has happened.

The hotel promised jobs, tax revenue, and much-needed lodging.

Now even McCann says, I have no idea who's who.

Today on The Ketchup, reporter Athan Yanos joins us to unravel the mystery surrounding one of Red Hook's largest hotel proposals in decades.

It's the week of October 5th.

And lo and behold, or Route 9, lo and behold, there's a flat camera there.

The fly camera could have caught that car on its tape or whatever we call it, and that information could be used by the Red Hook Police Department.

Is that an example?

Right, exactly.

So I think 65 is the right number.

Okay.

And how many of those have been in Red Hook? How many in Rhinebeck? How many in Clinton, the towns that we cover most closely? Okay.

Two are located in Red Hook, or were located in Red Hook.

From The Daily Catch, this is The Catch-Up, and I'm publisher Walter Mullin.

Limsey and Ben Chute purchased a 97-acre piece of farmland on Route 9 in Red Hook in 2023, but then they had to be patient.

The Shutes, who run Hardy Roots Farm, wanted their new farm to be organic, but because the land had previously been farmed conventionally, they had to wait three years before they could harvest certified organic crops.

The wait finally ended this month with the farm's first organic harvest.

But this is about more than vegetables.

The property is part of Red Hook's ongoing effort to preserve farmland and open space.

And restoring land back into active agricultural use is a significant milestone for the community.

Today, I'm talking with Daily Catch senior reporter Claire Greenberger, who was there for that first harvest.