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Politics & Government

Woodstock residents weigh in on law addressing housing crisis

The Woodstock Town Board heard from some who can’t afford to live in the town they love and others who fear changes will take away their livelihood at a packed public hearing last week on a moratorium to put a pause on development that would hinder sorely needed long-term housing growth.
Education

Local school districts allow masks to be removed while outdoors

With just weeks remaining in the 2020-21 academic year, area school districts are rolling with new COVID-19 protocols, allowing students to remove their face masks while outdoors.
Business

Starbucks looks to open Saugerties store

A new store would save Saugertiesians from having to travel to the town of Ulster to get their latte, mocha, and frappuccino fixes.
Entertainment

New Hudson Valley streaming service offers grants to local creators

Hudsy descries itself as, “[k]ind of like if Netflix and high-quality public access television had a sultry romance that produced a digital TV baby.”
Business

Local restaurant job openings go unfilled, leading many to cut hours

After a year of plastic cups, distanced tables and takeout specials, restaurants are finally able to return to near-normal service just in time for summer tourist season. Customers are ready. Restaurant owners are ready. But servers and cooks are not.
Education

Onteora School District maintains mask rules

Masks are still mandatory in Onteora schools for the time being as district officials expect more guidance in the wake of news the State Department of Health may revise requirements in schools.
General News

Where is Andy Neiman?

At 3:30 am on May 21, Andy Neiman was deeply distressed. He pleaded with his sister Emily Asher Abramson to take him to Poughkeepsie’s MidHudson Regional Hospital. They arrived an hour later and Neiman was promised a bed in the psychiatric unit by 4 p.m. that afternoon. At 9 p.m., Andy was still waiting in the emergency room. At that point, he walked out of the hospital and hasn’t been seen since.
News Wire

Kingston gun buyback event nets 47 firearms

A total of 47 firearms were turned in to law enforcement at a gun buyback event in Kingston on Saturday as part of a program meant to reduce gun violence.

News & notes (6/16/21)

Topics include: New Paltz to celebrate Juneteenth; Lara Hope, Kingston Happenings present Kingston Musicians’ Comeback; Upstate Films reopens in Rhinebeck June 18; Bearsville Theater launches Sunday jazz brunch series; and more.
9-year-old girl drowns in Hudson
Ulster introduces at-home vaccinations
Demolition of Planet Wings part of a plan to remake Midtown Kingston

New Paltz Open Air Market reopens for 2021 in a new location

If the market was a success in 2020 despite the pandemic, it should do even better this year, thanks to a new location that is much more visible, as well as roomier than Church Street: the New Paltz Post Office parking lot.
Pride celebration in New Paltz
Edutainment pioneer Steven Schragis celebrates a new chapter in a varied career
Ulster County Fair 2021 dates announced

Bearsville Theater announces summerlong Americana Barbecue Music Series

The Bearsville Theater’s pastoral streamside backyard lawn will heat up the summer season with live music in the newly renovated lounge bar, as Lizzie Vann presents the Americana Barbecue Music Series. The series will take place on Saturdays through Labor Day from 12 to 6 p.m. for continuous live music featuring the best in Americana and bluegrass music from the Catskill region and beyond.
Bardavon and UPAC to reopen in August
Nadia Boulanger in spotlight as streamlined Bard SummerScape returns
12th annual Bob Dylan Birthday Celebration at Bearsville Theater

Woodstock residents weigh in on law addressing housing crisis

The Woodstock Town Board heard from some who can’t afford to live in the town they love and others who fear changes will take away their livelihood at a packed public hearing last week on a moratorium to put a pause on development that would hinder sorely needed long-term housing growth.
New Paltz: Alexandra Wojcik named deputy mayor, village clerk not reappointed
Ulster Board of Elections to move into Freeman building
Gardiner hits brakes on kennel law, renewable energy

What the newspapers said 100 years ago

The ‘‘Our towns’’ column is compiled each month by Carol Johnson of the Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection. The entries have been copied from the June issues of the New Paltz Independent. To get a closer look at these newspapers of the past, visit the staff of the Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection at the Elting Memorial Library at 93 Main Street in New Paltz, or call 255-5030.
What the newspapers said 100 years ago
Remembering Ed Ford, long-time city of Kingston historian
Ed Ford, longtime Kingston historian, dies at 103

Changing your ideal of a perfect lawn

Ecologically, the “ideal” lawn is not much better than an asphalt parking lot.
Hudson Valley jurisdictions make renewables their default electricity source
Chronic wasting disease found in deer five miles from New York State border
New Paltz opens hearing on critical environmental areas

Politics & Government

Woodstock residents weigh in on law addressing housing crisis

The Woodstock Town Board heard from some who can’t afford to live in the town they love and others who fear changes will take away their livelihood at a packed public hearing last week on a moratorium to put a pause on development that would hinder sorely needed long-term housing growth.

Politics & Government

New Paltz: Alexandra Wojcik named deputy mayor, village clerk not reappointed

At last Wednesday night’s New Paltz Village Board reorganizational meeting, Mayor Tim Rogers appointed trustee Alexandra Wojcik to be his deputy mayor. Trustees passed their required reorganizational resolutions with one vote and no discussion and confirmed the official banks and newspaper, among other actions. Appointing the village clerk is among that standard list, but the name was left as “to be determined.”

Politics & Government

Ulster Board of Elections to move into Freeman building

The Ulster County Board of Elections will move into a new headquarters at 79 Hurley Ave. currently occupied by the Daily Freeman newspaper by 2022. Staff from the paper will move to another location in Kingston.

Education

Local school districts allow masks to be removed while outdoors

With just weeks remaining in the 2020-21 academic year, area school districts are rolling with new COVID-19 protocols, allowing students to remove their face masks while outdoors.

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