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General News, Nature

Want to fight global warming? Start with refrigerants

If you have an old air conditioner, don’t just toss it in the dumpster; it could rupture. The refrigerants used in air conditioners have from 1400 to over 2000 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide.
Education

Hands-on education offers local students a path to in-demand jobs

Automation is coming for millions of jobs over the next decade. But among the hardest to automate or offshore are jobs in the skilled trades, the type of work local students train for at BOCES.
General News

Dual-stream recycling starts April 1 in Kingston

It begins on April Fool’s, but it’s not a joke — as a result of the collapse in the global market for recyclables and the Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency’s decision to stop accepting the city’s single-stream recycling, dual-stream recycling will commence Monday, April 1, the city announced March 13.
Economy

Better rich than poor

In Ulster County, the top ﬁfth of Ulster County ﬁlers had more income than the remaining four-ﬁfths. Is that equitable? Like folks elsewhere, most residents would have a ready answer — probably based on their political beliefs.
General News

Present-day Hasbroucks react to the new names for SUNY-New Paltz college buildings

“I understand the sensitivity of the topic, but redefining history in your own image is not the answer,” said Roland Hasbrouck.
Politics & Government

Ulster GOP nominates Hayes for county executive

The party’s convention didn’t produce a candidate for the April 30 special election to fill the county’s top job. Weeks later, it was announced that county Conservative Party Chair Jack Hayes would step into the breach. His opponent will be Democrat Pat Ryan, also of Gardiner, who rose to prominence in last year’s bid for Congress.
Local History, Nature

Jane Colden, America’s first female botanist, classified plants locally

The world was opening up to scientific study in the 18th century, and many men took up the study of botany. Jane Colden is the first female on record to have done so. And her Flora — Nov Eboracensis is one of the most extensive botanical studies of a single region carried out at the time.
Columns, Local History, Voices

Heroines of the Hudson: The untold story of 19th-century women lighthouse keepers

Saugerties had its own 19th-century heroines: Kate Crowley and her sister, Ellen.“Those gals are bricks,” said a river pilot who saw them rescue a pair of sailors from a sloop capsized in a sudden squall. “And make no mistake. You couldn’t have got any river boatmen to do what those girls did.”

Saugerties appoints Kingston principal as new superintendent

The incoming superintendent, Kirk P. Reinhardt, is an educator with deep local roots.

Woodstock 50 festival lineup announced; headliners include The Killers, Miley Cyrus, Jay-Z, Dead & Company

The full lineup for this summer’s Woodstock 50 festival has been announced. Scheduled for August 16-18 in Watkins Glen, the festival is promoter Michael Lang’s anniversary event marking the original Aquarian Festival from 1969. The event will have three stages and three smaller “neighborhoods,” each with their own food and programming and “glamping” opportunities.

Politics & Government

New master plan envisions the Esopus of the future

For a year, the Town of Esopus has been working on its new comprehensive plan, and now the results are in.

Politics & Government

Saugerties OKs deal to set up solar array at old town dump

The town of Saugerties will cut down on greenhouse gas emissions and make an annual profit from a two-megawatt solar array slated for the town landfill.

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