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General News

New Paltz water declared safe to drink, but questions linger

About this time last week, the village of New Paltz issued its “do not drink” advisory for municipal water. Just over four days later it was lifted after remediation efforts yielded “no detectable signs of petroleum compound” in the drinking water. Here’s an updated look at what happened and what to expect going forward.
General News

Anti-domestic violence program to be widened

For the past three years, Kingston has served as a proving ground for a cutting-edge initiative aimed at preventing domestic violence using “focused deterrence.” Now, armed with data showing its effectiveness, District Attorney Dave Clegg said this week he wants to take the “Intimate Partner Violence Intervention” [IPVI] program countywide.
Books, Local History

Book tackles early racial injustice in Upstate New York

Back in December, 1905, when Kingston still got its water from the Zena reservoirs and Cooper Lake was twinkling in the city’s eye, Oscar Harrison was murdered near the water supply. An African American man, Cornell Van Gaasbeek, in whose house the body was found, was charged with the crime and tried in Ulster County Court. He was defended by a local reformer, part politician Augustus H. Van Buren, as the trial unfolded amid the charged racial climate of the early 20th Century.
Community

Hudson Valley women’s mentoring group needs volunteers

“It’s so satisfying to see her happy and successful and excited now about the future,” said Nancy Sweeney, who volunteers with Kingston-based Raising HOPE, designed to help women succeed despite challenges that have, in many cases, landed them in the social services system. The organization was founded in 2007 to give women who no longer needed such services the help that would keep them moving forward rather than falling back into the system. Today Raising HOPE serves a range of women from all over Ulster County seeking help with education and careers, and a recent grant from the Novo Foundation is expanding their services, increasing the need for new mentors.
Politics & Government

No easy path for activists’ demands for Kingston police reforms, city officials say

Police reform advocates say they’re frustrated by the Common Council’s failure to move ahead quickly with legislation that would make major changes to the makeup and power of the city’s police commission and revamp the process for handling civilian complaints of officer misconduct.
Food & Drink

Hudson Valley burrito named one of nation’s best

Ingredients include vegetable rice, black beans, coleslaw, guacamole, pico de gallo, onion marmalade, a sweet chili sauce and cilantro. But the star of it all is the tender, juicy, short rib.
Politics & Government

Ulster exec promises 1,000 jobs in 1,000 days

The focus of Pat Ryan’s first State-of-the-County address at Kingston High School was programs and initiatives that would provide more economic opportunities to keep more young people in Ulster County after graduation. Ryan graduated from the school 20 years ago.
Voices

Poll: The rising cost of rent

Rents are increasing across Ulster County. What, if anything, should be done?

Opioid fatalities fall in Ulster

Opioid deaths in 2019 in Ulster dropped 41 percent in 2019 with only 33 compared to 2018’s 56, Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan and the Ulster County Department of Health announced Feb. 18.
New Paltz water customers hit with large back bills
Display of lawn-jockey ornament in Saugerties shop window leads to community debate
Lawsuit to overturn approval of Heartwood project in Gardiner dismissed

New Paltz reconsiders Plains Rd. water district following court win

The community needs a backup water source during upcoming repairs to the Catskill Aqueduct. Neighbors have sued multiple times to prevent the formation of a water district, which would result in the tapping of the aquifer beneath their properties, but those suits have been repeatedly dismissed, most recently last December.
Proposed Saugerties ethics code amendment addresses nepotism
Sofranko gets going in Olive
Woodstock Town Board will oversee renovations to town offices

Time Traveling at Willow Automotive

Arthur Vogel’s Willow Automotive, nestled on Route 212 in Willow, is as close to time travel as you’ll get in these parts. A couple dozen vintage automobiles in various stages of repair (or disrepair), surround the faded yellow-with-green-trim circa 1934 building. An ancient gas pump (ornamental now) stands sentinel on the cracked pavement out front. Distinguished Mount Tremper overlooks the terrain, just as it has for millennia.
Faces of Kingston: Victoria Levy
New Saugerties library director aims for inclusivity
Benefit planned for Saugerties teen recovering from cancer

New Paltz School Board discusses ways to deal with student cell phone use during the school day

During last week’s New Paltz School Board meeting, board members agreed to hear a presentation about a product designed to keep kids off their phones without confiscating them.
Gerald Benjamin announces phased retirement after 50+ years at SUNY New Paltz
Kingston schools official: ‘We are going to balance this budget one way or another’
New Paltz School Board president resigns

Letter: Teach the Second Amendment

“They taught us that the pilgrims settled in the new world to escape religious persecution,” writes a reader. “They taught us that all people are created equal. They taught us about the 1st Amendment (freedom of speech). But why did they not teach us about the Second Amendment?”

What the New Paltz newspapers said 100 years ago

The ‘‘Our town’’ column is compiled each month for the New Paltz Times by Carol Johnson, coordinator of the Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection. The entries have been copied from the February issues of the New Paltz Independent.
Trailblazing journalist Ruth Gruber’s photographs on view in New Paltz
Researchers date demolished New Paltz house using tree ring data
Building “a prison without walls”

The limestones of Noah’s flood?

The best place for you to visit limestones is along Rte. 9W where it passes through the Kingston malls. Almost all the rocks there are limestones. You can see more limestones along Rte. 32, just north of Saugerties.
Owl prowl in New Paltz
Wings of desire
Quantum mechanics: stranger than you can imagine

General News

Opioid fatalities fall in Ulster

Opioid deaths in 2019 in Ulster dropped 41 percent in 2019 with only 33 compared to 2018’s 56, Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan and the Ulster County Department of Health announced Feb. 18.

Letters

Letter: Teach the Second Amendment

Education

New Paltz School Board discusses ways to deal with student cell phone use during the school day

During last week’s New Paltz School Board meeting, board members agreed to hear a presentation about a product designed to keep kids off their phones without confiscating them.

Columns, Nature

The limestones of Noah’s flood?

The best place for you to visit limestones is along Rte. 9W where it passes through the Kingston malls. Almost all the rocks there are limestones. You can see more limestones along Rte. 32, just north of Saugerties.

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