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Remembering the Tour de Trump bike race, which swept into New Paltz 30 years ago

While New Paltz may not have been the epicenter of the Donald Trump presidential campaign, it certainly was the main stage for the first annual Tour de Trump cycling competition that swept into the Village of New Paltz on May 6 of 1989 to the cheers and jeers of more than 6,000 spectators who lined the streets, sidewalks and rooftops of downtown Main Street.
Local History

I become history: Celebrating the Woodstock Festival at 50

What did it mean? How did the 1960s change the world?
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.
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.”

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.
Bringing high-speed internet to the rural Catskills
Tenants’ rights session set for Saturday in Kingston
Present-day Hasbroucks react to the new names for SUNY-New Paltz college buildings

Saugerties re-elects Mayor Bill Murphy; incumbent trustees cruise to victory

Saugerties Village Mayor William Murphy easily won his fifth full term in office, defeating challenger Donald Hackett, 326–154. Incumbent Village Trustees were also re-elected, with Jeannine Mayer receiving 349, Brian Martin, 330 and Jeff Helmuth, 302. Challenger Stephen Beckert was turned away, tallying 170 votes.
New master plan envisions the Esopus of the future
Saugerties OKs deal to set up solar array at old town dump
Rosendale OKs water tanker purchase to help High Falls through aqueduct shutdown

Saugerties re-elects Mayor Bill Murphy; incumbent trustees cruise to victory

Saugerties Village Mayor William Murphy easily won his fifth full term in office, defeating challenger Donald Hackett, 326–154. Incumbent Village Trustees were also re-elected, with Jeannine Mayer receiving 349, Brian Martin, 330 and Jeff Helmuth, 302. Challenger Stephen Beckert was turned away, tallying 170 votes.

Sports

Saugerties Sports Hall of Fame: Gregg Jones

For two and a half decades, Gregg Jones has been closely associated with Rondout Valley school athletics. But it was because of his accomplishments in Saugerties that Jones is being inducted into the Saugerties Sports Hall of Fame Club Class of 2019 next month.

Education

Saugerties appoints Kingston principal as new superintendent

The Saugerties Central School District’s Board of Education this week announced the appointment of Kirk Reinhardt as its new superintendent, choosing the current principal of Kingston High School from a field of around 40 candidates.

Art & Music, News Wire

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.

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