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General News

Arborial adieu: Kingston’s green projects changing city’s treescape

The removal earlier this year of 25 linden trees on Pine Grove Avenue shocked and dismayed many Kingston residents. But according to Mayor Steve Noble and Superintendent of Department of Public Works Edward Norman, the trees had to be taken down because of an upgrade to a sewer line, which was located beneath the median.
Politics & Government

Looks like Clegg: With all votes counted, Dem leads DA race by 77; recount possible

Democrat Dave Clegg apparently has won the closely contested race for Ulster County district attorney as county Board of Elections staff on Wednesday, Dec. 11 completed their tally of votes cast in the Nov. 6 election.
Local History

Historic Saugerties farm up for sale

The historically significant Snyder Farm, located on Rt. 212, includes the family’s stone house built in the 1800s, a farm house across the road, one of the few remaining barns built in the Dutch manner, and of course its sledding hill used by generations of Saugerties youngsters each winter.
Explore

What it’s like to walk the new Ashokan Rail Trail

Having heard enthusiastic reports from friends who’ve walked or biked the Ashokan Rail Trail since the October 18 opening of the West Hurley trailhead, I was curious to get a look at the western section, which opened on Thanksgiving Day. I live in Phoenicia, so the trailhead on Route 28A near Boiceville is only eight minutes away.
General News

Woodstock gets new street signs; old ones for sale

The old signs, designed by artist John Pike, do not comply anymore with the Federal Highway Administration’s Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, which sets specific guidelines for the letter height, background color and reflectivity.

Kingston After Dark: Blues and brews

Hello and welcome to another humble rendering of Kingston After Dark. Think of it as a rough-hewn snow angel portrait
End of an AIR-a in Kingston
Kingston After Dark: The Strange Ones
Haley Heynderickx plays BSP

Hollywood-on-Hudson: Mohonk hosts Billions as local filmmaking ramps up

This week Mohonk Mountain House served as a set for a party scene in the fifth season of the Showtime series Billions, which stars Paul Giamatti as a US attorney (loosely based on Preet Bharara) and Damian Lewis as the hedge fund tycoon he’s pursuing. In Hudson Valley Film Commission director Laurent Rejto’s view, 2019 has quite simply been “the most successful year to date for regional film and TV production.”
Old Dutch Church hosts Dzieci Theatre’s Fools Mass in Kingston
Knives Out serves up murder with a timely sociopolitical twist
A Christmas Carol ballet at UPAC this weekend

Remembering the old Kingston Post Office

Wednesday, Dec. 11 from 4-7 p.m. at 63 Main St., Friends of Historic Kingston and Blauweiss Media are hosting an open mic where the public is invited to a free event to share memories and anecdotes about the Old Post Office in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of its demolition.
$17M expansion of National Purple Heart Hall of Honor in New Windsor now underway
Lenape/Delaware Native American Center concept to be discussed in Stone Ridge
“Requiem for Ashokan” opens at Olive Free Library

Waghkonk Notes: A hawkish glare

As the cold penetrates our bones and makes its hoary way into bark and under ground, the eternal natural cycle of life and death, hunter and hunted, predator and prey comes into clear and sharp focus.
Hunting stories
Best Moon of 2019
New column: Ask a Professor — Why is the recent discovery of an ancient trove of massive galaxies significant?

Art & Music

Kingston After Dark: Blues and brews

Hello and welcome to another humble rendering of Kingston After Dark. Think of it as a rough-hewn snow angel portrait

Education

Climate-striking students in New Paltz won’t have absences excused

Trustees reaffirmed their support for young people working to combat climate change, but their decision hinged largely on the fact that this event appeared to have been entirely orchestrated by adults.

General News

Proposed Route 28 concrete plant ﬁles big documents

The site has been used as a quarry before, but opponents are concerned the new use could have a negative impact on the surrounding Bluestone Wild Forest.

Books

Will Nixon reflects on ten years of Bushwack Books

“The fact that it’s been ten years since Michael Perkins and I started publishing our works through our own Bushwhack Books dawned on me at one point. It seemed like something to celebrate,” the carefully-spoken Nixon said.

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