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Business

Does the Lodge at Woodstock have building permits or not?

What could be the community’s next big land use battle has emerged in the past week as news appeared that The Lodge at Woodstock, featured on TV as one of the nation’s worst hotels just five years ago, sold March 13 for $2.8 million to an international “Lifestyle, Travel and Hospitality Platform” that’s become one of the hottest international real estate ventures since being formed in Central America 11 years ago.
Business, General News

Engineer says long environmental review for Kingstonian would kill project

As the city’s planning board is working to decide just how extensive the environmental review for the Kingstonian should be, an engineer for the developers of the site said this week he believes his bosses will pull the plug on the $53 million proposed residential, commercial and parking project if planners demand they produce a full environmental impact statement.
Art & Music

By the time we got to Woodstock: My brief interview with Michael Lang

Michael Lang can stake a legitimate claim to intellectual ownership of Woodstock, but he doesn’t. He is a “we” person when he talks, and over time you begin to notice that there are three levels to his use of that pronoun.
Explore, Local History

Bridges not too far: A brief history of the spans that unite us

Considered by many to be the jewel of the Hudson River bridges, the Mid-Hudson Bridge was created by the famous bridge designer Ralph Modjeski. And the financing of the Rip Van Winkle Bridge is considered by many to be an innovative precursor of FDR’s New Deal economic systems.
General News

Surge in evictions makes for tough times for Kingston tenants

As affordable housing issues take center stage in Kingston with a series of public hearings and heated debate over a major market-rate apartment complex being pitched for the heart of Uptown Kingston, a local activist group has published a study arguing that evictions in the city are reaching rates not seen since the housing crisis a decade ago.
Nature

The spring peeper is a little frog with some amazing abilities

These harbingers of spring have some remarkable talents. They can withstand being frozen solid for days, and can generate a sound comparable in volume to a chainsaw. Not bad for a creature that tops out at 1.5″ and 5 grams.

Lawsons talk about their lives as African-Americans in Kingston

In numerous ways the Lawsons, who raised their three sons in a house on Foxhall Avenue in a predominantly white neighborhood, bridged Kingston’s racial divide. But racism’s spectre often raised its head in forms that, though occasionally covert, were always painful.
Kingston’s Troop 7 fledges pair of Eagle Scouts
Saugerties community youth awards announced
Garvan’s in New Paltz to host luncheon honoring Dr. A. J. Williams-Myers

What can animals teach us about making a good home?

Not so long ago, before we mastered wood, stone and iron, we sought refuge in caves, huts of mud and sticks, or slept under the stars. We weren’t so different from the animals. In some ways, we still aren’t.
New Paltz’s Man With a Van has been moving Hudson Valley residents for three decades
House blessing practices throughout the ages
Remember your password with a poem

Police say Hudson Valley caretaker couple stole over $50,000

Police said the couple were employed by the victims in a caretaking capacity, and used their positions to gain access to financial accounts belonging to the victims. Over the course of two years, police say the couple stole over $50,000 U.S. dollars via financial institution bank/credit cards, personal checks, and automatic teller withdrawals from accounts belonging to the victim.

Crime

Kingston police arrest three following investigation into heroin & fentanyl sales from Janet St. residence

The Kingston Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit concluded an investigation yesterday into the sale of heroin and fentanyl from a residence on Janet Street in the City of Kingston with the arrests of two men and a woman.

Crime

Police: Saugerties man threatened woman with loaded shotgun in front of two children

A 48-year-old Saugerties man was arrested Tuesday, April 23 and charged with second-degree menacing, fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, third-degree attempted assault, and two counts endangering the welfare of a child following a domestic dispute.

Nature

Spring is the season for coyote conflict, warns DEC

This time of year, coyotes are finding dens and birthing pups, which means they need to hunt more aggressively and are more likely to attack pets they view as competitors. Humans and large dogs are, for the most part, safe, but it’s important to take precautions to protect cats and small dogs.

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