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Entertainment

Ulster County farm launches obstacle course

Hurd’s Family Farm in Modena has taken abandoned, broken- down farm equipment and arranged it into a Ninja Warrior-styled obstacle course on which kids (and adults) can test their strength and agility.
Business

Ulster County businesswoman touts cannabidiol products

From the moment I finished my small glass, I felt markedly — shockingly — calm. An irksome pain in my neck was forgotten.
General News

Plan aims to get Kingston police, youth to communicate more

An ambitious new program seeks to take two groups often seen as at odds with each other — police officers and poor minority youth — and put them on a path to a better life and a more harmonious relationship, using the principles of “positive psychology.”
General News

NoVo Foundation pitches in $4M to push back against poverty in Kingston

According to County Executive Mike Hein, the money will be used to enhance the Midtown Linear Park rail trail project, including playground equipment and trail amenities.
Community

Money sought for New Paltz flag mural

New Paltz Middle school students on their way for an after-school snack will walk by a painting of the flag, if money to paint one on the side of La Bella Pizza Bistro is successfully raised.
Local History

Rip Van Winkle: The local and mythic roots of Irving’s timeless tale

The story is not just the quintessential autumn Catskills tale, but also echoes many stories of a hero’s journey to another world and back again.

Root Cellar brings general-store ambience, organic produce to New Paltz

The shelves might not be fully stocked yet, but by the time you read this, downtown New Paltz’s latest retail establishment, the Root Cellar, should have opened its doors to the public.
State backs five Ulster County projects
Gardiner Brewing Company opens weekend tap room at Wright’s Farm
New Paltz’s Ricci’s Barbershop to be relocated?

Mohonk Preserve’s magical Rock Rift

Although the Mohonk Preserve and Mountain House are famous for the Lemon Squeeze – a steeply pitched, tight rock scramble that lies above the skylake and just under the Sky Top Tower – a lesser-known cousin, Rock Rift, rests just a few short miles away without any of the labyrinth-loving crowds.
Exploring Sam’s Point
River-to-Ridge Trail in New Paltz now open to bikes, walkers
Minnewaska Distance Swimmers’ Association beach offers watery haven

Saugerties adopts new composting system

A new composting system at the Saugerties transfer station will pay for itself, according to Mary McNamara, appointed by the town board to oversee the station’s new organic recycling program.

Politics & Government

The wrench in Olive’s budget

The state says that NYC-owned Ashokan Reservoir, which makes up most of the town’s taxable property, is undervalued to the tune of $81 million. Town officials are concerned about a lawsuit.

Politics & Government

Ulster town board will try not to break tax cap

The Town of Ulster released its tentative budget for 2019, with its $11.8 million total representing a 4.4 percent increase over the 2018 spending plan.

Local History

Russell Shorto discusses New Netherland influence on NY at Dutchess

Tuesday, Oct. 16: Shorto was one of the first historians to be allowed access to Albany’s rich archive of primary documents from the era of Dutch colonization of what is now New York, as they were being translated into English by the New Netherland Project. The best-known product of those early researches was his 2004 blockbuster The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan, and the Founding Colony that Shaped America. It’s an engaging tale of how the philosophical fruits of the European Enlightenment, borne to New Netherland by Dutch settlers, seeded New York City’s destiny as a cradle of diversity and liberalism and a welcoming harbor for immigrants.

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