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General News

Woodstock Library referendum is over; some disagreements, scars remain

Woodstock Library Trustees have entered a period of listening and reconciliation following the 2-1 defeat of a referendum that, if passed, would have dissolved and terminated the form of governance that has operated the Woodstock Public Library since 1989.
Politics & Government

After defeating Rabbitt to tip State Senate blue, Metzger reaffirms her priorities

Election reform is one of the higher priorities on her agenda, along with the passage of some proposed legislation that has long been bottled up in Republican-chaired State Senate committees: the New York Health Act, the Reproductive Health Act, the Comprehensive Contraceptive Coverage Act, the Child Victims Act among them.
Politics & Government

Delgado says he will stay connected to the 19th while serving in D.C.

‘My priority is to be the best advocate I can be for folks here on the ground.’
Community

Finding a legal place to fly one’s drone in the Hudson Valley can be a challenge

“I’m going to take some pictures of Main Street,” says Carol Seitz, professional photographer and recently certified drone pilot, as she maneuvers the device by means of the controller plugged into her iPhone. We’re standing in the Phoenicia Park, which is a public space and currently unpopulated except for the two of us, and therefore a legal place to fly.
Education

SUNY New Paltz delays vote on renaming buildings

A half dozen campus buildings bear the names of the town’s first settlers, who owned slaves. Nearly all the speakers at a recent hearing on campus called for the buildings to be renamed, but the administration is waiting until spring to vote.
Business

Phoenicia Flea rejects potential vendor over social media posts

After browsing the would-be vendor’s Facebook page, the manager of the market replied to her query on the availability of space by sending a private message that said merely: “Not for a Republican.”

The Eagle’s View: Parsing the election results

What makes local elections sometimes unpredictable is that party-enrolled voters are more likely to cross party lines in local elections than they might when voting for state or national candidates.

Community

Saugerties three-year-old awaits kidney transplant

In celebrating her third birthday on November 5. Leah Storm surpassed the expectations of Vassar Brothers Medical Center staff.

General News

Budget: No increase in Kingston parking pass fee in ’19

Rates for parking passes in municipal lots are not expected to change next year under Mayor Steve Noble’s 2019 budget proposal.

Community, Explore

More than 250 take part in inaugural New Paltz Challenge River-to-Ridge Fall 5K

The opening of a trail through the flats to the foothills of the Shawangunks has created a world of possibilities, one of which was realized this past week.

Crime

Saugerties native, 31, killed in murder-suicide

Christina Bach Arvidson, 31, a former Saugerties resident, was killed Nov. 5 in what state police are calling a murder-suicide at her home in the Schoharie County town of Summit.

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