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Local History

Woodstock’s Mill Hill Road – Before the Deluge

What was Woodstock like in the years before we lent our name to a generation? What, for this purpose, might Mill Hill Road have presented to the passerby before the world “found” us in the years prior to a certain festival? (Even though we were doing quite well, thank you.)
General News

Jail’s banged-up boilers blocking Ulster County’s green dream

At 277,000 square feet and operating 24 hours a day, the combined jail and headquarters for the Ulster County Sheriff ’s Office accounts for about 40 percent of county government’s total energy usage. Moving it to a renewable heating source will be a challenge.
General News

Break on through: New York City DEP completes excavation on tunnel under Hudson

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection on Tuesday completed excavation of the 2.5 mile Delaware Aqueduct Bypass Tunnel from Newburgh to Wappinger, a significant milestone in the $1 billion effort to repair leaks in the 85-mile Delaware Aqueduct, which provides around 50 percent of New York City’s water.
Crime

Man who found body in Kingston ‘tent village’ slay tells of dispute between accused and victim

Police say they are still seeking a motive in the killing of a homeless man who was found stabbed to death in a wooded area off of the Thruway Exit 19 traffic circle on Sunday. The body of Guy D. Andradez, 58, was discovered around 8 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 11 beneath a tarp near a tent where, witnesses say, he had been living since June.
Politics & Government

What happened to legal weed for New York?

In a historic legislative session last month, New York lawmakers passed a long-bottled flood of progressive bills covering everything from early voting to rent control. But legalized recreational marijuana failed to make the cut, despite support from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and strenuous efforts by Democrats in the state’s two houses.
Home, Nature

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.

Faces of Kingston: Bryan Richardson

Richardson can often be found at his Wall Street bike shop helping customers or having a conversation with people stopping in to say hello. He also has been throwing semi-casual concerts with local charm out of the space.
Burning of Kingston event is back on
Motorcycle convoy, concert rake in almost 10 grand for Saugerties animal shelter
Faces of Kingston: Sean Miller

SUNY New Paltz to welcome more than 2,000 first-year and transfer students

This year’s incoming class extends the increasing racial and ethnic diversification of the student population at SUNY New Paltz. About 48 percent of incoming first-year students are from traditionally underrepresented demographic groups, as are about 35 percent of incoming transfers.
Saugerties superintendent makes a pitch for shared decision-making
Falling enrollment means the end for Coleman Catholic high school
New Paltz’s Duzine Elementary gets new principal

Medicine of the 1700s presentation (bring your own leeches)

Saturday, Aug. 17: Don Terpening, a professor emeritus of biology, will present various medicines, implements, and techniques that were used by physicians during the Revolutionary War, as well as discuss the role that doctors played and their social standing during this period.
It wasn’t here… but panel will discuss what town of Woodstock was like 50 years ago
Huguenot Street tours spotlight Munsee foodways, ghosts & cider in New Paltz
Celebration of Woodstock ’94 25th anniversary

Sons of Apollo

As for the “first-born son has a higher chance for success” notion, the Apollo astronauts would seem to support such a thesis strongly, since 27 of the 29 were eldest sons.
Minnewaska hosts first Forest Bathing Workshop
Check out Phoenicia Library’s collection of fly-fishing info
Moth Night at Burroughs Sanctuary in West Park

Ulster County man pleads guilty to sexual conduct with two children

The charges involve sexual contact with two different children while they were under the age of thirteen and endangerment of those children and a third child under the age of seventeen years old.

Community

Faces of Kingston: Bryan Richardson

Richardson can often be found at his Wall Street bike shop helping customers or having a conversation with people stopping in to say hello. He also has been throwing semi-casual concerts with local charm out of the space.

Education

SUNY New Paltz to welcome more than 2,000 first-year and transfer students

This year’s incoming class extends the increasing racial and ethnic diversification of the student population at SUNY New Paltz. About 48 percent of incoming first-year students are from traditionally underrepresented demographic groups, as are about 35 percent of incoming transfers.

Stage & Screen

Upstate Films to screen Thelma and Louise outdoors at Greig Farm on Saturday

Upstate Films will screen Thelma and Louise outdoors at Greig Farm in Red Hook on Saturday, August 24 at dusk.

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