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Health

Local mental-health professionals talk about the impacts of the pandemic

Many are experiencing symptoms similar to [those of] solitary confinement and experiencing extreme bouts of depression and an increase in suicidal thoughts.”
Stage & Screen

Covid regulations challenge small cinemas as megaplexes reopen

Requirements include enhanced cleaning, assigned seating, touchless payment or pay-ahead options. It’s also recommended that theater staff be available to accompany patrons to their seats, in order to ensure that ample distancing between groups arriving together is maintained. These rules bring increased costs that small community cinemas and art houses are typically not in a financial position to bear.
Politics & Government

Election roundup: Who is on the ballot, locally

And so it’s come to this: the final days of one of the longest and certainly the most contentious presidential contest in decades. As always, local government has been plugging along in parallel to the national dramatics. Let’s take a final look at what we’ve got in store locally on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3.
Community

Local Halloween happenings

It won’t be a typical year, but events are happening. Here’s a rundown.
Nature, Politics & Government

New Paltz referendum would protect open-space with real-estate fee

A one-time fee of 1.5 percent at the point of sale on the value of a property exceeding the median ($245,000) would go toward a Community Preservation Fund.
General News

Woodstock Library funding proposal goes to voters November 3

As they vote for president, member of Congress and state legislature, Woodstock residents are reminded to turn over the ballot to vote on whether their public library can borrow $5.8 million to replace the current building at 5 Library Lane with a two-story, 12,500-square-foot structure. They probably don’t need much of a reminder, though. The local issue has gained more than its share of attention.

Lara Hope to receive Kingston Distinguished Artist Award

Musician Lara Hope will be the second recipient of Kingston’s bi-annual Distinguished Artist Award. The award will be presented Thursday, November 12 at 5:30 p.m. in a live-streamed ceremony on the Facebook pages of City of Kingston, Arts Commission, Lara Hope and event sponsor Radio Kingston.
Brunel Sculpture Garden presents “Jordan’s Cross”
New exhibits to see in-person this month
Get-out-the-vote virtual concert and rally

Village Voices are on hold

As general editor of Village Voices, I have decided to call a one-week moratorium of our blog posts and decide meanwhile whether to continue this daily feature. If anyone in the audience wants to contribute their two cents’ worth to that discussion, please email me at geddy@hudsonvalleyone.com.
Keeping it all together
I need a day off
Time travel

What the newspapers said 100 years ago

The ‘‘Our towns’’ column is compiled each month by Carol Johnson of the Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection. The entries have been copied from the October issues of the New Paltz Independent. To get a closer look at these newspapers of the past, visit the staff of the Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection at the Elting Memorial Library at 93 Main Street in New Paltz, or call 255-5030.
Rail-trails transform historic corridors
Never was a slave: Historic Huguenot Street launches online exhibit on builder Jacob Wynkoop
Old Dutch Church in Kingston to offer living-history tours

New Paltz referendum would protect open-space with real-estate fee

A one-time fee of 1.5 percent at the point of sale on the value of a property exceeding the median ($245,000) would go toward a Community Preservation Fund.
Night Sky: Five-minute wonders
Mohonk Preserve and Roost Studios host plein-air art walk, auction
Join the annual Riverkeeper Sweep on October 17

For local college students, remote-instruction, increased workload, and lack of time off has been a grind

“School can be stressful in general,” says one student. “Now with everything in a totally different format and it being new to everyone, I am on edge all the time.”

Health

Local mental-health professionals talk about the impacts of the pandemic

Many are experiencing symptoms similar to [those of] solitary confinement and experiencing extreme bouts of depression and an increase in suicidal thoughts.”

General News, Health

Ulster officials boost efforts to combat opiate overdoses as numbers spike

In Ulster, overdoses have increased over 150 percent. The county is responding with expanded outreach and support programs and partnerships.

Stage & Screen

Covid regulations challenge small cinemas as megaplexes reopen

Requirements include enhanced cleaning, assigned seating, touchless payment or pay-ahead options. It’s also recommended that theater staff be available to accompany patrons to their seats, in order to ensure that ample distancing between groups arriving together is maintained. These rules bring increased costs that small community cinemas and art houses are typically not in a financial position to bear.

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For local college students, remote-instruction, increased workload, and lack of time off has been a grind

Phoenicia Honey Co. crafts herb-infused honeys, body balms

New Paltz police reform group hears from community

One Book/One New Paltz explores Neil Gaiman’s Ocean at the End of the Lane

Phil Warish, Blue Farm Antiques and Letterpress Printing

Preliminary plans for bike lanes on Henry W. Dubois in New Paltz get public scrutiny

Winter is coming: Local restaurants prepare for cold weather, diminished capacity