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General News

County Executive Pat Ryan recognizes first Vax-to-School scholarship winner

The first lottery drawing for the Ulster County Vax to School scholarship was held last week. Kingston High School sophomore Amani Green won a two-year scholarship to SUNY Ulster. Green was entered into the lottery when she was vaccinated against COVID-19 during the County’s Vax to School program last fall. Green, an Honor Roll student, hopes to study nursing and become the first in her family to graduate from college.
Books

People’s Place to benefit from Gardiner historian Schenkman’s new book Patriots & Spies

A J Schenkman had some big shoes to fill when he took the post of Gardiner’s town historian in 2015: His predecessor, Carleton Mabee, who had died six days shy of his 100th birthday, was a professor emeritus in the History Department at SUNY New Paltz. Mabee had won a Pulitzer Prize in 1944 for his biography of Samuel F. B. Morse and authored a well-regarded book on Sojourner Truth.
Politics & Government

Manna Jo Greene predicts a landfill in Ulster County

Ulster County Legislator Manna Jo Greene says Ulster County can successfully site a landfill within county lines and will be able to reduce the effect of it on the host community by emphasizing recycling, repair and composting.
Columns

The Walkabout: Sense and no sense

…but first a song of praise for Greenkill Avenue, an unassuming Kingston thoroughfare that shines with some of the brightest lights of the Midtown Arts District.
Health

The number of new Covid cases in Ulster County is on the decline

It’s beginning to look as though Ulster County passed its peak of new Covid-19 infections about ten days ago. On January 7, 471 new cases were reported in the county. Since then, the numbers have come down – not every day, but most days. On January 16, according to state data, 345 new positives were reported in Ulster County. The next day, January 17, the total dropped precipitously to 140.
Business

New Paltz Town Planning Board discusses Viking Industries expansion

Packaging manufacturer Viking Industries updated the New Paltz Town Planning Board on its plans to add a 44,000-square-foot expansion to its present 76,937-square-foot facility at 89 Ohioville Road in New Paltz.

Maritime Museum welcomes new board leadership

Hudson River Maritime Museum in Kingston has elected new members to its Board of Trustees and will see new officer leadership in 2022. For over 40 years the organization’s board has worked together to provide fiscal oversight, ensure museum activities conform to the organization’s mission, oversee strategic planning and represent the museum within the community.
County Executive Pat Ryan recognizes first Vax-to-School scholarship winner
Parking restrictions announced to allow for the filming of Pretty Little Liars
Woodstock Library’s Zoom draws a crowd

Family of Woodstock’s Topic of Cancer sets meeting dates

The January meeting of Topic of Cancer, Family of Woodstock’s support group for cancer survivors, patients and caretakers, is offering a special presentation by Bob Hausman, a psychologist, the director of Woodstock Therapy Center and past president of the Hudson Valley Guild of Mental Health Professionals, on Wednesday, January 26 at 7 p.m. at the Woodstock Reformed Church on the Village Green.
Friends of Saugerties Library meet January 24
Gardiner Ink! YA Creative Writing/Visual Art Meet-Up
New Paltz’s Henry W. DuBois Drive bike lanes face delays

Immigrants’ Song: Long journey to America

Guissepina Amico, my Mama Pina [my grandmother], left Palermo, Sicily with her husband Angelo and daughter Theresa to begin the journey to America, where she planned to reunite with her parents and 14 siblings, my great-aunts and great-uncles.
What the newspapers said 100 years ago
Immigrants’ Song: Oscar Paulson
Black cultural center to be sited in New Paltz’s Oliver House

Mugwort threatens pollinator garden planted along the Empire State Trail in New Paltz

Mugwort, an herb used in Chinese and naturopathic medicine to aid in digestion, promote circulation and to relieve headaches, among other benefits, is also an invasive species in New Paltz. Evidently, it grows much faster here than the residents are willing to brew it into tea.
Forester suggests Woodstock’s Scenic Overlay swath is not where previously thought
Kingston Residents Have 400,000 Bees in Their Front Yard
Saugerties Seal ringing in the New Year

Saugerties woman arrested twice within hours by Town police

A Village of Saugerties woman was arrested by Saugerties Town police early Monday morning, January 24 according to Police Chief Joseph Sinagra.

Politics & Government

Saugerties town building department makes case for special-use permits to regulate short-term rentals

Saugerties town building department officials say special-use permits would be the best way to regulate hundreds of short-term rental units in the town.

Education

Kington schools seek more diverse staff

The Kingston City School District is ramping up its efforts to diversify its staff so that it more closely aligns with a diverse student population.

Crime

Saugerties man faces felony assault charge in domestic dispute

A Saugerties man faces felony assault charges after he allegedly threw a large ceramic bowl at a victim in a domestic dispute causing them to suffer a head injury.

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Kington schools seek more diverse staff

Woodstock Housing Task Force looks to June for zoning changes

New Paltz’s Henry W. DuBois Drive bike lanes face delays

Woodstock Library’s Zoom draws a crowd

Kingston school officials contemplate $107.1 million renovation plan

The Night Sky: What James Webb won’t reveal

Town of Saugerties to take lead on SEQRA review for Winston Farm development