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General News

Judge overturns Kingston planners’ vote against affordable housing project

A State Supreme Court ruling will put Rupco’s proposal to build 66 units of affordable senior housing at the site of the former Kingston Alms House back before the city’s planning board.
Business

Gardiner cabin resort unveils building designs

Shinrin Yoku, LLC, the development company headed by Phillip Rapoport and Kristin Soong Rapoport, has released its first public renderings of structures planned for the Heartwood eco-resort in Gardiner.
Art & Music, Community

The eyes of Carrie Haddad

The pioneering gallerist looks back at Hudson’s remarkable renaissance.
Business

From Down Under to Up Here: Midtown Kingston’s Village Coffee and Goods

“In this neighborhood, you couldn’t just walk to get a really great coffee or some food, so we thought, ‘Let’s do it ourselves!'”
Local History

Remembering the Tour de Trump bike race, which swept into New Paltz 30 years ago

While New Paltz may not have been the epicenter of the Donald Trump presidential campaign, it certainly was the main stage for the first annual Tour de Trump cycling competition that swept into the Village of New Paltz on May 6 of 1989 to the cheers and jeers of more than 6,000 spectators who lined the streets, sidewalks and rooftops of downtown Main Street.
Local History

I become history: Celebrating the Woodstock Festival at 50

What did it mean? How did the 1960s change the world?
Education

Saugerties appoints Kingston principal as new superintendent

The Saugerties Central School District’s Board of Education this week announced the appointment of Kirk Reinhardt as its new superintendent, choosing the current principal of Kingston High School from a field of around 40 candidates.
Education

Hands-on education offers local students a path to in-demand jobs

Automation is coming for millions of jobs over the next decade. But among the hardest to automate or offshore are jobs in the skilled trades, the type of work local students train for at BOCES.

Eco-challenge teams can make a difference

At the Mescal Hornbeck Community Center on March 14, members of Woodstock Transition and the Woodstock Library held a forum on the Project Drawdown Eco-challenge. This initiative invites people to form teams, decide what actions they want to take, and then, from April 3 to 24, record their actions through a website that will compile results.
Site of deadly Saugerties house fire demolished
Want to fight global warming? Start with refrigerants
Bringing high-speed internet to the rural Catskills

Gardiner councilman Mike Reynolds resigns

After seven years on the Gardiner Town Board, councilman Mike Reynolds submitted his resignation last week, effective March 11, “due to a change in my permanent residency status from Gardiner to New Paltz.”
Hurley highway superintendent accused of anti-Semitic remark
Saugerties re-elects Mayor Bill Murphy; incumbent trustees cruise to victory
New master plan envisions the Esopus of the future

Better rich than poor

In Ulster County, the top ﬁfth of Ulster County ﬁlers had more income than the remaining four-ﬁfths. Is that equitable? Like folks elsewhere, most residents would have a ready answer — probably based on their political beliefs.

Business

New Paltz planners want McDonald’s to consider linking its parking lot with neighbors

Interconnection of parking areas is a planning objective at the county level, as part of an effort to design developments for people rather than their vehicles. For this particular project, a specific objective is to reduce the number of drivers attempting to make a left onto Route 299 from McDonald’s, but presumably it would also incrementally benefit the broader goal of reducing the need to depend on motor vehicles. Neither McDonald’s or adjacent property owners are very interested in the idea.

News Wire

Saugerties couple gets relief after water leak is finally found

A broken water pipe transformed the couple’s Barclay Heights backyard into a veritable mudslide.

Stage & Screen

YouTube stars Rhett & Link to perform at Civic Center

Saturday, May 4: Best friends since the first grade, Rhett & Link are a comedic duo known for hosting the most-watched daily show on the Internet, Good Mythical Morning. Their narrative series Rhett & Link’s Buddy System and the award-winning weekly podcast Ear Biscuits, as well as their wildly popular comedic songs, sketches and low-budget local commercials, have established the pair as viral superstars of the new model.

Education

New Paltz superintendent presents $63.7m school budget; includes creation of Wellness Center

The $300,000 Wellness Center would be used by all high school students during the school day as part of their required physical fitness courses, and potentially after school with appropriate supervision. Intended to offer students additional opportunities for stress relief and other benefits of physical fitness, the Wellness Center would include 42 stations for working out with a separate area for activities such as yoga and stretching.

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