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New Paltz wants restaurants to ask before putting a straw in your drink

It’s meant to cut back on waste. Reportedly, enough plastic straws are thrown out each year to fill Yankee Stadium nine times over. The village and town boards passed the resolution after the issue was raised by local high school students.
Community

Dump here never: Saugerties celebrates the triumph of anti-landfill group

In 1987, a county landfill or incinerator was proposed for Winston Farm, an 800-acre-plus piece of undeveloped land adjacent to routes 212 and 32 near the Thruway interchange. That proposal was defeated following local opposition.
News Wire

Police find body of missing Rifton man in Wallkill River

State Police announced today that the body of a kayaker missing since February has been found.
Nature

Mohonk Preserve offers free month pass to local residents

Ulster County residents can enjoy the Preserve free of charge this spring. Here’s how.
Nature

Springtown residents report killings of dogs by “bold” coyotes

At least one pair of coyotes, described by eyewitnesses as unusually large, healthy-looking and “bold” in their behavior, has apparently staked out a territory in the vicinity of Springtown Road, west of the Wallkill River.

Saugerties-based beauty business brings Korean techniques to locals

After scoffing at this reporter’s skincare routine of Clearasil and bar soap, the two advised that I use a lavender-scented “pearl cleansing cream” followed by a retinol oil containing carrot and rose elements to treat my acne, and sent me home with written instructions on how to use them.
New Paltz Chamber director Prizzia to resign
Hutton Brickyards plans, including up to 10 concerts, taking shape
New Paltz’s Rock Candy Vintage offers eclectic clothing and home goods

Tim Youd retypes Mary McCarthy’s The Group in Vassar performance piece

Thursday, 4/19 and several dates afterward: In his ongoing 100 Novels project, Youd specializes in retyping novels (with the same make and model typewriter used by the author) from beginning to end in locations that are charged with literary significance in the author’s biography. The retyping of Mary McCarthy’s The Group will constitute the 56th novel that Youd has typed, and is one of several titles that he will undertake in the Hudson Valley in 2018.
Sound & Story Project of the Hudson Valley hopes to strengthen community through the power of listening
The Keeper’s Log: The Widow Lighthouse Keeper
Ulysses S. Grant’s Woodstock visit

Rock Academy to hold Zombie Crawl and Prom in Woodstock

Get dressed up like a zombie and walk, crawl, creep through the streets of Woodstock with the students of Rock Academy Friday, April 27 from 5:30-9:30 p.m.

People & Places

Assemblymember Frank Skartados passes away

NYS Assemblyman Frank K. Skartados, 62 of Milton, died on Sunday, April 15 from pancreatic cancer at St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital. He is survived by his daughter Alyssa and brothers Russos and George.

Art & Music

Songwriter Jules Shear loves the quiet

Shear ended up writing two hit songs, “All Through the Night,” performed by Cyndi Lauper, and “If She Knew What She Wants,” by the Bangles. A total of 11 of his songs have made the top 100 either here or abroad, including his own recording of “Steady,” which made it to number 57 on the U.S. chart. He continues to write and record his music and has been living in Woodstock since the 1980s.

People & Places

A Day’s Work: Liquor store owner

“Thirty years ago there was a movie, ‘The Accidental Tourist.’ Well, I somehow became ‘the accidental wine and liquor store entrepreneur.’”

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