Withering GOP nominates Democrats in Hurley election
Hurley politics will be seeing something new on November 7, a Republican slate composed mostly of long-time Democrats united under...
Behind the scenes of Hudson Valley’s oldest music venue
Maverick Concerts is a time-honored testament to the power of music and art…
The global economy takes Ulster County real-estate for a spin
A player new to the Ulster County real-estate market recently bought the 117,000-square-foot former John A. Coleman High School building...
Point of view: Local congressmember goes bipartisan
The 14-member New York State Democratic congressional delegation has more Progressives than New Democrats, of which by my count there...
WMCHealth manages change in a dynamic healthcare environment
Back on April 12, an amended press release from the hospital provided data on the new hospital wing’s first 100...
Ulster County’s only city finds a new identity
Forty or so invited attendees are formed in a half-circle in front of the podium in the former cigar factory...
Ulster County’s housing crisis: short-term fixes and long-term solutions
In August 2021 a plan was announced for Rupco to convert the Quality Inn hotel a half-mile closer to Kingston...
Despite economic uncertainty, three ambitious development projects move forward in Ulster County
It’s springtime, and despite high inflation-fighting interest rates and an uncertain economic outlook this year three significant development projects are...
Phoenicia pharmacy opens, bringing Ed Ullmann home to Shandaken
Close to a hundred of Ed Ullmann’s closest friends turned out this chilly Friday morning to celebrate the opening of...
The Town of Hurley is in a state of political transition
The political transformation of northern Ulster County from solid red to predictably almost-solid blue has been more than a half-century...
Well-known Hudson Valley hotel and restaurant will be “completely transformed”
Tom Struzzieri has decided not to sell the Diamond Mills Hotel and Tavern, the 30-room boutique hotel, restaurant and banquet...
Former police officer and UC Boces instructor charged with pension fraud
A former Westchester police officer has been charged in an eight-year alleged swindle. Anthony Sciacca is charged with taking $163,000...
In what senator Chuck Schumer once described as “a moon shot,” East Fishkill chip manufacturer promises billion-dollar investment
On Friday, February 10, New York senator and majority leader Chuck Schumer visited the East Fishkill semiconductor fabrication plant (called...
Enormous collection of historic Woodstock art opens this Saturday in New Paltz
Over 100 works chronicle Woodstock’s early days as an arts colony…
Kingston receives $1.8 million grant for energy upgrades and $1.5 million for photo center
Last week, the state’s energy research and development agency, Nyserda, awarded the city a grant of $1.8 million for energy...
With ribbon-cutting, RBW brightens 100,000 square feet of former IBM office space
About two months into commencing operations in an elegantly repurposed 100,000-square-foot ex-IBM space, the lighting firm RBW finally held a...
Why is an Olympic public authority running an Ulster County ski facility?
As part of a very complex political deal struck in Albany in the 2012 state budget, management of the floundering...
Ryan prevails by an even narrower margin in the new district
Sure, and it must be the luck of the Irish. On November 8, local congressman and former Ulster County executive...
A peek inside the new Center for Photography at Woodstock space in Kingston
In the possessive world of property, intention does not constitute ownership. Brian Wallis, executive director of the soon-to-be-renamed Center for...
Hinchey wins comfortably, Sue Serino defeated
Dealt a bad hand by redistricting, Republican state senator Sue Serino faced a very narrow path to victory in this...
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