One thing we can say: Turnout was terrific, and that’s never a bad thing even if the results leave half...

Ulster County legislators expressed surprise — and in some cases anger — Thursday night at a county-financed mailing to voters...

The race for county surrogate pits Republican nominee Peter Matera of Esopus against Democratic nominee Sara McGinty and Independence/Working Families/Green...

She’s been known to sleep out in a field with a shotgun to protect her sheep from coyotes. He’ll don...

This has been a most unusual election year. No matter who wins, the rancor will persist well after next Tuesday.

Retired state trooper Jack Hayes, running on the Conservative line alone, faces the formidable task of unseating ten-term Democrat Kevin...

The congressional debate…Ulster County ethics changes…self-aggrandizement by elected officials…a green mayor…new leadership in the Independence (NOT independent) Party

Family Court ballot language lawsuit...Ulster comptroller’s budget cuts...The strange case of Sara McGinty...Hein meets with Catskill Mountain Railroad

This was no idle warning shot, like the time a few years ago when he shifted some of the comptroller’s...

Formed as an off shoot of Ulster County Community Action in 1981, Rupco has become a huge force in local...

McGinty, who won a Democratic primary over Graff last month, said Wednesday that, rumors to the contrary, “I have no...

Thoughts on the Teachout-Faso debate and another county budget without a tax hike.

The presidential debate as witnessed by a crowd at Kingston’s Ole Savannah, the county ballot proposal to move Family Court...

We get press and web releases almost every day from the local congressional campaigns of John Faso and Zephyr Teachout,...

I’m sure former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will draw a huge, rapturous crowd when he campaigns in New Paltz Friday...

Sara McGinty decisively defeated party designee Sharon Graff for the Democratic nomination for Ulster County surrogate’s court judge, taking 53...

Sara McGinty and Sharon Graff Over 40,000 enrolled Ulster County Democrats will choose between two attorneys, Sharon Graff and Sara...

It was good to see more of our public officials finally stepping to the plate on the controversy involving the...

Gov. Cuomo, seen here speaking in Kingston in February. (Photo: Phyllis McCabe) With all the back and forth about ethics...

An un-camera shy bear. A fable: Former Shandaken supervisor Neil (“There’s no law west of Boiceville”) Grant and a black...