Molinaro to visit Kingston
Dutchess County executive and Republican candidate for governor Marcus Molinaro will be holding a town-hall meeting Wednesday, Aug. 22.
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Fresh faces give Kingston an opportunity to rethink how it does infrastructure
Mayor Steve Noble said this week that he hopes the city’s new engineer and public works superintendent will forge a close working relationship as they tackle a series of looming infrastructure projects.
Regal Cinemas at Hudson Valley Mall closes
Thursday, Aug. 16 was the last showing; mall owners mum on possible replacement.
Auerbach wants Hein probed; Hein says it’s dirty politics
The war of words between County Executive Mike Hein and County Comptroller Elliott Auerbach escalated this week after Auerbach called on the state attorney general and the Ulster County district attorney to launch a “full-scale investigation” into the Hein administration’s handling of information stored on a county computer system.
Kingston man shot with Taser files lawsuit
A Kingston man is suing two city cops who, he claims, used excessive force on him in a 2015 encounter on a Midtown street.
Kalmar Nyckel sails in from the past
It’s a sauna-like August day on the deck of the replica 17th century armed merchantman Kalmar Nyckel and Captain Lauren Morgens has her eye on the weather.
‘Hivemind’ budgeting comes to Kingston
The city will ask residents to decide how to spend $45K in parking revenue.
Ulster County bans gay conversion ‘therapy’
Ulster County became the fourth community in New York to ban a long-discredited form of treatment that seeks to alter a youth’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
Officials trade accusations in county government cyber-mystery
The ongoing tug-of-war between County Executive Mike Hein and County Comptroller Elliot Auerbach has taken a bizarre turn of late, with dueling allegations of surreptitious recording, secret computer servers and unauthorized hacking of sensitive files.
Bad Moon Rising, part 2: Sex-positive feminism or sexual misconduct and manipulation?
In the wake of Eric Francis’ removal from the pages of Chronogram magazine and the airwaves at Radio Kingston, the veteran astrologer and investigative reporter claimed that his “deplatforming” was “political payback” for writing skeptically about the #metoo movement. In fact, a group of women did come together following publication of the piece, and their allegations of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior led to Francis’ dismissal from both. But allegations of Francis treatment of women were already circulating before the “Take a Step Back” was published.
