Kingston Republican Committee chair seeks to rebuild his party
Kingston Republican Committee Brian Woltman is looking for ideas to help energize the committee.
Hudson Valley taxidermy: Behind the scenes
Peer into a fascinating world of preserved animals…
County housing funds available
Ulster County government is looking to expand the supply of permanent housing by providing gap funding to help projects.
It’s party time at the Ulster County political conventions
Rhetoric and recrimination were on full display last week...
Free the Israelis held hostage and send massive humanitarian aid to Gaza, congressmember says
West Point-educated, Kingston-native and veteran of two tours in Afghanistan put out a press release calling for a conditional ceasefire...
Gulnick gets two years in jail
Former Ulster County finance commissioner Burt Gulnick has been sentenced to serve two years in prison. District attorney Emmanuel Nneji...
Proposed NY law would force hospitals to be more transparent
HealthAlliance Hospital in Kingston is hardly the sole provider for the medical needs of the 182,319 people of Ulster County.
Increase in short-term rentals puts the squeeze on local budgets
Ulster County first contracted with a Denver software company called Granicus in December 2022, paying $539,314 for compliance monitoring, rental-activity...
Bowling in the Hudson Valley: An odyssey
Splits, spares and strikes just hit differently around these parts…
Ulster County politicians seek ban on new natural gas hookups as energy prices continue to rise
Rallies to focus attention on the New York Heat Act were held on Thursday. February 15...
As New York’s housing crisis drags on, Kingston gets nod from governor
In September 2017, then-New York governor Andrew Cuomo came to Kingston to present a ten-million-dollar check as big as a...
Can this deadly Hudson Valley road be made safer?
Returning eastward from Belleayre ski mountain near the northeastern limit of Ulster County, a driver on New York State Highway 28...
Jen Metzger presents her vision of a prosperous Ulster County
Few will be surprised by the list of policies pursued and enacted by county executive Jen Metzger over her first...
Gunshot victim at the Ulster County Jail a suicide
Ulster County sheriff Juan Figueroa has confirmed that an unidentified male employee who had worked for the sheriff''s office for...
As addicts die, controversy over how Hudson Valley handles drugs
...called for the immediate termination of Ulster County’s contract with the addiction recovery non-profit organization known as the Samadhi Center.
How accessible are your local representatives?
For adding weight to a constituent’s cause mired in red tape, speaking with state and federal representatives who maintain local...
Telecomms don’t share location of toxic lead-sheathed lines
The Environmental Protection Agency this month lowered the screening levels for lead by half. It was the first such action...
Ulster County home invader gets prison time
For forcing his way into a residence on March 9, 2023 and stealing a victim's purse while threatening to shoot...
Who is Ulster County’s district attorney? We asked him…
Over the next four years every crime committed in the county, quaint or foul, must be answered by his office.
Guilty plea in Kingston murder
The Ulster County DA’s office delivered the first significant verdict of the new year...
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