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...
Moral injury and the struggle for peace
Protestors in Ulster County have been dogging Ryan’s steps over the last couple of months, trying to get him to...
Beleaguered water systems may change hands
Water systems operated by the Hudson Valley Water Company in High Falls, West Hurley, Mt. Marion and Boiceville...
Kingston rent-control showdown in the appellate court
Some time between the flowering of the first spring caucuses and the final tulips bloom in our area, the five...
Kingston denies operating permit for troubled Chestnut Hill sober living facility
The special-use permit for the Chestnut Hill boarding house was denied by the planning board...
Kingston legislative resolution calling for ceasefire in Gaza dies on the vine
The question is whether the Kingston Common Council should weigh in at all.
Kingston wants to add more paramedics
The eight new hires, three paramedics and five EMTs, will bolster the pool of first responders available for staffing the...
Kingston ZBA hears from landlord who built extra units without a permit
Kingston landlord Ben Seldon appeared before the Zoning Board of Appeals on January 10 in response to a code violation....
Ulster County’s Jewish community struggles with itself
Attendees are invited to the lectern to express their insights in three-minute increments.
Cocaine’s got nothing on Hypothermia
A cautionary tale of winter swimming in the Hudson River, told in reverse...
WMCHealth and state are holding “active conversations”
The state has been reluctant to provide additional funding after the promised results from its current five-year commitment have proven insufficient.
Steve Noble’s mayoralty enters its ninth year
Inaugurated into his third term as mayor of the City of Kingston during a city-hall ceremony on January 1, calling...
The moral high ground
...is the one possessed by any people at any time who are the victims of an unprovoked slaughter.
Kingston takes on ambulance services, Fire Department will provide immediate coverage
The Kingston Fire Department is immediately taking over all emergency ambulance responses in the City of Kingston.
Golden Hill housing complex receives $15 million grant
The housing development on Golden Hill received the largest possible award from the program.
Sacred cows
Chocolate-milk connoisseurs dedicated to the Boice Brothers Milk House on O’Neil Street in midtown Kingston have become unsettled by a...
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