Pair face drug, unlicensed operation charges
A Kingston man, who tried unsuccessfully to outrun a K-9, and a Saugerties woman were arrested by sheriff’s deputies and now face numerous charges after a traffic stop in the Town of Esopus.
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Saugerties Stallions baseball team announces $20k donation for Little League lights
The four $5,000 donations will be put toward of the installation of lights on Thornton Field, one of two fields at the Cantine Veterans Memorial Complex that lack lights.
Omara Portuondo’s farewell tour to visit Bardavon
Sunday, Apr. 28: The legendary Cuban diva Omara Portuondo was an original member of the seminal Buena Vista Social Club (the Ry Cooder album and the Wim Wenders film), and she helped reintroduce the sophisticated and singular music of Cuba to American audiences.
YouTube stars Rhett & Link to perform at Civic Center
Saturday, May 4: Best friends since the first grade, Rhett & Link are a comedic duo known for hosting the most-watched daily show on the Internet, Good Mythical Morning. Their narrative series Rhett & Link’s Buddy System and the award-winning weekly podcast Ear Biscuits, as well as their wildly popular comedic songs, sketches and low-budget local commercials, have established the pair as viral superstars of the new model.
Cuomo announces arrest of Saugerties man following alleged anti-Semitic incident at Mother Earth store
A female employee, who is Jewish, reported that she was in the cooler with another co-worker when Sullivan came into the doorway, shut off the lights, and made an anti-Semitic remark, “You’re in the gas chamber now,” followed by an expletive referring to her Jewish faith. A Saugerties man was charged today with aggravated harassment.
SUNY-New Paltz approves new names for college buildings
The names are being changed because the buildings’ namesakes, the founding families of the town, owned slaves prior to slavery’s abolition in New York State. The new building names pay homage to local geographic features. They will be assigned to the campus buildings to mirror their actual locations – for instance, Lefevre Hall, the eastern-most of the buildings, will become Shawangunk Hall, because the Shawangunk Ridge is the eastern-most of these features.
Drug-trafficking investigation nets 25 in Ellenville
According to police, the investigation involved members of a drug-trafficking organization that distributed large quantities of crack cocaine, as well as heroin laced with fentanyl, over a two-year period, in and around the Village of Ellenville.
Blessing of the bikes at Woodstock Harley-Davidson
Saturday, Mar. 23: Get your bikes and riding bells blessed by Pastor Frank in this annual ritual.
“Lost Lighthouses of the Hudson” lecture at Maritime Museum
Saturday, Mar. 23: Just eight Hudson River lighthouses now remain, but dozens once dotted the shores of the Hudson between Troy and New York City, at places like Stuyvesant, Coxsackie, Rockland Lake, Danskammer Point, Esopus Island and Crossover Dike.
Kaatsbaan kicks off its season with Calpulli Mexican Dance Company
Sunday, Mar. 24: Under artistic director Alberto Lopez, Calpulli brings a new work-in-progress, Puebla: The Story of Cinco de Mayo, which will be followed by a post-show discussion.
