Saturn at its mind-blowing best
One planet never disappoints. Through any telescope with more than 30x, Saturn elicits gasps. Oddly enough, photos of the ringed world do not pack the same punch. You have to see it for yourself.
Voices
Letters to the editor (7/28/21)
Topics include: The Devil is in the details; Pete Seeger’s legacy at Kingston Town Hall; Local source for art supplies needed; Traffic wastes time, fuel; and more.
Letters to the editor (7/21/21)
Topics include: Restore mask mandate; Protect Bluestone Wild Forest from development; Notice to all Social Security beneficiaries; Thanks fire department; and more.
Susan Slotnick: Do we know each other?
Because of a promise I made to myself — inspired by the current polarized political climate, as well as Covid causing so much social separation — to reach out to people different than me.
No one escapes gravity
You simply can’t travel far enough to escape Earth’s gravity.
Letters to the editor (7/14/21)
Topics include: Concrete/steel 850 Project & Bluestone Forest; Short-term rentals not the culprit for affordable housing problems; The fence is an offense; Misguided laws and regulations; and more.
Letter: Restore the mask mandate
Masks should once again be required in all public settings due to the spread of a more transmissible Covid-19 variant that is also more likely to infect vaccinated persons, writes a reader.
The gift of planets
What’s the most romantic gift for your sweetheart? A book of poetry? A candlelight dinner? Excellent choices — but as a nightcap, what’s better than the Goddess of Love in person?
Letters to the editor (7/7/21)
Topics include: Opposition to 850 Route 28 project; Victory in Woodstock for 5G activists; Supporting Palestinian rights is not anti-Semitic; New Paltz water costs up 323% over 18 years; and more.
Letter: In praise of skate parks
A reader from New Paltz makes the pitch for a skate park to be approved for that community. “I am both a mom and a middle school teacher. I have seen firsthand how skateboarding can change lives. A skate park is such an important place in a community. It may not be the place for everyone, but it is everything to those who find their place there.”