We are inundated with news concerning mass shootings in public places, including schools. What most of these shootings have in...
Read moreNew Paltz is a monument to the Dutch, English and French Huguenot enslavers and their enslaved and post-emancipation indentured workforce....
Read moreTopics include: Saugerties gun show; Gun violence; Gender harassment; Assembly district 103; and more.
Read moreThe horse chestnut trees on Chestnut Street are in bloom. The street received its name from these trees.
Read moreYou don’t need an astronomer to tell you that the Sun is now high and strong. The summer solstice is...
Read moreTopics include: Midterm elections; Gun control; Assembly District 103; Abortion rights; and more.
Read moreDuring the sailing season, from May to October, the Kingston Sailing Club meets at ten on Sunday mornings on the...
Read moreTopics include: Memorial Day; Speed limits; Another massacre; Ukraine; and more.
Read moreI met Ulster County sheriff Juan Figueroa for the first time at the Gardiner Library the night of the tornado...
Read moreNeutron stars don’t get much attention these days. They’re not as notorious as black holes, despite warping space and time...
Read moreMy grandparents worked hard to be good American citizens. My grandfather started rolling cigars in New York City. He was...
Read moreTopics include: Roe v. Wade; Buffalo shooting; Route 212 speed limit; Ukraine; and more.
Read moreZaborski’s Emporium is a wonder of Kingston, one of its legends, but I didn’t know about it until a recent...
Read moreMy history would have been radically different and, most likely, awful and possibly tragic had my girlfriend and I not...
Read moreTopics include: Roe v. Wade; Medicare changes; Cell no; Route 212 speed limit; and more.
Read moreTrying not to show my panic, knowing full well what else must be close by, I pointed out that it...
Read moreTopics include: School board elections; Ukraine; Delgado as lieutenant governor; Support AARP & NCPSSM; and more.
Read moreThe ‘‘Our towns’’ column is compiled each month by Carol Johnson of the Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection. The entries have been...
Read moreThis Sunday night, May 15, the Moon will totally venture into the Earth’s shadow, producing our area’s first worthwhile eclipse...
Read moreOn August 30, the Americans left Afghanistan. On August 31, Taliban operatives attacked the home of the father, his wife...
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