Voices

We are inundated with news concerning mass shootings in public places, including schools.  What most of these shootings have in...

New Paltz is a monument to the Dutch, English and French Huguenot enslavers and their enslaved and post-emancipation indentured workforce....

Topics include: Saugerties gun show; Gun violence; Gender harassment; Assembly district 103; and more.

The horse chestnut trees on Chestnut Street are in bloom. The street received its name from these trees. 

You don’t need an astronomer to tell you that the Sun is now high and strong. The summer solstice is...

Topics include: Midterm elections; Gun control; Assembly District 103; Abortion rights; and more.

During the sailing season, from May to October, the Kingston Sailing Club meets at ten on Sunday mornings on the...

Topics include: Memorial Day; Speed limits; Another massacre; Ukraine; and more.

I met Ulster County sheriff Juan Figueroa for the first time at the Gardiner Library the night of the tornado...

Neutron stars don’t get much attention these days. They’re not as notorious as black holes, despite warping space and time...

My grandparents worked hard to be good American citizens. My grandfather started rolling cigars in New York City. He was...

Topics include: Roe v. Wade; Buffalo shooting; Route 212 speed limit; Ukraine; and more.

Zaborski’s Emporium is a wonder of Kingston, one of its legends, but I didn’t know about it until a recent...

My history would have been radically different and, most likely, awful and possibly tragic had my girlfriend and I not...

Topics include: Roe v. Wade; Medicare changes; Cell no; Route 212 speed limit; and more.

Trying not to show my panic, knowing full well what else must be close by, I pointed out that it...

Topics include: School board elections; Ukraine; Delgado as lieutenant governor; Support AARP & NCPSSM; and more.

The ‘‘Our towns’’ column is compiled each month by Carol Johnson of the Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection. The entries have been...

This Sunday night, May 15, the Moon will totally venture into the Earth’s shadow, producing our area’s first worthwhile eclipse...

On August 30, the Americans left Afghanistan. On August 31, Taliban operatives attacked the home of the father, his wife...