Kids’ Almanac (4/19-4/26)
A dozen ways to celebrate Earth Day, family fishing, Hudson Valley Comic Con and more.
Voices
We can’t arrest our way out of the opioid crisis
Ulster County sheriff candidate Juan Figueroa says if elected, he’ll take a different approach to the opiate crisis.
Kingston After Dark: Your tribe, our tribe
And so it came to pass that in the Year of Our Lord 2018 our humble columnist (that’s myself, in case you were wondering) found themself eating Annie’s organic honey Bunny Grahams in bed and pondering which of the 10 albums from tribal metal legend Max Cavalera’s Soulfly is the heaviest.
Kingston Times letters (4/12-18)
Against the proposed Ulster power plant; public transportation possibilities; a lot is happening.
The Wench Mill
A hollow place in the ground, a ring worn down by bare feet, a shaft hitched to a stone that grinds on and on. The story of the Wench Mill has no moral, except that it should never have been at all.
The painted village
In case you didn’t know it, Tannersville on Greene County’s Mountaintop region now calls itself The Painted Village in the Sky. The transformation from an all-cash business locale which left Main Street a wreck every Sunday morning to a place where family businesses served the whole community was neither fast nor easy. It’s still not complete. But many locals, some of whom were once skeptical, are convinced the achievement is now within grasp.
Hugh Reynolds: Moments of truth await NY-19 hopefuls
If the Democratic candidates challenge the signatures of rivals, it could narrow the field, which increases the number of votes needed to win. What to do?
Quitting Facebook…really
I got digitally impulsive last week. I read several stories about Cambridge Analytica and their use of people’s information, then completely jettisoned my relationship with Facebook.
Kids’ Almanac (4/12-4/19)
Stargazing at Mohonk Preserve, Vernal Pool Exploration at Minnewaska, Sparrow’s Nest Spring Fling and more.
Hugh Reynolds: Saving Captain Ryan
Pat Ryan steals a march on the crowded Democratic field by holding a “town hall” event as a candidate. But it’s still early, and the gun issue will play far differently outside of Ulster in November.
