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Eastern Correctional Maximum Security Prison houses 1,100 men and hundreds of law enforcement officers tasked with overseeing and supervising the...

The entries have been copied from the February issues of the New Paltz Independent. To get a closer look at...

Crescent Moon meets Venus over the Alhambra in Seville, Spain. Our region will soon see the Moon meet Venus plus...

Recently, Lula Pearl told me about a stupid ignorant comment I made way back then which could have interfered with...

Wintergreen was the original natural source for oil of wintergreen used in early beverages and candy (and, yes, chewing gum)....

It’s the Full Moon this weekend — on Sunday, February 5. Ever since people first looked up, they gazed at...

Arriving from Ireland in 1840, the Curtins have thrived for generations in New York...

In 2014, the journal Nature reported that there are more planets than stars in our galaxy. It was an easy...

One hundred prohibition enforcement agents were sent to Albany to assist the local prohibition bureau in keeping the city dry...

The Internet is awash with music from all over the world. You know it’s out there just clicks away, but...

As the days become noticeably longer and the light (oh, so) gradually returns, it might seem like winter is waning,...

My son-in-law, a tiny speck among the white-out world around him, walked miles with only inches of visibility during the ...

Rainbow season has now ended. This magical phenom is rare in winter, since it requires a sky with separate clouds...

A candle for thieves and murderers, a candle for astronauts, a candle for sailors and stevedores, a candle for city...

The grip of winter has loosened a finger or two this December 28 morning. With our full portion of cold...

Oh, Ulster County, how overcast is this morning, The trees are bare. What cloud cover there is may very well...

This morning of December 26 is serene, Ulster County. The earth exhibits the quiet hangover of the holiday, with the...

The moon is down. The sun is not yet risen. It’s 5:30 a.m. on December 25, and there’s not a...

So much ado about nothing, Kingston. The trees, the roads, the automobiles, nothing is frozen. There is hardly any snow...

Special attention to Kingston here in the early morning of December 23. The rain feels biblical, a proper downpour to...