Hugh Reynolds

What politician in his or her right mind wants to take on the county’s volunteer fire establishment?

Not to take the side of Congressman John Faso — Boo! Hiss! Impeach! — but I wonder why his proposal...

How much should a town supervisor make?

Judicial discretion can take some curious turns. I wasn’t surprised when state Supreme Court Judge Richard Mott opted for the...

The Ulster County exec held a health care forum, in which he rallied an already indignant crowd against “heartless” Republicans,...

Though the anti-Faso resistance is mobilizing in Ulster County, the congressman won the race thanks to the solidly Republican north,...

Personally, in choosing between the comptroller and the academic on one side and the rest of county government on the...

Last November, about midway through the annual county budget adoption process, Ulster County comptroller Elliott Auerbach alerted legislature chairman Ken...

Congressman Faso has decided that large town hall meetings are unproductive, staged and a waste of his own and everyone’s...

After years of delay, Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week dropped $8 million in a capital development grant at the state-owned...

While the controversy over the proposed Resort at Belleayre continues in court, the seemingly settled issues of capital funding at...

Damned media! Ulster County Executive Mike Hein served up an estimated 4,000 words on dozens of subjects at his ninth...

In 2015, Bill de Blasio’s Campaign for New York, since disbanded, was called to task for funneling hundreds of thousands...

Newly minted U.S. Rep. John Faso of Kinderhook works the chamber-of-commerce breakfast crowd like a campaigning politician. Which of course,...

The pending takeover of the bankrupt Hudson Valley Mall is shaping up as another of those good-news-bad-news scenarios. The result...

Congressmen Maurice Hinchey and John Hall are retired. Troubadour Pete Seeger is dead. But it appears the 70s no-nukes movement...

Topics include: Ulster's economic woes, pay raises for state lawmakers, campaign finance reform and extension of leadership terms in Ulster...

It seems voters don't particularly care about the issue of corruption.

’Tis the season. Celebration time. Come on! For the nice and the naughty and to all in between, you know...

Ulster County DA Holley Carnright quoted Dylan to the legislature as he pled for resources to battle the heroin epidemic....