Kingston’s controversial new parking fees; the paradox of free parking; here comes the judge; comptroller’s budget slashed, things could get...
Read moreHein’s budget goes to the Legislature, Kingston High School play controversy, and the Hudson Valley Mall in Kingston makes the...
Read moreKingston Mayor Steve Noble’s plan to charge for erstwhile free parking and steeply increase existing rates in Uptown…the cost of...
Read moreTeachout/Faso, Family Court move, campus protests.
Read moreOne thing we can say: Turnout was terrific, and that’s never a bad thing even if the results leave half...
Read moreThis has been a most unusual election year. No matter who wins, the rancor will persist well after next Tuesday.
Read moreThe congressional debate…Ulster County ethics changes…self-aggrandizement by elected officials…a green mayor…new leadership in the Independence (NOT independent) Party
Read moreFamily Court ballot language lawsuit...Ulster comptroller’s budget cuts...The strange case of Sara McGinty...Hein meets with Catskill Mountain Railroad
Read moreThis was no idle warning shot, like the time a few years ago when he shifted some of the comptroller’s...
Read moreThoughts on the Teachout-Faso debate and another county budget without a tax hike.
Read moreThe presidential debate as witnessed by a crowd at Kingston’s Ole Savannah, the county ballot proposal to move Family Court...
Read moreWe get press and web releases almost every day from the local congressional campaigns of John Faso and Zephyr Teachout,...
Read moreI’m sure former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will draw a huge, rapturous crowd when he campaigns in New Paltz Friday...
Read moreIt was good to see more of our public officials finally stepping to the plate on the controversy involving the...
Read moreGov. Cuomo, seen here speaking in Kingston in February. (Photo: Phyllis McCabe) With all the back and forth about ethics...
Read moreAn un-camera shy bear. A fable: Former Shandaken supervisor Neil (“There’s no law west of Boiceville”) Grant and a black...
Read moreIreland's ambassador to the U.S., Anne Anderson, speaks at a ceremony announcing the plans for the Irish Cultural Center of...
Read moreJohn Faso. (Photo: Phyllis McCabe) Republican congressional hopeful John Faso probably isn’t the only down-ticket candidate giving Donald Trump wide...
Read moreThe columnist Reynolds. I’ll confess I was not glued to the tube for every minute of the party conventions last...
Read moreJack Hayes, seen here with Holley Carnright back in 2011. (Photo by Dan Barton) Owing to a monumental headquarters snafu...
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