Uptown Grill passes into Kingston diner history
One fewer place where everybody knows your name.
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Kingston schools, election board reach compromise on voting machines
Before last week, it seemed inevitable that the Kingston City School District would have to purchase voting machines ahead of the budget vote and School Board elections in May, with the only variable how much money they’d wind up spending. But following a compromise between the two parties, the district will be allowed to use the machines this year, with future use depending upon how things go.
Rt. 209 will close for shooting of Ruffalo’s HBO miniseries
The Ulster Town Board last week backed a request by HBO to shut down four miles of Route 209 for three separate days between April and June for the filming of a miniseries based on Wally Lamb’s best-selling 1998 novel I Know This Much is True.
Ben Wigfall’s art getting a show in Kingston
Two years after his death, Wigfall’s legacy remains very much alive.
The A.J. Williams-Myers African Roots Center a bright spot of knowledge
This week we are going to take some time to learn about what they do at the Library at the
Ulster Dems set to pick their candidate for county exec
Ulster County Democrats will convene in Kingston next week to endorse a candidate for county executive and dozens of other local offices. The convention is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 6 p.m. at the Best Western on Washington Avenue.
Kingston school election changes – and additional costs – seem certain
Kingston City School District officials last month lamented a decision by the Ulster County Board of Elections to no longer allow school districts to use their voting machines for their annual budget votes and school board elections.
Should county exec special election be cancelled?
Ulster County pols say the vote, which would happen just months before the general election, would be costly and confusing to voters.
A Kingston taxpayer vision for the State of the City 2019
A resident notes problems with Kingston’s economic development, housing and infrastructure (among other issues) and offers solutions.
Jim Noble won’t run for another term as Kingston alderman-at-large
Noble’s decision marks the end of a political career that’s spanned 22 years and four mayors, and witnessed Kingston’s slow and painful emergence from post-industrial economic blight at the end of the 20th century into a new more hopeful 21st.
