DEC closes Kaaterskill Falls, citing need for social distancing
The falls, viewing platform, and access trails are relatively small areas that are currently concentrating persons together, preventing safe social distancing at the site, said the DEC.
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Sticky business: Local family, cooped up during pandemic, starts home bakery
What began as a fun way to keep busy, provide some comfort to friends and make a little extra money for rent, has turned into a full-scale baking operation in a one-level house in Gardiner. “I’ve always dreamed of owning a bakery,” said Tanya Santos, a local mother of three, whom, like many of us, has been cooped up at home during the COVID-19 pandemic with her family trying to think of ways to stay busy and upbeat. “We were thinking of things we could do and Kaela (her eldest daughter) had rent looming, so I put a post on Facebook asking if anyone was interested in having some freshly baked cinnamon buns delivered to them and the response was unbelievable!”
Fly fishing on the Rondout Creek
All through the winter that wasn’t, I stared at the fly box wondering which fly to use on opening day of trout season.
Ulster County seeks doctors and nurses to aid in COVID-19 response
County Executive Pat Ryan announced today that the Ulster County Department of Health is now actively seeking doctors, nurses, and
Letters to the Editor
Topics include: Cuomo’s performance; Kingston’s trees; Ulster Pub’s prospects; helping neighbors; Stop the Danskammer project; time to ponder; New Paltz strong; bring your own pen; a few opinions about 45; and more.
How will the pandemic affect our sense of community?
They stand, our elected officials, in the middle of the streets in the heart of their communities. There’s an eerie silence in the air. You can hear the songbirds twittering on semi-deserted roadways usually filled with the sounds of passing traffic. Not today.
Ulster County community project has delivered over 10,000 meals
Project Resilience, a community fund and local food distribution effort to support residents affected by COVID-19, has delivered 13,715 meals since it was established last month, according a release from County Executive Pat Ryan’s office.
News-in-brief (4/2/20)
News and community notes from around the area.
Ulster won’t issue permits for campgrounds, resorts or children’s camps during pandemic
In addition to the announcement on permits, County Executive Pat Ryan, together with HealthAlliance director Kevin Doyle, discussed local testing, hospitalizations and hospital prep.
Stockade soccer season cancelled
Kingston’s team in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL, a semi-pro league) — the Stockade FC — had its season cancelled this past week, an innocent victim of the coronavirus. It’s a disappointing turn for the players and fans and for second-year coach Jamal Lis-Simmons.
