Ulster BOCES staff make PPE
Ulster BOCES instructors from three programs are producing personal protection equipment, which is being donated to healthcare and essential workers ...
Tag: coronavirus
Marbletown First Aid Unit increases staffing
The Marbletown First Aid Unit (MFAU) has begun bolstering its staffing as Ulster County rolls towards the projected Covid 19 ...
Woodstock town employees get full pay during pandemic
Woodstock’s town board unanimously passed a measure last week allowing town government workers sidelined by the pandemic to continue receiving ...
America’s public engineers: Dealing with the pandemic requires specialized building skills
The feds are good at building big things fast, especially in emergencies. And the COVID-19 pandemic has been a national ...
Hudson Valley tenants and landlords cope with loss of income, housing uncertainty
More than 26 million Americans and 1.2 million New Yorkers have filed for unemployment since the Coronavirus lockdowns took effect ...
Ulster exec announces new unit within public defender’s office to handle tenant issues
Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan announced today the creation of a new unit to exclusively review tenant complaints related to ...
New Paltz businessowners talk about what re-opening will be like
(Photo by Dion Ogust) Once it’s safe to go out again, how the tourist-focused businesses of New Paltz are operated ...
Where to buy face masks locally
What a difference a few weeks make. We went from being told face masks were ineffective (but needed for medical ...
Hudson Valley couple thought they beat COVID-19, then they tested positive again
This time last week, Ed Lundergan and Carol Giannone Lundergan of New Paltz, who had been battling COVID-19 since mid-March, ...
Ulster COVID-19 update: Enough beds and ventilators for now; parks being patrolled for social-distance violations
Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan was joined by County Sheriff Juan Figueroa this afternoon for a Facebook town hall. The ...
One for the history books
An emergency hospital at Camp Funston, Kansas, cared for large numbers of soldiers sickened by the 1918 flu. Photo from ...
Rondout teachers help out
From the beginning of the pandemic lockdown a month ago, schools have served as important hubs for local families. The ...
Ulster program will highlight those who have stepped up to help during the pandemic
(Provided) Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan today launched the “Ulster County Community Champion” campaign, which highlight residents who are “stepping ...
City of Kingston COVID-19 response
An update on how Kingston is responding to the virus. Some of the issues: food insecurity, asking for an extension ...
Website lets you know what’s open in the Hudson Valley
The COVID-19 crisis seems to have generated an eclectic marketplace of viral ideas unlike any seen before in our region. ...
To close or not to close? The debate over parks in a pandemic
With nearly every business closed, parks, nature preserves and rail trails across the Hudson Valley are seeing more use than ...
How to support and experience Hudson Valley artists and arts organizations during the lockdown
Artists are by definition inventive, creative thinkers. Right now they’re scrambling to find ways to use electronic media to enable ...
Ulster County more than doubles its ventilators; adds ICU beds
Earlier this week, County Executive Pat Ryan warned that the county was on pace to exhaust its ICU beds and ...
In the Hudson Valley, a grassroots effort to sew needed face masks
People throughout the Hudson Valley are dusting off their sewing machines, digging into their piles of fabric, trading patterns and ...
New Paltz water issues exacerbated by pandemic
Readers might only dimly remember when no one in New Paltz could get municipal water from the tap, due to ...
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