This year’s 12th annual Midtown Make a Difference Day and the fifth annual Juneteenth commemoration will both happen this Saturday, June 17, amounting to a full day of celebrating Kingston’s diversity and heritage.
The vibrancy emanating from Lindsay Crowley of Saugerties is palpable. Bubbly and quick-witted, she lights up a room when she enters it.
Edda Beatrice Keyan Moore’s day is not unlike that of many other retirees, with laundry and lunch dates and church on Sundays. Only “Bea,” as she’s generally known, is about 30 years older than her fellow retirees.
The Kingston Catholic community has long been aware that St. Joseph School has been in the crosshairs of the Archdiocese of New York for several years now. They did not, however, expect to receive a notice two weeks before final exams that they would be closing the doors forever.
If you are in the market for a sweet, well-trained dog and are wondering where to start, why not start this Sunday with a “doggie speed dating” event to find your “pawfect” match?
The value of graffiti is very much in the beholder’s eye.
Kingston’s not in his district, but Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney rolled into the Senate Garage anyway the evening of Monday, May 8 to talk to the about 600 who turned out for a “town hall” forum on the new Republican health care plan currently working its way through Congress.
The term “edibles” encompasses far far more than Alice B. Toklas’ famous hash brownies. These days, weed can be made into any number of candies, cakes, cookies, breads, drinks, dishes — the only limit is imagination and skill.
He who has hope, has everything. So says Austin Benjamin, personal trainer and owner of Essential Fitness in Port Ewen. Exhibit A: Benjamin’s diligent work with 29-year-old Travis Luria of Port Ewen. The two over the past year have labored mightily to help build Luria’s confidence and strength, inside and out, so Luria can do something many thought impossible — get up out of his wheelchair and walk.
The Women’s March on Washington’s New York Upstate/Hudson Valley Chapter (WMWNY) sent 53 buses, and coordinated another 103 buses ranging from the Canadian border to the lower Hudson Valley, all full of men, women and kids to the nation’s capital on Saturday, Jan. 21 to march in one of largest protests in American history.