Kingston gets more time to implement dual-stream recycling
The Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency will continue to accept single-stream recycling from the City of Kingston through the end of February.
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Ulster County exec resigns to take job in Cuomo administration
A decade after he was elected as Ulster County’s first county executive, Mike Hein will step down to take a post heading up a state social service agency.
The rise of housing activism
Housing affordability and tenant’s rights are poised to become a major issue in Kingston next year, as a coalition of activist groups forms to address what they call an ongoing crisis. Meanwhile, city officials seek solutions to soaring rents and unaccountable landlords.
Millions in grants for Kingston projects
The largest award to the city is $1.2 million for “green infrastructure” improvements to three municipal parking lots in Midtown Kingston. The improvements include porous pavement and other elements to improve drainage and prevent runoff into the city’s sewage system, electric car charging stations and bike racks.
UCCRA to Kingston: You’re out of time
The Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency has turned down a request by Kingston Mayor Steve Noble to continue to accept single-stream recycling as the city transitions back to a dual-stream system. The decision this week leaves city officials scrambling for a way to process hundreds of tons of mixed recyclables with just two weeks before a deadline.
25 to life for the murderer Seth Lyons
Seth Lyons knew Anthony Garro for just a few minutes before he beat him to death.
Faso reflects on term, offers advice to Delgado
“This was an election where most of the Democrats and most of the people who voted for my opponent were motivated by opposition to the president,” said Faso.
Kingston man tried to steal thousands with fake-check scheme
Ulster County law enforcement officials say that a forged-check scheme uncovered by the District Attorney’s Office illustrates how social media and easily available software brings age-old scams into today’s world.
New warming center opens at Midtown Kingston church
What started in 2014 as an ad-hoc effort by a group of volunteers to provide emergency cold-weather shelter to Kingston’s homeless at a Clinton Avenue church has evolved into a fully funded county-program with, as of last month, a new home.
Sawkill Road killing was over weed deal gone wrong, authorities say
Police believe a Kingston man was shot and killed in a dispute over two ounces of marijuana following a car chase on Sawkill Road.