All posts by Paul Smart

Buddhist elementary school plans to open in West Saugerties

Buddhist elementary school plans to open in West Saugerties

The light-filled classrooms in what’s to become the new Middle Way School in West Saugerties were packed with kids and parents Saturday, February 24, as educational consultant Kristen Lhatso, from Boulder, Colorado, outlined emerging plans for the private day school for elementary age students planned to open in September.

Edelman  at Cross Contemporary

Edelman at Cross Contemporary

Work by Edelman, including a new series of self-portraits, will be part of the new two-person exhibit that opens this weekend with a preview from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, March 2 and an artists’ reception from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday March 3 at Cross Contemporary, 99 Partition Street, in Saugerties. 

Foster body found: Catskill man is charged with second-degree murder

Foster body found: Catskill man is charged with second-degree murder

When Brandyn Dayne Foster went missing a little over a year ago, it was Woodstock Police who first picked up the case. On February 6, the 31-year-old Foster’s remains were found on a rural Catskill property where he was living at the time of his disappearance. On February 14 police arrested Carlos Graham, 31 of Catskill, and charged him with second-degree murder for killing Foster.