Friday, Jan. 19: Club Helsinki in Hudson was early in as a forecaster of the impending breakout fame of Lake Street Dive, the jazz/roots/pop hitmakers who have carved themselves a unique place in the Americana musical landscape. Now Club Helsinki gets some back-end payback when Lake Street Dive vocalist Rachael Price revives an especially fine project from her past.
![[Postponed] Christmas tree bonfire in New Paltz](https://hv1-dev.newsatomic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/xmas-bonfire-9s-436x291.jpg "[Postponed] Christmas tree bonfire in New Paltz")
The sixth annual Christmas tree bonfire, scheduled for Saturday, January 13, 5 p.m., at Hasbrouck Park in New Paltz, has been postponed.
According to police, the tenant stabbed his landlord several times with a kitchen knife. Both were taken to the Vassar Brothers Hospital in stable condition, neither with serious injuries.
A 74-year-old Highland woman was killed Monday, Jan. 8 in Shandaken when she lost control of her vehicle on a snow-covered roadway and struck a county bus.
District 23 County Legislator Jonathan Heppner was chosen by the Democratic legislative caucus at Minority Whip, one of two leadership positions available at a party meeting in late December.
A look at some of the year’s biggest stories, including local crime numbers, Jimmy Fallon’s donation to Saugerties High School, multiple crashes on local railroad tracks, Dragon Inn back on the market, ethics investigation, bus-stop brouhaha, and more.
Parking restrictions will go into effect at 3 p.m.
Sunday, January 7: The Levin Brothers have been involved in some of the most daring and experimental music of the last 50 years: Tony cutting a striking figure as bassist and Chapman-stick player with Peter Gabriel, King Crimson and many more; Pete working more behind-the-scenes as an ace keyboardist on the legendary New York session scene.
Saturday, January 6: Masse is the classically trained singer/songwriter and member of the popular and critically lauded roots group the Wailin’ Jennys.
Monday, January 8: That mop of gray hair you see standing between McCartney and Clapton at all the royal tribute concerts would be none other Albert Lee, the British chicken-pickin’ country and rockabilly guitar ace whose credit list is a rather gaudy plume of Hall of Fame associations.