Saugerties Times letters (12/14-20)
Topics include: Doing the math on local homeless and foreclosures, Holiday in the Village, Faso and the tax bill, only Democrats are seeing consequences of sexual misconduct, Hudson Valley honor flights for vets.
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Police charge Kingston man, 37, with rape of 16-year-old
Police said the man was having sexual relations with 16-year-old girl at his residence in the city of Kingston between October and November of this year.
Celtic Christmas one weekend, psychedelic the next at Beacon’s Towne Crier
The internationally celebrated Irish instrumental band Lúnasa joins forces with the Celtic music singer/songwriter Ashley Davis on Saturday, Dec. 16, and psychedelic-rock eccentrics the Slambovian Circus of Dreams present their annual holiday concert on Saturday, Dec. 23.
Mass menorah-lighting at Kingston’s Temple Emanuel
Friday, Dec. 15: Bring a menorah from home and join with others in the experience of lighting hundreds of candles.
Melissa Etheridge to play UPAC in Kingston
Saturday, Dec. 16: Academy Award- and Grammy-winning artist Melissa Etheridge brings a full band to the newly renovated Ulster Performing Arts Center this weekend.
TSL in Hudson screens Sondheim’s Follies via National Theatre Live
Saturday, Dec. 16: One of Stephen Sondheim’s darkest stageworks — and that’s saying something — Follies, which debuted in 1971, doesn’t get revived very often, despite being regarded as a classic of musical theater. National Theatre’s revival has been called “superb.”
Kenro Izu at the Center for Photography
Saturday, Dec. 16: The exhibition will highlight Izu’s “Sacred Places” series.
Letter: Tuition-free college program should be expanded to cover housing and food
New York State’s Excelsior Scholarship fails to cover the majority of college costs, which come from room and board. According to NYPIRG, 48 percent of students experience some type of housing insecurity and 64 percent were food insecure. The numbers are higher among students of color.
Historic Huguenot Street welcomes new executive director
Historic Huguenot Street (HHS) has hired a new executive director, Liselle LaFrance, an award-winning museum professional who has served as the director of Historic Cherry Hill in Albany for 26 years.
Nutcracker vs. Mouse King
This weekend: Catch this seasonal ballet favorite at the Bardavon and UPAC.