Students, environmental organizations and community members marked the five-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy with a march on Saturday, Oct. 30. The storm, which hit the northeast with such power that it took lives, destroyed homes and transit infrastructure, flooded subways and greatly impacted people from the NYC-metro area to the Hudson Valley.
A look at the town and county races in Saugerties.
Saturday, Nov. 4: At the height of production, 20,000 pounds of chocolate were produced each day in Red Hook. The Chocolate Factory was founded in Red Hook in 1888 by William H. Baker. Baker was no relation to the older and more famous Walter H. Baker Company, whose production of chocolate began in 1780 and whose name was synonymous with chocolate in America for a time; but Red Hook’s Baker was not above exploiting the coincidence to promote his business, starting what became known as the “chocolate wars.”
Saturday, Nov. 4: The documentary transports viewers into the lives of maximum-security prisoners at Sing Sing in Ossining as they mount a stage production of A Few Good Men.
Many races are unopposed, but the few contests are well contested. An overview of town and county races in the northwest quadrant of Ulster County.
Saturday, Nov. 4: The popular country duo of Keifer and Shawna Thompson topped radio charts across the US, Canada and Australia with hits “Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not?” “If I Didn’t Have You” and
“Everything I Shouldn’t Be Thinking About.”
Thursday, Nov. 9: Considered one of the most accomplished and well-known adults with autism in the world, Grandin will give a talk titled “The Autistic Brain: All Kinds of Minds Can Succeed.”
Halloween is a big deal in Woodstock.
Candidates, their supporters and detractors, weigh in on the local races.
Kingston Times Letters: Vote for Drew, in defense of Jennifer Schwartz Berky