Piano four hands in Tivoli
Babette Hierholzer & Jürgen Appell’s Kaatsbaan program will span the centuries, featuring works by Johann Pachelbel, J. S. Bach, Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, Ernesto Lecuona and Richard Wagner.
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Learn more about the wily revolutionary Henry Knox and his HQ in Vails Gate
Knox was a sort of 18th-century Zelig, always in the thick of history-making events.
Letter: Kingston teachers should contribute to health insurance to close budget gap
Isn’t it time for the Kingston City School District employees to start making contributions to their very expensive taxpayer-funded health plan? Most employees in the real world contribute 20 percent to their health plans. Twenty percent of $35.5 million is $7.1 million. Voila — we have a solution.
Woodland Pond resident and social activist Annette Finestone celebrates 100th birthday
Friends, relatives, neighbors and admirers celebrated the 100th birthday of Annette Finestone at Woodland Pond in New Paltz on Saturday.
DEP concerned about New Paltz water supply
The important work of finding a backup water source for New Paltz has been hampered by a small group of local residents who sued in court to stop the water supply project on Plains Road.
New life at once-abandoned Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory
While Ulster County has been enjoying the success of Kingston’s Lace Mill artist housing project by RUPCO, the Dutchess County not-for-profit organization Hudson River Housing, Inc. has been busily renovating a three-story brick building known as the Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory.
Saugerties Times letters (3/23-30)
Bias incident at Saugerties High School, create ways to consolidate, clarification on local solar funding, how Faso should vote, thoughts on Trump, much about health care.
New Paltz receives $75k state grant for improvements to Moriello Pool
The pool opened late last year due to ongoing repairs, and its condition has been a concern for the local swimming community.
Kingston Times letters (3/23-30)
Allow drug returns at pharmacies, Watching Faso, Disturbed by Tillerson, Trumpcare hurts seniors.
Vassar clandestine suffragist to be honored on centennial of NY women’s suffrage
In 1913, on the eve of Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration, Vassar alumna and lawyer Inez Milholland led a parade through Washington, DC astride a big white horse, wearing a crown and a long white cape, followed by some 10,000 suffragettes. Crowds of men jeered, spat on and harassed the marchers. Milholland was afterwards likened to Joan of Arc.