Saugerties police save local woman from overdose
For the second time in just over a week, Saugerties Police called to respond to a report of an unconscious local resident likely saved a life.
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Ulster County mother, charged in daughter’s bathtub drowning, pleads guilty
In Ulster County Court 26-year-old Kayla Pagan pleaded guilty to Criminally Negligent Homicide for the drowning death of her 10-month-old daughter, in a bathtub at their home at 8 Hideaway Lane, in Marlboro.
St. Patrick’s Day parades in Kingston, Beacon and Goshen
Saturday & Sunday, 3/11-12: Perambulating a city and contemplating life on its streets, like Stephen Dedalus in his odyssey across Dublin in James Joyce’s Ulysses, is certainly a time-honored Irish tradition worth reviving. Here are three mid-Hudson communities presenting appealing opportunities to do just that this coming weekend, in an organized fashion in the company of other perambulators
Sunset/moonrise hike at Poughkeepsie’s Peach Hill Park
Sunday, 3/12: Enjoy Daylight Savings Time and the Full Moon from a lovely perch with a 360-degree view in a park that you may not yet have discovered.
‘Help me, Grandma’: New phone scam targets grandparents
Ulster County seniors are warned of phony emergency calls asking grandparents to wire money to help a grandchild who is “in trouble.”
Potown goes O+
O+ Poughkeepsie, a festival of art, music and wellness, will be celebrated August 5 in downtown Poughkeepsie.
Apply now for summer 2017 Platte Clove Artist-in-Residence Program
Does the idea of being cut off from the distractions of the internet, television, cellphones and society in general while you work on your next magnum opus intrigue you?
Skier dies at Hunter Mountain; second fatality this season
State Police are currently treating the matter as an accidental fall and do not suspect any foul play.
Letter: Politicians should attend, not duck, town halls
Town halls, mainstays of constituent /representative dialog, have been being abandoned by many who claim the outpouring of citizen concern is “disruptive” or “unproductive.” Boisterous as some may become, the skilled and open politician will allow for intensity of expression, acknowledge concerns, engage the crowd thus create dialog, not just promote dogma.
Kingston Times letters: Letters: A defense of kiosks, Faso’s no-show
Selections from the March 2 Kingston Times letters to the editor section.