Saugerties town announces 2017 appointments
In all, about 80 persons were appointed to serve the town on various board and committees.
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Letter: Thanks for the common sense, Congressman Faso
Our new congressman’s vote against a plan to weaken ethics oversight should be applauded. He should show the same common sense on the upcoming votes concerning the Affordable Care Act.
Local organizations plan “Hate Free Zone” to protect vulnerable communities
A “hate free” Hudson Valley is defined as: “a Hudson Valley where an attack on one vulnerable community is an attack on all vulnerable communities; a Hudson Valley where sanctuary policies that protect immigrants from deportation, access to driver’s licenses for all immigrants, investment in public education instead of mass incarceration, and other measures that choose solidarity over hate are realized.”
Journalist, political advisor discuss the history of U.S. presidential transitions
Mark McKinnon and Alexander Heffner will discuss the historical transfer of power and the future of American politics at the FDR site in Hyde Park. McKinnon, former advisor to two governors and co-creator/host of Showtime’s The Circus: The Greatest Political Show on Earth; and Heffner, journalist/essayist/educator and currently host of The Open Mind on PBS will consider presidential transitions from Roosevelt to Trump, just days before the 45th president’s inauguration.
Hudson Valley Rail Trail WinterFest in Highland
There will be plenty of family-friendly activities, including hayrides and games, but the centerpiece is the chili competition, in which more than 20 regional restaurants bring their best batches of chili.
Top Saugerties spellers crowned in annual district bee
Saugerties Central School District’s best spellers waltzed through a tornado of words at the annual district-wide spelling bee on January 4, with eighth grader Donovan Barros emerging as the winner for the second time in three years.
Open letter asks mayor to keep parking lots free of charge
The letter argues that the plan, which would raise the price for on-street parking from 50 cents to $1 per hour and for the first time begin charging 75 cents an hour to park in city lots, would do more harm than good. Low-income workers and apartment dwellers would be unfairly burdened, businesses will lose both patrons and employees and visitors would be deterred from visiting Uptown and take their money elsewhere.
Eva Hesse documentary at Upstate Films in Rhinebeck
Eva Hesse’s sculptures were different: Though mainly employing latex, fiberglass and plastics as materials, they were messy, complex, organic, out-of-control. Art critic Arthur Danto described her work as “full of life, of Eros, even of comedy.” She died too young of a brain tumor – in 1970, at age 34 – to enjoy the level of critical regard that would eventually attach to her oeuvre, but today she is seen as a pioneer of Post-Minimalism.
From Jeremy to you: Thank You, Woodstock
A letter from the late town supervisor to the community he loved.
Remembrances of Jeremy Wilber
Letters from the community remembering the late Woodstock town supervisor.