Sojourner Truth statue to be erected in Central Park
Her figure will be added to a previously planned sculpture of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
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Ulster County man pleads guilty to sexual conduct with two children
The charges involve sexual contact with two different children while they were under the age of thirteen and endangerment of those children and a third child under the age of seventeen years old.
SUNY New Paltz to welcome more than 2,000 first-year and transfer students
This year’s incoming class extends the increasing racial and ethnic diversification of the student population at SUNY New Paltz. About 48 percent of incoming first-year students are from traditionally underrepresented demographic groups, as are about 35 percent of incoming transfers.
Upstate Films to screen Thelma and Louise outdoors at Greig Farm on Saturday
Upstate Films will screen Thelma and Louise outdoors at Greig Farm in Red Hook on Saturday, August 24 at dusk.
Burning of Kingston event is back on
After being called off earlier this year when the re-enactment groups around which it was centered got, as mercenaries will, better offers, the Burning of Kingston will indeed happen, but in a new format.
Saugerties police investigate thefts from unlocked cars
The Saugerties Police Department is investigating a string of larcenies from unlocked vehicles in the area of Fish Creek and Patch Road in the Town of Saugerties.
Two dead after plane crashes into Hudson Valley home
A small plane crashed into a home in the Dutchess County town of Union Vale on Saturday, claiming the life of the pilot and a resident of the home.
Ulster County adopts term limits
Starting with this fall’s crop of legislators and county officials, legislators can serve no more than six full terms and executives and comptrollers no more than three.
Break on through: New York City DEP completes excavation on tunnel under Hudson
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection on Tuesday completed excavation of the 2.5 mile Delaware Aqueduct Bypass Tunnel from Newburgh to Wappinger, a significant milestone in the $1 billion effort to repair leaks in the 85-mile Delaware Aqueduct, which provides around 50 percent of New York City’s water.
Letter: A Horror at the border
“I call on all mandated reporters and all people with a conscience!” writes a reader. “Make the call now! Do something … we must stop this cruelty, reunite the children with their families and act like the caring, humane, intelligent people we know we are!”