Woodstock arts notes
Arts notes from the Feb. 20, 2020 issue of Woodstock Times.
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New Paltz Times notes
From the Feb. 20, 2020 edition: New sidewalks on Henry W. Dubois; Generator at Family Health building; Winter Tree ID walk at Burroughs; plus other local events and notes.
Kingston Times letters (2/20-26)
The letters to the editor from the Feb. 20, 2020 issue of Kingston Times.
Have you seen this man? State Police seek debit card thief
The New York State Police from the Poughkeepsie barracks are attempting to identify the pictured subject regarding a grand larceny
Opioid fatalities fall in Ulster
Opioid deaths in 2019 in Ulster dropped 41 percent in 2019 with only 33 compared to 2018’s 56, Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan and the Ulster County Department of Health announced Feb. 18.
Letter: Teach the Second Amendment
“They taught us that the pilgrims settled in the new world to escape religious persecution,” writes a reader. “They taught us that all people are created equal. They taught us about the 1st Amendment (freedom of speech). But why did they not teach us about the Second Amendment?”
Arrest made in Saugerties home burglary spree
Between February 3-12, Saugerties Police received reports of four residential burglaries within the Village of Saugerties. The burglaries involved the theft of money, musical instruments, a video game console, video games, jewelry and other personal property. An investigation by Saugerties Police Detectives, which involved the execution of several search warrants, both in Saugerties and in the Town of Ulster, has resulted in the recovery of a majority of the property that had been stolen during the burglaries and an arrest.
Ulster County public defender resigns after investigation showed failure to seek $2.5m in state reimbursements
Attorney Andrew Kossover, the Ulster County public defender since 2006, resigned this week after an analysis showed the office failed to seek $2.5 million over six years in state reimbursements. During that time, the county budgeted and spent $1.9 million that could have been reimbursed but was instead absorbed by county taxpayers, according to a release from County Executive Pat Ryan.
SUNY New Paltz to resume classes Monday following clean drinking water tests
SUNY New Paltz will resume classes on Monday, Feb. 17, following the announcement that municipal drinking water tested clean after
“Do not drink” advisory lifted for New Paltz water
The advisory not to drink municipal water in the village of New Paltz, town water districts and at SUNY New