Escape room, Mad Science, planetarium & robotics at Bright Ideas Festival in Stone Ridge
Sunday, Apr. 28: Admission is free, and it’s an event offering hands-on activities for attendees of all ages. “Space” is this year’s featured theme.
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Plastic bag mummy cleans streets in New Paltz
On Earth Day, April 22, you may have seen a plastic bag mummy, Plady, picking up trash while riding a mini plastic car, Toxicar, down Main Street in New Paltz. This was not an early celebration of Halloween, but performance art. Plady and Toxicar were created by the Taiwanese artist Maxine Leu, an MFA sculpture student at SUNY New Paltz, and enacted by performer Sanford Fels, a BFA sculpture student also at SUNY New Paltz.
Help out with the Big Sit bird count
Saturday, May 4: The ornithological equivalent of a walkathon and the John Burroughs Natural History Society (JBNHS)’s one fundraising event of the year, the Big Sit situates several birdwatchers in a 24-hour observation and identification of birds by sight and sound, raising money in the pledge-based style per bird or by straight donation.
Police say Hudson Valley caretaker couple stole over $50,000
Police said the couple were employed by the victims in a caretaking capacity, and used their positions to gain access to financial accounts belonging to the victims. Over the course of two years, police say the couple stole over $50,000 U.S. dollars via financial institution bank/credit cards, personal checks, and automatic teller withdrawals from accounts belonging to the victim.
Kingston police arrest three following investigation into heroin & fentanyl sales from Janet St. residence
The Kingston Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit concluded an investigation yesterday into the sale of heroin and fentanyl from a residence on Janet Street in the City of Kingston with the arrests of two men and a woman.
Ulster County bicycle and pedestrian projects receive over $6 million in state money
Projects in New Paltz, Lloyd and Kingston were among those in the Hudson Valley that received funding.
Lawsons talk about their lives as African-Americans in Kingston
In numerous ways the Lawsons, who raised their three sons in a house on Foxhall Avenue in a predominantly white neighborhood, bridged Kingston’s racial divide. But racism’s spectre often raised its head in forms that, though occasionally covert, were always painful.
Guido group taking over Redwood; Front Street Tavern expected to open in June
The owners of the Guido Restaurant Group will open a new eatery at the site of the former Redwood at 63 North Front St. in Uptown this June, a release stated Tuesday, April 23.
SUNY Ulster schedules Police Basic Training Program Information Session on May 4
SUNY Ulster Kingston Center will be hosting an Information Session on Saturday, May 4 at 10 a.m. at 10:00 am at the Kingston Center of SUNY Ulster, 94 Mary’s Ave, Kingston, for individuals interested in pursuing the pre-employment Police Basic Training Course provided through Ulster County Law Enforcement Training Group.
Kingston’s Troop 7 fledges pair of Eagle Scouts
Earlier this year, Kingston Boy Scout Troop 7 members Austin Murphy and Alex Wells attained Scouting’s highest achievement — the rank of Eagle Scout.