Sheriff: Contract employee smuggled drugs into Ulster County Jail
Police say a 44-year-old Kerhonkson woman who worked as a commissary clerk was smuggling drugs and tobacco into the Ulster County Jail.
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Crowleymass gathering in Woodstock
Friday, October 12: Participate in a sunset magick ritual bonfire garden party and vegetarian potluck at Shivastan to celebrate and discuss renowned/reviled British-born archmage Aleister Crowley, who spent 40 days in the summer of 1918 camping out on Esopus Island in the Hudson River.
Learn about Perrine’s Covered Bridge at history talk and tour
Saturday, October 13: It’s the longest-standing Burr arch covered bridge in New York and the second-oldest covered bridge in the state
Wallkill River Festival held in New Paltz
The Wallkill River Watershed Alliance held its second annual Wallkill River Festival last Saturday at the Open Space Institute’s new River-to-Ridge trailhead on Springtown Road in New Paltz.
Car leaves Kingston street, plunges to rail bed below; 90-year-old driver hospitalized
The crash happened on Delaware Ave. at intersection with Hasbrouck Ave. and Livingston St.
Field + Supply: A Modern Maker’s Craft Fair at Hutton Brickyards
Friday-Sunday, October 5-7: Conceived by Manhattan-based interior designer Brad Ford, who weekends in Ulster County, Field and Supply: A Modern Maker’s Craft Fair got started in 2014, attracting notice from high-end design publications.
Italian Festival on the Strand in Kingston
Sunday, October 7: This free celebration of heritage features a huge variety of Italian foods, beverages, products and music.
Hudson Valley Dance Festival at Catskill Point
Saturday, October 6: The festival will feature performances by the Paul Taylor Dance Company, the Washington Ballet and Wendy Whelan. The event is produced by and benefits Dancers Responding to AIDS.
Deni Bonet plays Unison in New Paltz
Saturday, October 6: The violinist and songwriter Deni Bonet burst onto the national scene in the ’90s as the first-call violinist for such era-defining artists as REM, Sarah McLachlan, the Indigo Girls, Warren Zevon, Cyndi Lauper, Robyn Hitchcock and on and on.
Bring your own water to the “Each Day, Water” installation in Poughkeepsie
Opening Reception at Art Centro, Friday, Oct. 5: Water from the Missouri and Cannonball Rivers at Standing Rock will fill the vessels, as well as water from other important places of struggle against the “Black Snake” (fossil fuel infrastructure), including our region’s own Muhheakantuc, the Hudson River. The exhibit will close on Saturday, October 27 with a traditional water ceremony by Standing Rock Water Protector Chas Jewett.