Saugerties youth awarded for positive contributions
Three Saugerties youngsters were honored by the Saugerties town board at its March 15 meeting as part of the You’ve Been Caught program run by the Saugerties Community Youth Awards Committee.
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Kingston’s Shamrock Run to be held Sunday
Expect admiring crowds and chilly weather for this Sunday’s annual Shamrock Run, a two-mile Kingston road race beginning on the Academy Green and ending at the Strand.
Women’s Studio Workshop’s 20th annual Chili Bowl Fiesta draws a crowd to SUNY Ulster
The Chili Bowl Fiesta fundraiser put on each February by the Women’s Studio Workshop (WSW) just gets more popular and more successful every year.
New Paltz sets date for fireworks, scraps reference to Independence Day
The Town of New Paltz fireworks are scheduled to take place on Friday, June 30. As the celebration will not even be in the same month as the Fourth of July, supervisor Neil Bettez chose to call it a “town fireworks celebration” rather than reference the holiday.
Ulster Hose members, and many others, to lop locks to help kids with cancer
Members of Ulster Hose No. 5 are raising money and awareness for childhood cancer research as part of the second Ulster County St. Baldrick’s Day fundraising event. Local groups and individuals will have their heads shaved in solidarity with children living with cancer at the event on Sunday, March 5.
KingstonCitizens.org launching community forums series
The forums are meant to provide a venue to discuss the ways that Donald Trump’s proposed initiatives for his first 100 days in office will affect life on a local and state level for members of the community. The first, on Sunday, Feb. 27, will deal with constitutional law.
Bald is beautiful: Over 100 to shave heads for cancer fundraiser in Saugerties
To many, the idea of shaving off your hair in front of a packed audience might sound like the kind of dream that wakes you in a cold sweat. To a number of local residents, however, it is the perfect way to raise funds and awareness for pediatric cancer.
Hudson Valley Humanists talk evolution
Psychology professor and director of the Evolutionary Studies Program at SUNY New Paltz, Glen Geher, will lead a panel including a few of his students to talk about their work in evolutionary psychology.
Benefit for Phillies Bridge Farm at Snugs this Sunday
Support the Phillies Bridge Farm Project this Sunday, February 19, 4:30 p.m., at Snug Harbor in New Paltz.
Historic Huguenot St. seeks new exec director, plans wigwam
The New Paltz historical group hasn’t had an official, full-time, permanent executive director since 2010.