Gerald Benjamin is a long-serving assistant vice president and former dean at the university and head of his eponymous regional public policy research center at the campus. He is quoted in The New York Times saying that he did not believe rap was “real music.” He said his comments were off the mark in part because of his self-professed ignorance of the genre.
This coming school yearh, the talented tenor will will be spending his Saturdays in the Juilliard pre-college program.
The Gardiner restaurant was recently honored for their commitment to eliminating the use of plastic drinking straws in the restaurant.
Saugerties is likely to seek to hire an interim schools superintendent to help steer the school district. The search for a permanent replacement for outgoing district administrative leader Seth Turner could take around six months.
The Woodstock Town Board decided to take a wait-and-see approach with the Big and Little Deep swimming holes to gauge whether signs and an increased police presence will continue to improve conditions.
Trustees reorganize, appoint new principles for Crosby, JFK.
The Woodstock Way proposal to add a bar/café area to its already-approved hotel complex rising alongside Tannery Brook in the center of town inched closer to the Land of Lawsuits after a contentious yet affirmative Zoning Board of Appeals.
Advocate say pot possession should be punished by a civil fine rather than criminal prosecution.
Two more people have been indicted for local hip hop artist’s murder.
A coalition of immigration advocacy groups is spearheading a campaign to create a “municipal identification” program in Mid-Hudson cities, including Kingston.