Woodstocker Arya Nielsen help effect shift away from opioids
Using acupuncture instead of narcotics.
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New Paltz Board of Education is set to discuss creating a racial-equity committee
A planned session on racial equity scheduled for the January 24 meeting of the New Paltz Central School District Board of Education didn’t go entirely as organizers may have intended, but community members organized around this issue appear to have gotten closer to achieving one of their goals, the establishment of a board committee that would oversee such issues in the district.
Opiate crisis: Overdose prevention training classes spring up across Hudson Valley
First responders are saving multiple lives a month. By distributing Narcan to the public and providing training, a new program hopes to save even more.
Citizens, town board talk against Woodstock Way tax breaks
The Woodstock Town Board and town residents filled the Mescal Hornbeck Community Center Thursday, February 1 to voice their opposition to requested tax breaks of $527,539 for the Woodstock Way 23-unit hotel.
Forum at Old Dutch to talk about police-youth interaction
‘If kids know what’s expected of them and what to expect from us, it helps diffuse some of the anxiety they’re feeling.’
Trump solar tariff impact not expected to be much locally
“Were the tariffs necessary to help our business? No, but that’s not to say that it hasn’t sparked more interest in American-made products, and that’s a good thing for us.”
Olive resident preserves right to sue over nextdoor chainsaw carving business
Hoppy Quick was approved to operate a chainsaw seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. A neighbor isn’t happy.
SUNY New Paltz debates buildings named for slaveholding families
Several students expressed discomfort, one likening it to being Jewish and living in “Hitler Hall.” Members of the community tended to express support for having a dialogue, but more likely to defend the wider legacy of the town’s founding families.
Public gets a say on New Paltz’s Zero Place project
A public hearing was held on Jan. 16 and another will be held Feb. 6 on the project, which includes 46 apartments above a floor of retail space, and would be located on North Chestnut St. in the village of New Paltz.
State aid increase is minimal for Onteora
The superintendent said additional State Aid proposed for 2018/19 school year is approximately $17,000 or as she put it, “pretty much essentially flat.” With a district budget of approximately $52 million, the small increase is expected to have minimal impact. Plus: A pilot for Waterfall Way, bus driver shortage, and the robotics program.