Kingston was ranked fifth best small city and sixth best U.S. city overall for teachers in a survey of 380 cities by AdvisorSmith, an business insurance company. It weighed factors like job availability, compensation and cost of living.
In the wake of the departure of Elliott Auerbach, the only comptroller Ulster’s ever known, two women well-known to local public life, Lisa Cutten of Kingston and March Gallagher of Rosendale, are running for the job.
Investigations conducted by this month by the Ulster County Department of Social Services Special Investigation Unit, in conjunction with the Office of the Ulster County District Attorney, resulted in the following arrests.
Kingston police say a lack of cooperation from witnesses is hampering the investigation into the shooting death of a 27-year-old Kingston man on a Midtown street last week.
This coming Election Day, in addition to the names of candidates seeking reelection, Town of Rosendale voters will be faced with a ballot question: a referendum on whether or not the terms of office for the town supervisor and superintendent of highways should be increased from two years to four.
The Shandaken Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) voted unanimously to uphold zoning enforcement officer Howie McGowan’s decision to reject resident Sanjay Rawal’s application to erect a 35-foot statue of deceased spiritual leader Sri Chinmoy on his property in Woodland Valley.
Few farmers attempt to grow a warmth-loving crop like rice in the Northeast’s short growing season, but Badjie and Hoyte are experimenting with rice-growing methods to suit New York’s climate on their Ever-Growing Family Farm in Ulster Park. It’s the only commercial rice farm in New York state, and one of a handful of small rice farms in the entire Northeast. It produces strains of African rice not commonly found In the U.S., served fresh, not dried, which have proven quite popular.
Known for being a political hotbed, New Paltz is oddly quiet during this election cycle with the exception of the County Legislature race and a dark horse opponent, Kevin Kelly, a rare book dealer who has decided to run against veteran town justice James Bacon.
Shandaken supervisor Rob Stanley, a Republican, is being challenged on November 5 by Democrat Brian Powers.
The preliminary budget to be offered at the November 7 budget hearing will have money for trucks and technology, and some of what’s needed at the rescue squad.