Scammers are offering Medicare beneficiaries “free” screenings or cheek swabs for genetic testing to obtain their Medicare information for identity theft or fraudulent billing purposes. Fraudsters are targeting beneficiaries through telemarketing calls, booths at public events, health fairs, and door-to-door visits.
Thursday-Friday, Sept. 19-20: Emerging science has established the importance of the human microbiome to health, and some are now warning that its potential destruction is leading to a large-scale health crisis.
Yesterday a jury found Joshua Stuart, 42, of Kerhonkson, guilty on a number of charges in connection with a series of violent crimes that took place in the town of Wawarsing last September.
A 32-year-old Newburgh man died yesterday in a crash on I-84 in the town of Montgomery.
Short-term rental guests can’t get enough of Ulster County. According to Airbnb, the county had significantly more guests using the service this summer (Memorial Day to Labor Day) than other mid- and lower-Hudson Valley counties, despite Ulster’s comparatively modest population.
The SUNY Ulster Office of Continuing and Professional Education is offering a series of web development courses this fall.
State Police report that a Pleasant Valley woman was killed Saturday, September 7 after being attacked by one or both of her dogs.
Former Woodstock Supervisor Jeff Moran is giving the job another go, challenging incumbent Bill McKenna with a write-in campaign for the November 5 election.
None of students or other passengers were injured in Friday’s crash, which happened after the bus driver suffered a medical emergency while behind the wheel. The driver passed away two days later.
Mayor Steve Noble has asked the Common Council to approve $32,000 in funding to study vacancy rates in some of the city’s rental housing units. The survey would clear the way for the introduction of rent regulation in Kingston under the newly passed statewide Emergency Tenant Protection Act.