Kingston’s mayoral race will be a three-way contest after a fourth candidate ended his campaign. Meanwhile, nine members of the Kingston Republican Committee have resigned to throw their support behind third-party candidate Vince Rua.

New Year’s morning, 2018. On the radio was a clip of the retirement dinner of a Hudson Valley politician. The words, and the voice saying, “I have always put people over politics” were those of Senator Bill Larkin, and those familiar words sent me on a trip down memory lane.

The Town of Ulster last week completed the rehabilitation of Morton Boulevard, a complex-yet-brief project planned and executed by town Highway Superintendent Frank Petramale with the assistance of other departments within the municipality and the highway departments of neighboring communities.

Hailing it as both vital for helping family farms keep going and as an example of how laws can actually be made in our era of hyper-partisan politics, U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado announced this week the signing by President Trump of the Family Farmer Relief Act.