The health of healthcare
The movement toward implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act will continue in 2013 as one of the very biggest
Voices
Minor League Baseball in Saugerties?
I am cautiously optimistic about our chances of bringing a minor league baseball team to our town in the near
Hugh Reynolds: Payroll, please
In one of the more obscure footnotes to a routine January meeting (other than 45 gun advocates expressing themselves) Ulster
The Foothills
Among the many kinds of walks we take, the walk close to home, along a less traveled path, has much
Growing locally
A bad economy has, at least in the garden, led to a resurgence in people learning to grow things. “We’re
Yes, it was amazing
Last Friday, February 15: a date that will remain in history books forever. Before that day began, there’d only been
Kids’ Almanac (Feb. 21-28)
“Sometimes all you need is 20 seconds of insane courage.” – Benjamin Mee, We Bought a Zoo movie Catamount
Roses are red, yeah, whatever
As luck would have it, the official publication date for this piece is Feb. 14, aka Valentine’s Day. So I
Nature at your doorstep – Poets’ Walk
Poets’ Walk is one of those places in the Hudson Valley that remind us that the Romantic view of nature
The barn effect
Back on Dec. 15, the sloop Clearwater, stripped of its mast, boom, rudder and sails, arrived at the Kingston docks