Hugh Reynolds: Strange bedfellows and signs of the times
Congressman John Faso, facing a difficult campaign against the opponent who emerges from the seven-way Democratic primary, has embraced VanBlarcum like a long-lost brother.
Voices
Wildberry ain’t Wilmorite
On a recent Monday evening in New Paltz, a quasi-governmental county agency, several of whose members were so new they hadn’t yet met each other, held a public hearing on a scaled-back $42-million project which still has a lot of loose ends. Of the 15 or so speakers, most were supportive of the package of standard IDA tax breaks for Wildberry Lodge. If anyone had expected a community eruption in New Paltz of the kind that had greeted the ill-fated Wilmorite student-housing proposal a few years ago, they were doomed to be disappointed.
Kids’ Almanac (6/7-6/14)
KING TRIES HOT DOG AND ASKS FOR MORE | National Get Outdoors Day | GlassBarge demos in Poughkeepsie, Kingston and Catskill | Happy Birthday, Forsyth Nature Center!
A voice in the night
The voice of the small and frail is a mighty thing. And it is astonishing how ferocious even the tiniest combatants can be, when they decide not to surrender.
Kingston After Dark: For what it’s worth
Did you know there is an Anatolian Mother Goddess-worshipping LGBTQ friendly temple and Pagan spirituality center in misty and forested Palenville?
Reynolds: Home stretch to the primary
Ulster County Democratic Party Chairman Frank Cardinale and his executive committee have decided “not to put a finger on the scale at this late date” by not offering a vote among the seven congressional contenders at last week’s annual party nominating convention.
Broadband for all
It’s not cheap to bring broadband to rural regions like the Catskills, but the state has decided this is a service to which all residents are entitled. We should know within a decade how well it will have paid off.
Kids’ Almanac (5/31-6/7)
Family fun as Bethel Woods turns ten | See Phoenicia on a Rail Explorer — a cart you drive on the train tracks!
How might extraterrestrials communicate with us?
We always assume aliens would know about circles and pi, and realize that hydrogen is the element that dominates the universe, even though most humans don’t know these things.
Dispatch from Death’s door
Having been dead, I can’t testify to exactly what happened as I lay on my back.