Let us give thanks
In the spirit of the holiday, and in defiance of the greater narrative, here are a few of the things I’m grateful for this year.
Voices
Alien visitors at a Catskills campsite
Our intrepid local geology columnists examine signs of glaciers at North Lake’s Site 151.
New life for Midtown Kingston building
The members and staff of Kingston’s planning board stand silent in the middle of the cavernous third-floor room where a century ago many tables of working women toiled making shirts and other clothing: the needle trades.
Saugerties Times letters (11/16-22)
GOP scare tactics, Republican loopholes help the rich, Maloney is motivated, STEM disaster House tax bill, time to work together.
Facebook, I wish I could quit you
Quitting social media means losing touch with friends and family and missing out on local news, especially in rural areas.
Hugh Reynolds: Call it Heinwyck
According to Ulster County Executive Mike Hein, it took something like 60 seconds for him to reject out of hand a proposal last summer that the county assume ownership of the failing Wiltwyck Golf Club in the Town of Ulster.
Hudson Valley Seed Fund invests in ambitious hyperlocal Westchester-based digital platform
The company hopes its calendar app will be used by individuals and organizations across the nation to aggregate and personalize community events.
Letter: Withholding safe water from one’s neighbors is unconscionable
A few litigious residents are standing in the way of New Paltz’s water needs.
Saugerties Times letters (11/9-15)
Topics include: Shout Out Saugerties, being religious, tax reform, and rail trails.
Hugh Reynolds: Seats change, but not the bottom lime
For what it’s worth, the unofficial returns indicate Republicans will (barely) hold their majority in the county legislature, regardless of which caucus John Parete of Olive chooses to rest his ailing left shoulder.