Saugerties Times letters to the editor (3/2-9)
CSX’s slow response to rail crossing concerns, wave of progressive protests, Faso should be paying attention, single-payer health care, protections for LGBTQ children.
Voices
Kingston After Dark: Punk in drublic
I am as usual browsing through press releases to see what’s the weirdest band name I can find in my inbox. I think the winner this week is a Japanese kind of Godflesh-meets-early-Swans percussive noise rock band called Oozepus.
Ribbon-cutting of new $48-million Science Building at SUNY New Paltz will take place March 9
The official ribbon-cutting and tour of the steel-framed, slate-clad two-story $48-million Science Building on the northeast corner of the New Paltz campus will celebrate what the invitation calls “the burgeoning enrollments in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields” at the school.
Hugh Reynolds: Faso needs a strategy
Congressman Faso has decided that large town hall meetings are unproductive, staged and a waste of his own and everyone’s else’s time. I think he’s wrong on every count. These rallies may not represent all the voices of a bitterly divided people, but they are people and they have voices.
Kids’ Almanac: March 2-9
Our weekly roundup of local family activities.
Why you should ignore those new planets at Trappist 1
To the public, exoplanets are exciting if they’re similar to Earth. And finding life somewhere out there would be the coolest possible thing. I see it differently.
Walking Woodstock: Different strokes
Despite the title, this is not a story about sex. How could it be? It takes place in Woodstock, and everyone knows Woodstock Is not sexy.
Cool, clear water
Maybe it’s already time to be talking not about too little water but too much — the more common condition in the New York City reservoir system in springtime.
Saugerties Times letters (2/23-3/1)
Topics include: Saugerties town ethics investigation; Call Faso about ACA; Saugerties County Legislators disappoint; Free press is vital; Climate change is brain change.
Night Sky: Expect the improbable
It’s a tricky business, dealing with events that happen at the same time. Are they linked, or just coincidental? Case in point: climate change.