Hugh Reynolds: Outside the box
Kingston Mayor Steve Noble’s plan to charge for erstwhile free parking and steeply increase existing rates in Uptown…the cost of compassion…the two Donalds…Zephyr needs a new game plan
Voices
Saugerties Times letters (11/24-30)
Topics include: Oil barges on Hudson, town budget too high, bullying at Saugerties High School, speaking up about the election.
Editorial: The importance of water conservation
Due to the lack of rain and the fact that there was hardly any snow last winter there have been some jitters about the adequacy of the water supply. Kinda makes you glad that the local water is not being sold to a bottling company like Niagara, which would be fighting a reduction in its supply tooth and nail at this point.
The one-percenters
For the first time, the Ulster County Industrial Development Agency intends to ask local agencies and organizations to compete for
Letter from NYC: At the anti-Trump protests
The very act of protesting hate resulted in an overall feeling of acceptance and love. The shouts were for peace; the anger was for the maintenance of fundamental human rights.
Hugh Reynolds: Post-election post-mortem
Teachout/Faso, Family Court move, campus protests.
An election of ironies
A man born into fabulous riches and sporting the über-elite stylistic sense of Louis XVI is now the working people’s hero.
Saugerties Times letters (11/17-23)
Topics include: Say no to Trump, Saugertiesians should be concerned about property tax increase, Saugerties philanthropists, and an invitation to join the local Democratic Party.
On the Rocks: The new Kaaterskill Falls trail
The DEC last year set about on a plan to completely revamp the whole trail system in the Kaaterskill Falls vicinity. In this first in a series of columns about the trail, we look at the history of one of the most popular natural destinations in the Catskills.
Etsy offshoot offers idealistic vision of business’s role in building community
The Good Work Institute seeks to provide kindred spirits an ecstatic experience that fosters the communitarian vision. Could the sparks it sets off kindle a generational fire in the Hudson Valley?