Vassar’s Grace Murray Hopper invented the COBOL programming language
Referred to affectionately as “Amazing Grace,” the computer pioneer, mathematician & military commander was awarded 40 honorary university degrees during her lifetime.
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Youthful sins cast long shadows in Grist Mill Road
The story begins on a Ridge in rural Ulster County, the smell of pine in the air and vultures circling above as a boy fires a BB gun at a girl tied to a tree while another boy watches.
How Adams Fairacre Farms grew from one small stand into four stores that employ more than 1,000 people
When Ralph and Mary Adamucci began selling vegetables out of their farmstand in 1919, they probably had no intention of building a Hudson Valley grocery and nursery dynasty.
David Byrne’s coming to Kingston
An influential if not era-defining bandleader and songwriter, filmmaker, author and novelist, social critic, multimedia performance artist and eternal hipster who stays hip by feeding on the fresh blood of young hipster admirers, Byrne just doesn’t stop expanding.
Call for falcon-spotters at Mohonk Preserve
Saturday, Feb. 17: Scientists are looking for volunteers to bolster their monitoring efforts at three local places that attract peregrines. Dress warmly and bring your binoculars if you have them.
Maritime craft classes at Riverport Wooden Boat School in Kingston
Learn the life aquatic. Michael Puryear will offer a class in which up to four members of a family will be guided in working together to build their own Echo Bay Dory: a lightweight, car-toppable skiff, easy to row or sail, that can be built within a week.
Lewis Black to perform at UPAC
Saturday, Feb. 24: King of the rant comes to Kingston.
Erica’s Cancer Journey: Discovering Disney
Did you know that Disney World is 40 square miles, the size of San Francisco?
Kids’ Almanac (2/15-22)
Celebrate our presidents, learn to bake hamantash and watch this year’s Oscar-nominated shorts.
Pulled by the Moon: What’s really happening
This always confuses people, who think, “If I’m made mostly of water, and the Moon pulls untold tons of seawater, why shouldn’t the Moon personally affect me?”