Kingston candidates start declaring for Common Council
Election season is shaping up in Kingston, with nine Common Council seats and three seats in the county legislature on the line.
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Faso explains ‘yea’ vote on health care bill
Faso cited recent premium hikes on ACA exchanges, the fact that 1/3 of counties have only one insurer, high deductibles, in the lowest-priced ACA plans, taxes, among other reasons to replace Obamacare.
Making movies in Kingston goes next level
So far this year, Ulster County has played host to six major motion picture productions featuring top Hollywood talent like Whoopi Goldberg, “Game of Thrones” star Maisie Williams and Stone Ridge resident Melissa Leo. Last year, Kingston was the backdrop for two films, a TV show and a commercial. Just four months into 2017, four movies have shot on city streets.
Faso plans to vote for Obamacare repeal
Congressman John Faso (R-Kinderhook) plans to vote today for the Affordable Health Care Act [AHCA], the House Republican bill to replace the Affordable Care Act.
What reshoring may mean for the Hudson Valley’s economic growth
President Donald Trump has said that his America First policies can significantly — hugely! — increase the rate of growth of America’s gross domestic product. The average annual growth pf GDP over the past decade has hovered around two per cent. Trump is sure he can increase that to four percent. In fact, he recently told Fox News that with better trade deals the United States should be able to lift it to five per cent in a few years.
Center for Spectrum Services’ therapy dogs help students connect
The pure simplicity of dogs, their speechless, straightforward emotional signals, make them motivating and appealing to kids on the autism spectrum.
Kingston planners hear about church’s ‘transitional housing’ plan
What began as a makeshift effort to give the city’s most vulnerable residents someplace to stay on frigid winter nights has evolved into a plan to create “transitional housing” for people struggling to overcome addiction, mental illness and homelessness.
Ulster asks SPCA for help with feral cats
Though separated by two weeks, the second half of the Ulster Town Board’s public hearing on proposed legislation to address the issue of feral cats was every bit as emotional as the first.
S.S. Columbia Project’s steamy dreams
The plan is to take a 115-year-old steamboat which once plied the Great Lakes and transport it at some point in 2018 from Buffalo, where it is now, on a barge via the St. Lawrence Seaway down the East Coast to New York City and up the river to Kingston.
Hugh Reynolds: Firefight
What politician in his or her right mind wants to take on the county’s volunteer fire establishment?