It was the fertile floodplain along the Esopus Creek that attracted the first Dutch settlers to this area — and before them, the Lenape, who planted the fields with maize. But centuries later, with the building of the massive IBM manufacturing complex, the remaining land was forgotten.
With the return of a popular food festival and a pair of sold-out Bob Dylan concerts, it’s shaping up to be a busy summer at the former Hutton Brickyard. But questions remain — about the future of the site and how its emergence as a large-scale event venue will impact quality of life in the residential neighborhoods that surround it.
A hearing on feral cats drew a lot of comments in Ulster.
For duffers and experts alike, there is no greater sign of spring than the opening of local golf courses.
Not to take the side of Congressman John Faso — Boo! Hiss! Impeach! — but I wonder why his proposal for the state taking over the local share of Medicaid hasn’t gotten more traction. The short answer could be politics.
A look at two local hotel plans, one traditional and one non-traditional. What do they have in common? Both would like a tax break from the county.
A local healthcare provider and a major regional insurer have settled a contract dispute that threatened to disrupt health services for hundreds of area residents.
The visit comes as Congressional Republicans, including local rep John Faso, consider voting to defund the organization.
In the past, the Legislature has passed resolutions that weighed in on state and national issues. From now on they’ll have to stick to more narrow and local matters.
Three years after the state adopted a law enabling the use of medical marijuana, some 900 doctors are prescribing cannabis oil to more than 5,000 patients. But state health officials and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say that more can — and should — be done to make the treatment more widely available.