U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado (D-Rhinebeck) took another step towards fulfilling a campaign promise this week, and made a bid for a leadership role in the House’s restive freshman class with a new bill that would allow Americans of all ages to buy into government-backed “public option” health insurance plan, using the same Medicare providers network available to Americans over age 65.
How to exhibit work by distinguished local artists in empty storefronts on Broadway and share their talents through community workshops, all while engaging Kingston High School students in the arts? Kingston High School art teacher and artist Lara Giordano had an answer when she got a grant in 2015 and started the Pop Up Gallery Group, or PUGG.
This Friday, April 5, John A. Coleman Catholic High School will open their production of Matilda, a musical based on the novel by Roald Dahl. The production is directed by Lisë Hopson, the longtime Coleman theater director and choreographer who came out of retirement to tackle the musical.
An East Kingston woman said that she and her family were the targets of a racist remark by a fellow shopper at the Town of Ulster Walmart last week. It’s the second time in recent weeks that controversy over bigotry has erupted on the Town of Ulster’s commercial strip.
Developers of a proposed retail, residential and parking complex in Uptown Kingston are planning to present studies on traffic, stormwater and other issues at an April 10 public hearing at City Hall. It will then be up to the city’s planning board to determine if the proposed Kingstonian project needs to go through a more extensive — and potentially years-long — environmental review.
The nine-member Kingston Arts Commission, its members appointed by the mayor, meets monthly at City Hall. Working quietly behind the scenes, the panel is a force in supporting, coordinating, promoting and enhancing the city’s various arts-related activities. It also serves as a liaison with the city through the direct participation of Kingston’s first director of art and cultural affairs, Adrielle Farr.
It was revealed earlier this month that the Kingston City School District has been cited by the State Education Department (NYSED) in 2018 for a third straight year in as needing intervention in its special education program.
“At this point, we have a four-page summary that states some of the findings without much detail beyond that,” said Delgado. “We need to make sure that we have the full report. This is a very involved investigation that led to a number of indictments and convictions.”
A proposal by Rupco to build housing for low-income seniors at the site of the former Kingston Alms House could be back before the city planning board as soon as next month after a judge overturned a September 2018 decision denying site plan approval for the project.
How an anti-Semitic incident at a local health-food store, and management’s reaction, blew up on social media, leading to calls for a boycott and a visit from the governor.