Abe Uchitelle seeks county legislature seat
A 30-year-old tech executive and onetime candidate for the state Assembly will seek a seat in the County Legislature currently occupied by Democrat Lynn Eckert (D-Kingston).
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Petition seeks to ensure Kingstonian will get full environmental review
A citizen’s group is calling for an in-depth study of potential negative impacts of a large mixed-use project planned for Uptown Kingston.
Return of an Ulster County landfill?
Over 20 years ago proposals for a local landfill were defeated. Today, Ulster County trucks its garbage over 200 miles away, a situation that’s becoming increasingly unsustainable.
Ulster Dems pick Ryan for county exec
Pat Ryan scored a decisive victory in his bid to become Ulster’s next county executive when the county’s Democratic Committee handed him the nomination and a spot on the ballot in an upcoming special election. In weighted voting at the Best Western in Kingston, Ryan beat out fellow Democrat Pat Courtney Strong 16,117 to 11,660.
Hibernians planning the big parade
The 32nd annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade is set for March 10 at 1 p.m. The parade, co-sponsored by the Ancient Order of Hibernians Fr. Con Colbert Woulfe Division 1 and the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 5 of Ulster County, will be preceded by the two-mile Shamrock Run starting at Kingston’s Academy Green at 12:50 p.m.
Assistant DA launches bid for Ulster’s top prosecutor
Michael J. Kavanagh, the chief assistant district attorney, formally announced his campaign for county district attorney over the weekend.
Andrea Shaut wants to be Kingston’s first alderwoman-at-large
A one-term alderwoman will seek to replace outgoing Alderman-at-Large James Noble, and become the first woman in Kingston’s history to occupy the number-two post in city government.
Uptown Grill passes into Kingston diner history
Its closure will mean one fewer place where everybody knows your name.
Kingston schools, election board reach compromise on voting machines
Before last week, it seemed inevitable that the Kingston City School District would have to purchase voting machines ahead of the budget vote and School Board elections in May, with the only variable how much money they’d wind up spending. But following a compromise between the two parties, the district will be allowed to use the machines this year, with future use depending upon how things go.
Rt. 209 will close for shooting of Ruffalo’s HBO miniseries
The Ulster Town Board last week backed a request by HBO to shut down four miles of Route 209 for three separate days between April and June for the filming of a miniseries based on Wally Lamb’s best-selling 1998 novel I Know This Much is True.