Letters: Taking down the Pike Plan a bad idea
Two letter writers argue for keeping the Uptown Kingston canopies.
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Change in election law could cost Kingston school district thousands
The Kingston City School District last week revealed that it may have to consider reducing the number of polling places and cut polling hours for its annual budget school board vote in May with the news that the Ulster County Board of Elections will no longer provide voting equipment to school districts.
Clegg launches run for district attorney
Six months after he lost the bruising Democratic congressional primary to Antonio Delgado, the Woodstock attorney announced his candidacy for Ulster County district attorney. In a speech on the county courthouse steps, Clegg outlined a bold vision for a criminal justice system built around concepts of “restorative justice” that works to unwind a previous generation’s focus on punishment and prison.
Black History Month to be celebrated like never before in Kingston
What do you get when you cross a free community dinner, a fundraising gala, The Wiz, art shows, mural tours, puzzle parties, kids events, organizations and people walking from Port Ewen to the Ulster County Courthouse, plus luminaries, non-profits and people of all ages? Black History Month Kingston.
Stansberrys plead not guilty to murder charges
A father and son accused of murder and robbery in an alleged drug rip-off pleaded not guilty in Ulster County Court last week.
Ulster town board advances Central Hudson substation expansion
The Ulster Town Board last week granted site plan approval and a special use permit for expansion plans on a Hurley Avenue substation near John A. Coleman Catholic High School owned by Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp.
Kingston ponders an IDA of its own
Mayor Steve Noble is saying it may be time for the city to start its own industrial development agency to provide incentives for businesses to start in or move to Kingston. Noble’s remarks come as relations between Ulster County’s IDA and the administration of County Executive Mike Hein have frayed in a dispute over a contract and concerns over leadership at the quasi-governmental agency.
Kingston city police still without contract
Shrinking officer ranks, three-year stalemate damaging morale, says PBA president.
Help for the furloughed
As the partial shutdown of the federal government continues, Catholic Charities of Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster wants to remind those impacted by the furlough that help is available through the non-profit agency’s Case Management program.
Noble seeks a second term as Kingston’s mayor
Mayor Steve Noble said this week he will seek a second four-year term in office where, he said, he’ll build on the accomplishments of his current term while striking a balance between the need to expand the city’s tax base by attracting new residents and businesses and the need to protect the city’s working class neighborhoods from the impact of gentrification.