Fossil-fuel power plant moratorium idea gains little traction with Ulster town board
Foes of a proposed gas-fired power plant in the town of Ulster were looking for support from town officials. They didn’t get much.
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Ruby Mae’s block party is this Saturday
Starting at noon on Saturday, Aug. 25, Kingston’s Ruby Mae’s Restaurant, one of the only eateries between Albany and Newburgh exclusively serving soul food standards, will commemorate its first year in business with an open-to-the-public block party.
The alms house surprise
Recalling the stunned silence that greeted the planning board’s 3-2 vote Monday to reject the site plan for Rupco’s Landmark Place project for the old city alms house, I feel pretty safe in saying that no one in the room, maybe not even those who voted against it, expected it to fail.
Rupco might sue city after Landmark Place rejection
After 20 months of review, hundreds of public comments and a 17-minute reading of the resolution calling for Rupco’s Landmark Place project’s site plan and special use permit to be granted final approval, the crucial number at Monday night’s Kingston Planning Board meeting was three.
Movies will be back at Hudson Valley Mall in January, say owners
A movie theater will be absent from the Hudson Valley Mall for the next four months or so, but the shows will go on again in January 2019, mall owners Hull Property Group said this week.
Kingston After Dark: Sunshine through the rain, with Meghann Wright
Wright, along with our columnist, will be opening for Globelamp at the The Anchor on Friday, Aug. 31.
Ars Choralis tours Italy
Local vocalists perform and see the sights.
Ulster power plant opponents gather for barbecue
Opponents of a proposed power plant in the Town of Ulster aren’t waiting around for the results of the developer’s environmental review. Billed as a community forum and barbecue, “Living in the ‘G’ Zone’” was held on Friday evening at the pavilion in Robert Post Park.
Fresh faces give Kingston an opportunity to rethink how it does infrastructure
Mayor Steve Noble said this week that he hopes the city’s new engineer and public works superintendent will forge a close working relationship as they tackle a series of looming infrastructure projects.
Regal Cinemas at Hudson Valley Mall closes
Thursday, Aug. 16 was the last showing; mall owners mum on possible replacement.