Mayor wants Kingston’s bicycle registration law repealed
Few, if any, Kingstonians know they’re supposed to be registering their bicycles.
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Abe Uchitelle plans to primary Kevin Cahill
“It struck me like a dagger when Donald Trump became president,” said Abe Uchitelle of Kingston.
Hugh Reynolds: Can Marcus Molinaro seriously challenge Andrew Cuomo?
It seems state Republicans are beating the drums (again) for Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro. They want him to run for governor against Andrew Cuomo. No knock on Molinaro, but I sense desperation among Republicans.
Kingston High School students will join March 14 walkout
“The significance of that is that they are realizing they can step up and make a difference and aren’t leaving it to other people,” said the superintendent.
Woolworth’s building sold to boutique hotelier Neil Bender
The former Woolworth’s building on Wall Street in Uptown Kingston, bought for $475,000 less than three years ago, has just sold for $2.25 million.
Legends and myths still surround Prohibition-era gangster Legs Diamond
The story goes something like this: Legs Diamond, a mid-level bootlegger, somehow managed to gain control of Kington’s Barmann Brewery and ship its product via rail and truck to the various speakeasies he operated in this area and New York. More intriguing was that was Legs, after paying off willing city officials, ran subterranean beer lines along sewers to the scores of bars then operating (illegally) in the city.
Cops find mobile meth lab in man’s car
Town of Ulster officers investigating a report of man passed out in his vehicle uncovered, police say, a rolling meth lab inside the vehicle.
Ulster’s Fauxhenge is no more
Irresistible progress rolls forward.
Kingston chef to appear on Chopped
How does a chef mix bubblegumflavored candy with hot and sour soup? How about “something out of the ordinary in a can” paired with “pink paste?” Find out how local chef Caitlin Salisbury managed when the Food Network’s signature competitive cooking show “Chopped” airs Tuesday, March 6.
Opponents want proposed Ulster power plant to go away
Speakers at a public forum said air quality would be affected by the gas-fired power plant. The town supervisor said the town can’t reject a proposal that meets the zoning law requirements just because residents don’t like it.