Albany lays another $4.2 million on Kingston
The funded projects include a proposed mixed-use retail, hotel and parking facility in the Stockade District and the creation of a more scenic and more bike-and-pedestrian friendly streetscape in Midtown.
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Uptown Kingston neighbors press Central Hudson to put gas regulator elsewhere
Plans by Central Hudson to install an above-ground gas regulator station on a residential street in Uptown Kingston have stirred controversy as neighbors expressed concerns about safety, impact on community character and whether the company had considered alternative sites.
Hudson Valley Sudbury School students’ video is Facebook famous
A video created by a pair of students, along with many of their classmates and some staff members at the Hudson Valley Sudbury School, has gone viral. It’s not only raising awareness about the self-directed form of education, but has also tapped into the larger national and global conversation about how kids learn.
Long a haven for homeless, Kingston killing site gets a cleanup
The railroad cut where Anthony Garro Jr.’s body was found last week has long served as a convenient shortcut for foot-mobile Midtown residents to get to work or shopping at Kingston plaza. But the sunken right of way running through densely populated neighborhoods has also earned a reputation as a gritty corridor where homeless alcoholics and drug users congregate, and prostitutes ply their trade.
Hugh Reynolds: Chris Gibson’s American exceptionalism
In Rally Point, his third book, former Congressman Chris Gibson uses his own life journey as an Army combat commander, three-term Republican congressman and college professor as a template to return the country to its founding values, “under God,” and future prosperity.
Kingston slaying victim had a complicated, tragic and rich life
The circumstances of Anthony Garro Jr.’s demise, beaten to death beneath a bridge known as a hangout for homeless alcoholics, were a long way from his beginnings as the beloved adopted son of an Ivy League-educated scientist and academic and a special education teacher who struggled to help him overcome the aftereffects of alcohol-related brain damage done to him in utero.
Kingston boys’ basketball opens with 2-0 record
The Kingston High School varsity boys’ basketball team opened its season over the weekend by winning the inaugural run of its own RYAN Tournament on the new gym floor at Kate Walton Field House.
Commentary: Progressives won’t go back into the basement
If Democrats don’t let Progressives in, they will lose. That’s not a threat, it’s a fact.
New price for Kingston parking passes: $100 per year
Under the budget passed by the Kingston Common Council on Tuesday, users of nine municipal parking lots in the city will be able to purchase annual parking passes for $100 or monthly permits for $20.
Woman killed by train in town of Ulster
A woman was killed earlier this afternoon by a CSX train in the town of Ulster near the Tractor Supply store. The cause of the accident remains under investigation.