Dietz deal nears consummation
City, school district hope to finish municipal takeover of stadium in a few weeks.
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Ellen DiFalco launches bid for Kingston mayor
Ellen DiFalco, former confidential secretary to former Kingston mayor Shayne Gallo, predecessor to current mayor Steve Noble, submitted designating petitions on Thursday to challenge Noble this November.
Delgado touts bill Medicare buy-in bill
U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado (D-Rhinebeck) took another step towards fulfilling a campaign promise this week, and made a bid for a leadership role in the House’s restive freshman class with a new bill that would allow Americans of all ages to buy into government-backed “public option” health insurance plan, using the same Medicare providers network available to Americans over age 65.
Woman says man made anti-Latino remark at Ulster Walmart, but police say no crime committed
An East Kingston woman said that she and her family were the targets of a racist remark by a fellow shopper at the Town of Ulster Walmart last week. It’s the second time in recent weeks that controversy over bigotry has erupted on the Town of Ulster’s commercial strip.
Planners to decide extent of review process for Kingstonian project
Developers of a proposed retail, residential and parking complex in Uptown Kingston are planning to present studies on traffic, stormwater and other issues at an April 10 public hearing at City Hall. It will then be up to the city’s planning board to determine if the proposed Kingstonian project needs to go through a more extensive — and potentially years-long — environmental review.
Delgado calls for release of full Mueller report
“At this point, we have a four-page summary that states some of the findings without much detail beyond that,” said Delgado. “We need to make sure that we have the full report. This is a very involved investigation that led to a number of indictments and convictions.”
Kingston planners to re-review Rupco’s alms house plan
A proposal by Rupco to build housing for low-income seniors at the site of the former Kingston Alms House could be back before the city planning board as soon as next month after a judge overturned a September 2018 decision denying site plan approval for the project.
The incident at Mother Earth’s
How an anti-Semitic incident at a local health-food store, and management’s reaction, blew up on social media, leading to calls for a boycott and a visit from the governor.
Uptown Kingston canopy survey results scrutinized
A city-sponsored survey shows broad support for maintaining the Pike Plan canopies among those who live, work and shop in Uptown Kingston. But a majority of property owners whose buildings abut the netowk of covered sidewalks on Wall and North Front streets want to see them removed.
Judge overturns Kingston planners’ vote against affordable housing project
A State Supreme Court ruling will put Rupco’s proposal to build 66 units of affordable senior housing at the site of the former Kingston Alms House back before the city’s planning board.