New Paltz village trustees are working on plans to display rainbow flags, and even paint a crosswalk in many colors, both to support the annual pride parade and as a nod to history.
A public hearing on a law intended to reduce the concentration of registered sex offenders living in local motels has been scheduled for July 19.
The 50- to 70-seat venue would be located near Water Street Market.
He painted in a style referred to as Abstract Expressionism and was part of a group of artists known as the New York School. Other painters in this group included Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Arshile Gorky and Mark Rothko.
Members of the New Paltz United Teachers (NPUT) organization attended a recent school board wearing their signature red t-shirts emblazoned with the word “Respect” on the back.
Classroom lessons will be developed to support the new focus, with the period between Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Thanksgiving Day be used “as an opportunity to honor and respect indigenous peoples and their contributions to this region and the Americas, in an effort to build a more aware, inclusive and knowledgeable school community.”
Developers for the CVS/Five Guys project have reportedly already spent nearly a half-million dollars.
One letter writer argues that while progressives are united in their disdain for the current occupant of the White House, many seem to have a blindspot for the policies of Democrats like Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whore are “currently devastating our region’s environment and public health, is forcing toxicity and economic ruin on Hudson Valley residents.”
It’s not often we get to retrace the steps we’ve taken on our path through life. The road is long and winding, and going back to revisit the stops along the way is not always possible. But for Gail and Paul Appeldorn, their 50th wedding anniversary this year brought the opportunity to do just that. And their “trip of a lifetime” included coming back to where it all started for them: New Paltz’s Mohonk Mountain House.
It was a relatively small graduating class that filed onto the Carl F. Meekins Athletic Field at Highland High School for commencement ceremonies on a sultry summer evening.