Hugh Reynolds: Faso’s deciding health care vote?
Though the anti-Faso resistance is mobilizing in Ulster County, the congressman won the race thanks to the solidly Republican north, and it surely looked kindly on his health care vote.
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New Paltz supervisor: comment about removing “Independence Day” from town celebration was “tongue-in-cheek”
Responding to the concerns of New Paltz residents, Town Supervisor Neil Bettez said that his comment about removing references to Independence Day from this year’s town fireworks display — scheduled for Friday, June 30 — because it won’t even be held in the same month were “tongue-in-cheek.”
Some tips for staying married
This is a topic I am very familiar with, since I have been married for close to 47 years. To the same woman!
Stone Ridge activist links North Dakota fracking, New York pipelines
Asked for an “official” job title, Iris Marie Bloom calls herself a “citizen journalist” and a “galvanizer.” “Documenting social change movements as they happen is incredibly important,” she says.
Community forum at SUNY New Paltz offers suggestions for “reclaiming public education”
Underlying each presenter’s remarks was the message that efforts to undermine and privatize public education have hurt students, educators, schools and communities, but that there are actions opponents can take to create the system they want.
New Paltz planners will review a slimmed-down version of Zero Place
The mixed-use development will now have a smaller footprint, and include a public bathroom and a park-like space dubbed “Mulberry Square.”
New Paltz mayor, Zero Place developer talk about village’s future growth
New Paltz Mayor Tim Rogers and developer David Shepler spoke about the future of New Paltz’s village, particularly the mixed-use zone on Rt. 32 where Zero Place would be built, at a recent luncheon.
Hugh Reynolds: The watchdog, defanged
Personally, in choosing between the comptroller and the academic on one side and the rest of county government on the other, I find the angels on the side of Auerbach and Benjamin— but angels don’t vote.
NYC abandons plan to drill for water at Plains Road in New Paltz
The plan had been mired in the courts because many residents who would be directly affected didn’t want to give up their wells or allow the work in their neighborhood. Many placed “Don’t water district me!” signs on their property.
My only sunshine
New innovations in solar panels and the grid come to the Hudson Valley.