Kingston City Hall jammed for forum opposing Pilgrim Pipeline
Panelists portrayed the 178-mile pipeline as potentially dangerous and gave suggestions for those in opposition to make their voices heard.
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Hugh Reynolds: Will Preet Bharara’s latest corruption probe ensnare Ulster Dems?
In 2015, Bill de Blasio’s Campaign for New York, since disbanded, was called to task for funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars through upstate Democratic committees in a failed attempt to elect a Democratic state senate. One of those county committees, to the tune of some $350,000, was Ulster County. Some locals dared call the activity money-laundering, charges denied by county Chairman Frank Cardinale, who said his committee acted entirely within the law.
Wellness Embodied, New Paltz psychotherapy center, celebrates first anniversary
“The heart of ‘Wellness Embodied’ is our psychotherapy practice, but I also recognize that sitting in a room with one person for an hour a week isn’t necessarily enough for a person to ‘shift’ some important things in their lives.”
Schneiderman: Spectrum-Time Warner Cable “ripping you off”
If Spectrum-Time Warner Cable is your Internet provider, the New York Attorney General says you might be paying for higher speeds than you’re getting.
Local girls learn the ropes of skateboarding at Gardiner’s Majestic Park
“To work for a day when all females have the strength and confidence to never feel limited in any ability, choice, activity or opportunity because of their gender.” It sounds like it could’ve been an excerpt from a keynote speech at one of the Women’s Marches, but in fact, it’s part of the Vision Statement of the Girls’ Riders’ Organization, a national not-for-profit founded to encourage more participation by girls and young women in “action sports,” notably skateboarding.
All Animal Veterinary Services has a new home on Route 32 in Modena
The name is no mere hyperbole: Acworth works with everything from “pocket pets” like Guinea pigs to pot-bellied pigs, hens to horses.
Registry of cat rescuers considered in New Paltz
Rescuers would have to be listed in a registry, provide notification to neighbors in advance of setting traps, maintain records on all animals apprehended for six months and wait at least ten days before euthanizing any animal ensnared.
New Paltz is a de facto sanctuary community for undocumented immigrants
The town supervisor said declaring New Paltz a sanctuary community would be “just a statement” since nothing would change. “I’d prefer to keep that statement in the back pocket until we need it.”
Neighbors say new LED lighting on SUNY New Paltz campus is too bright
The problem was exacerbated by the removal of several trees.
Hugh Reynolds: Speak for yourself, John
Newly minted U.S. Rep. John Faso of Kinderhook works the chamber-of-commerce breakfast crowd like a campaigning politician. Which of course, he is.