New Paltz experiments with oak shade trees
New Paltz shade tree commissioners have been upping their game in recent years in the way they expend their budget for street trees.
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New Paltz Independence Day celebration happens thanks to community volunteers and sponsors, but what about next year?
Hot and humid weather did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of the hundreds of people who showed up for New Paltz’s annual display of Independence Day fireworks at the Ulster County Fairgrounds on Friday, July 5.
Crazy Dan and the new music venue on Church Street
Crazy Dan, one Dan Chisena, drummer and fledgling impresario, has become to young local musicians on the prowl for venues to play their music — unexpurgated and mostly unadorned — the kind-of second coming of Bill Graham.
The luck of the Vikings
Maybe badly buffeted Norwegian Air will experience a resurgence. Maybe it’ll thrive again. Maybe it’ll survive only in another form under another ownership. Maybe it’ll go bankrupt.
Volunteering is still alive and well in the Hudson Valley
America has always been a society of joiners, and it was in that spirit that Ulster County executive Pat Ryan last Friday signed resolutions at the historic Volunteer Fireman’s Hall on Fair Street in Kingston to authorize up to $6.2 million in bonding for construction of a public safety training center on Ulster Landing Park in the Town of Ulster.
What happened to legal weed for New York?
In a historic legislative session last month, New York lawmakers passed a long-bottled flood of progressive bills covering everything from early voting to rent control. But legalized recreational marijuana failed to make the cut, despite support from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and strenuous efforts by Democrats in the state’s two houses.
Highland Library Comic Fest features Archie memorabilia, giant puppets, artists, authors and games
Saturday, July 6: Do you read about the fun goings-on at ComiCons all summer long and wish that San Diego were closer, or that you had an affordable place to stay overnight in Manhattan? Despair not, fellow fantasy/science fiction/superhero nerd!
Village of New Paltz climate-change plan could be aggressive
The plan pitched by Janelle Peotter and Amanda Gotto of the New Paltz Climate Smart Task Force calls for more electric vehicles in the village fleet, finishing the conversion of street lights to light-emitting diodes and cutting energy consumption in the water and wastewater treatment plants especially.
New Paltz alum chronicles rise of Women’s World Cup
The book is a compilation of stories about the history of international women’s soccer, with each chapter dedicated to a team and specific World Cups.
Cheaper, greener power coming to New Paltz
There is a change coming to how electricity is supplied in New Paltz, and it is expected to bring down the cost and the carbon footprint for nearly everybody in town.