Hannaford meets and greets Hurley Ridge folks
Hannaford announced its plan to open a store at the West Hurley location last month. The market first opened in 1970 at the site of a former pharmacy.
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Case of Solane Verraine raises issues of culpability and compassion
At her arraignment, Phoenicia resident Solane Verraine pled not guilty to second-degree manslaughter in the death of her husband, John Owings, Jr., a guitarist known as Johnny Asia. But apparently Verraine had told police she helped Asia die. And now her fate hinges on complex considerations of law, suffering, and mercy.
Faso on Comey: Shocked, not surprised
The congressman called for a new FBI head both parties can support.
Ashokan Dreams waits on Olive planners
The bed & breakfast has been criticized by neighbors, who say the weddings last year brought excessive noise, cars blocking the road, and trespassing by guests.
Forum at Woodstock Jewish Congregation organizes information for immigrants
Ripples of fear are coursing through Woodstock, Kingston, Phoenicia, Fleischmanns, Margaretville, and other towns where many Latin Americans are working in such fields as food service and construction.
Faso hears it from Kingston Library crowd
Congressman John Faso faced a skeptical, and at times hostile, audience on Monday, May 8 when he defended his vote for the American Health Care Act at a forum at the Kingston Library.
As weather warms, school dress code for girls comes under scrutiny
An Onteora trustee said the policy contributes to body shaming of girls. Other board members said girls felt embarrassed when their spaghetti strap tops get measured in front of other students, or how shorts for girls are generally measured as too short, but OK for boys.
Maloney adopts Faso’s district
Congressman John Faso can’t attend a Kingston forum Monday evening to explain his vote on the controversial repeal-and-replace of Obamacare because of a conflict with a prior engagement? No problem. Neighboring Hudson Valley congressman Sean Patrick Maloney says he’ll be there tonight to explain Faso’s vote.
Joy Road is a Woodstockian tale of adventures — spiritual and otherwise —lost and regained
Julie Evans arrived in Woodstock after an already tumultuous life. The year was 1981, and she had just left the back of a galloping horse that was about to jump over a parked car in Central Park.
Film explores life of John Vanderlyn, first local artist to gain worldwide fame
Kingston’s Vanderlyn was the first American artist to study in France, on Aaron Burr’s dime, and the first American artist to show in the Paris Salon — his self portrait.