A city guy
After years of playing second fiddle to the suburban areas around them, some — but not all — of the Hudson Valley’s urban centers are to some degree thriving again, though not by doing what they used to do.
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Judith Kerman’s Aleph, broken
The mud-luscious season we entered as soon as this past pile of snow started melting is perfect for poetry. Or at least its reading.
Trustees wonder if a newly constructed Woodstock Library could cost less
Woodstock Library trustees voted to further explore options for a new building while board President Dorothea Marcus remained adamant the move does not mean it is altogether abandoning a renovation.
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.
Woodstock law requiring all firearms to be locked away and secured draws standing-room-only crowd
“All firearms in the town of Woodstock, whether handguns or long rifles and shotguns and all air guns will be secured, unloaded in locked cabinets and/or protected with trigger locks whenever the firearm or air gun is out of the owner’s or custodian’s immediate possession or control,” the resolution states. Violating the law would be punishable by a $500 fine, 120 days in jail or both.
The New Kaaterskill Falls trail Part Six: Beyond the falls
Now we are ready to continue on toward Kaaterskill Clove itself. It used to be that the trail up the canyon was officially a dead end. It ended at the bottom of the falls, and hikers were discouraged from going any farther. Now, however, as we have seen, you can climb the stairs and hike on to the top of the falls.
Letter: Dems should stop protesting and pitch in to help
I’m reminded of the old joke about the dog chasing a car — If it caught the car, could it drive? Democrats, calm down and try to help steer our country in a positive direction. The whole world is watching!
Letter: Our future is being stolen from us and given to the military
The USA spends more on its military than the next eight nations combined. President Trump wants to spend even more, while cutting other important discretionary spending.
Catskill Mountain Railroad’s revenue up in 2016
The Catskill Mountain Railroad (CMRR) boasted revenues of $1.19 million in 2016, up from $1.1 million the previous year, despite
Making art in the Catskills
As Roxbury writer Simona David points out in the introduction to her new ebook How Art is Made in the Catskills, our region has nurtured creative people from Washington Irving to John Cage, from Thomas Cole to Bob Dylan.