The one-percenters
For the first time, the Ulster County Industrial Development Agency intends to ask local agencies and organizations to compete for
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Shandaken passes 7 percent tax hike with unanimous vote
An additional 1.8 percent may be added to that increase if the absentee ballot count brings a reprieve for the Phoenicia Library, whose request for more funding was narrowly turned down on Election Day.
Letter from NYC: At the anti-Trump protests
The very act of protesting hate resulted in an overall feeling of acceptance and love. The shouts were for peace; the anger was for the maintenance of fundamental human rights.
Support and resist: Woodstock religious leaders meet in election’s aftermath
They discussed how to formulate a spiritual approach to what they saw as trauma stirred up by the election.
Ulster County featured in December issue of National Geographic
The map, entitled “Dreaming Green,” highlights many of the county’s environmental achievements.
Nature Walk: Last of the leaves that won’t last
These trees keep their leaves the longest.
Hugh Reynolds: Post-election post-mortem
Teachout/Faso, Family Court move, campus protests.
From royalty to refugee
Now that millions of people are seeking refuge from the war-torn Middle East, it’s instructive to read the memoir of a Hudson Valley resident who spent her early childhood in a refugee camp in Germany after World War II.
Guitarist Adrian Legg to perform at St. Gregory’s in Woodstock
“There are guitarists, there are axe-wielding maniacs, and then there are wizards. Adrian Legg is one of the wizards,” says the Philadelphia Enquirer, of the “Guitarist of the Decade” (Guitarist Magazine — for four consecutive years) who will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 19 at St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church, the A-frame house of worship at 2578 Route 212, Woodstock.
On the Rocks: The new Kaaterskill Falls trail
The DEC last year set about on a plan to completely revamp the whole trail system in the Kaaterskill Falls vicinity. In this first in a series of columns about the trail, we look at the history of one of the most popular natural destinations in the Catskills.