Hudson Valley Boy Scout troop names new executive
Dana Kuhns has been named scout executive of the Rip Van Winkle Council, Boy Scouts of America, which serves Ulster and Greene Counties.
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Listening as a radical act: Program aims to promote civil discourse between progressives and conservatives
Wichita 2 Woodstock (W2W) is a new, web-based, social practice project. Drawing on the populations of Wichita, Kansas, and Woodstock, the project engages people from both sides of the political divide in an asynchronous question-and-answer dialogue using a video camera to record, and the internet to broadcast, the results.
Renovation of Woodstock town offices to cost $2.3 million
Woodstock’s Town Bord will soon ask voters to approve borrowing $2 million to bring all Comeau Drive offices to the first floor for accessibility as well as renovating the building and the supervisor’s cottage, too. All-in, with furniture, incidentals and professional fees, the project is expected to cost $2.3 million.
Up to 8″ snowfall forecast for Hudson Valley this weekend
The Hudson Valley will see its first major snowfall this Saturday. The forecast calls for 2-8 inches total accumulation, with
Woodstock suspicious of Saugerties contractor’s Shady dumping
Joe Karolys and the town of Saugerties spent most of 2019 fighting over three dump sites that were eventually shut down. Given that history, Woodstock wants to know Karolys is dumping at a parcel on Church Rd. in Shady.
Ulster County woman arrested along with Jane Fonda in DC climate protest
“Activism is…better than Prozac. It lifts you out of despair.”
The Byrdcliffe Guild looks ahead at 2020
“With a full slate of exhibitions, complemented by performances that combine artistic excellence with a welcoming feeling of community, the Kleinert-James Center for the arts continues to be a cultural beacon in the middle of town.”
In Ulster, DA, sheriff, state lawmaker all in favor of changes to new bail law
Just two weeks after it went into effect, state lawmakers are weighing changes to New York’s historic bail reform law, which effectively ended bail in most cases. The main change cited was the need to give judges discretion to require bail when the defendant was deemed to be dangerous.
Eric Andersen, Songpoet returns
Eric Andersen will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, January 17 at the Kleinert James Center for the Arts, 34 Tinker Street, Woodstock.
For Ulster County real estate, 2019 was an up year
The median sold price in Kingston in 2019 was $191,750, up almost 20 percent from the previous year’s $161,700. Woodstock’s median sales price was $420,000 in 2019, a modest increase over 2018’s $403,500.