Ulster County
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Apr. 14, 2010 - 8:59 pm
From the Woodstock Film Fest:
HIGHER GROUND, which will mark the directorial debut of Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air, Down to the Bone) is looking to hire local Hudson Valley crew members for May-June film production. Please note that this is a low budget... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 14, 2010 - 12:31 pm
No matter how you crunch the numbers on Ulster County's new middle-management union contract, it adds up to a huge lump-sum cash payout the county can ill afford. The contract -- the subject of a contentious meeting of the county Budget and Finance... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Apr. 14, 2010 - 9:47 am
Good citizens of New Paltz, take note: they've tried hanging dead vultures around to scare the live ones away in Florida, too, and the results were "mixed." From the Miami Herald:
The first few days they had it up there, oooh, it was eerie around here,"... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Apr. 13, 2010 - 9:03 pm
The Daily Freeman reports that Kingston mayor James Sottile and legislator David Donaldson are pushing for Ulster County to take over all Safety Net payments. (Ulster County is the only county in New York State that bills individual municipalities for the... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Apr. 13, 2010 - 8:17 pm
From the Times Herald-Record:
Kingston detectives on Monday arrested Curtis Williams, 36, outside his home at E. 168th Street in the Bronx. Williams was charged with reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a weapon, both felonies.
Police had been... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Apr. 12, 2010 - 10:46 pm
Kingston Neighborhood Watch is hoping that #10 Linderman Avenue, currently for sale at the bargain-basement price of $59,000, won't be bought by another absentee landlord.
#10 Linderman is taking a break from being am illegally four family apartment that... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Apr. 12, 2010 - 9:20 pm
Three people were burned this afternoon in an explosion at Steyers Hudson Valley Auto on the Malden Turnpike in Saugerties.
From the Daily Freeman:
State police said one of the mechanics at Steyer’s Hudson Valley Auto, Inc. at 468 Malden Turnpike was... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Apr. 9, 2010 - 4:06 pm
The Rosendale Theatre Collective's attempt to convince Pepsi to give it a $50,000 piece of its million-dollar grant-pie might be working. From an RTC email sent today:
Legions of Rosendale Theatre fans have been mobilized and it is a sight to see. Check... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Apr. 8, 2010 - 4:29 pm
The Woodstock Times reports:
According to Woodstock Arts Board President Joan Roberts, who has been the public face for the struggling cultural venue in the town's gateway district - established to help protect the site of the town's key theater since... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Apr. 8, 2010 - 2:52 pm
A recent addition to the Historical Marker Database: The plaque honoring the New Paltz Patentees, French Hugenots who settled the banks of the Walkill in 1677.
The HMDB is building an "illustrated searchable online catalog of historical information... Read more
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