Ulster County
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Mar. 5, 2010 - 12:53 pm
Traditionally, No. 6 is the Iron Anniversary. Last weekend marked the sixth anniversary of the gay weddings in New Paltz, and the mood was appropriately grim for the couples joining former mayor Jason West to mark the occasion.
As a member of one of the... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Mar. 4, 2010 - 11:36 pm
New York Times jazz critic Nate Chinen recently spent an evening at the Falcon, an Ulster County venue he describes as an "unlikely jazz haven."
I began hearing about the Falcon four or five years ago, from musicians who had played there. It sounded like... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Mar. 4, 2010 - 3:58 pm
Realtor Jennifer Grimes just got her power back on after a week of no electricity--and now the phone's out. Wait, now the power's out again, too. Rats.
Seems a tree fell down behind Brooks’ Chestnut Woods and broke a phone pole. WIll investigate (and... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Mar. 4, 2010 - 3:34 pm
Ulster County farmer John Fazio has been getting plenty of attention from the Internet lately, thanks to a couple of media mentions: a Food Curated video of his rabbits, and an article in the New York Times on rabbits-as-dinner. The video, which features... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Mar. 3, 2010 - 5:55 pm
The Chronogram's Sari Botton profiles the Rosendale Theater Collective, the group that's seeking to buy the Rosendale Theatre from its longtime owner/operators, the Cacchio family. The collective has a lot of fundraising to do to meet their $600,000 goal... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Mar. 3, 2010 - 9:15 am
The recently-founded Kingston Neighborhood Watch is getting a lot of interest from residents and local media. Here's an interview with cofounder Mike D'Arcy from the Kingston News videoblog.
The group will be meeting on April 13 to hammer out their... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010 - 11:18 am
Kingston Citizens is urging residents to contact their legislators to spare the historic site from the budget axe.
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 - 9:12 pm
The Red Cross is staffing four shelters in Greene County: in Hunter, Freehold, Cairo and Athens. Details here.
Shelters are also open in Ulster County: Kerhonkson, New Paltz and Hurley.
If emergency resources are available in your town, please feel free... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 - 4:38 pm
Online ski magazine First Tracks ran a fantastic interview yesterday with Joe Kelly, founder and chair of the Coalition to Save Belleayre Mountain.
The central Catskills region needs the ski area not only to survive, but to flourish. That’s why I became... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010 - 5:13 pm
Liza de Guia, the one-woman force of nature behind NYC-based video blog Food Curated, wrapped up a three-part series today on locally raised ducks. In the series, she follows them from John Fazio's farm in Ulster County to Savoy, a New York restaurant... Read more
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