New Paltz
By wateradmin on Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2011 - 11:53 am
Above: "Sidebar Converation: Carl Welden." An interview with Carl Welden. Filmed and produced by Brandon Quinn. Interview by Sandra Hamlett.
The Flash of a Muzzle
The sequence of events on the morning of June 22, 2001 are as clear as they were almost 10... Read more
By wateradmin on Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2011 - 11:46 am
Three months after her son, Jared Bozydaj, was incarcerated for attempted murder, Deborah Bozydaj was diagnosed with breast cancer. As she struggled to make time to visit her son while undergoing chemotherapy, Deborah Bozydaj realized she needed help... Read more
By Kathy Kim on Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2011 - 11:39 am
Above: "Second Draft of History: The Shooting in New Paltz ... 10 Years Later." An interview with officers Jeffrey Quiepo and Stuart McKenzie. Filmed and producd by Andres Bodon.
It has already been 10 years since Jared T. Bozydaj paraded through Main... Read more
By wateradmin on Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2011 - 11:26 am
In the 10 years since a gunman roamed the streets of New Paltz, shooting at cops, the New Paltz Police department has beefed up its weaponry and updated its strategies for handling what officers call an “active shooter situation.”
The New Paltz Town... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jun. 2, 2011 - 4:11 pm
Video clip about the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers by filmmaker Carole Hart, maker of the documentary film For The Next Seven Generations.
In October of 2004, thirteen elders from indigenous cultures scattered around the world... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, May. 19, 2011 - 1:13 pm
Comparative attendance records of New Paltz Village Board members, as complied by Brittany Turner, a.k.a. Legislative Barbie.
Brian Kimbiz, the only one of New Paltz's Village Trustees who was not up for relelection in this year's extremely crowded race,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 4, 2011 - 10:21 am
New Paltz's famous mayor -- the first Green Party mayor in New York State, and the mayor who made national headlines in 2004 for marrying 25 gay couples in a public ceremony -- is back in office.
West served as mayor from 2003 to 2007, then lost a bid for... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 3, 2011 - 9:04 am
Today is village election day in New Paltz, and the many candidates are vying for mayor and village trustee amid the kind of goofiness that often happens in a college town. The New Paltz Gadfly, who urges everyone to vote today from noon to 9pm at the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Apr. 28, 2011 - 8:12 pm
Chalk it up to stubborn environmentalists, the rotten economy, or maybe both: A planned development project in New Paltz that just a couple of years ago was drawing hundreds of irate citizens to packed town meetings is apparently dead. An eagle-eyed... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Apr. 22, 2011 - 5:28 pm
New Paltz's election day is hurtling towards us, and the race is unusually lively this year with four candidates for village mayor and nine for three village trustee posts.
There have been a number of opportunities for villagers to meet their slate of... Read more
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