The solstices have always been, are now, and forever shall be, important times. The winter solstice, in particular, serves to ...

The Saugerties Town Board adopted a roughly $16 million budget for 2025 last month, with officials trimming “a few hundred ...

Ulster County SPCA Fill the Van & Adoption Event at Walmart in Kingston, 11am. St. Nicholas Day at Crailo State Historic Site ...

Woodstock’s fire department is the first in Ulster County to provide training in maintaining the mental health and well-being ...

Thousands of Kingston residents opened their mail recently to see a concerning letter from the Water Department. “The ...

Kingston residents were surprised by a unique weather event approximately 3:55pm on Tuesday, Dec. 3. For several minutes, tiny snow pellets called "graupel", also known as "soft hail", dropped in a ...

While Hudson Valley residents in higher elevations may have already seen their first snow, down from the mountains, most of us are still waiting for anything to accumulate. The wait may be over this ...

Three years after it was approved by the Woodstock Town Board, the new bridge on Zena Road has been completed. Construction ...

Christkindlmarkt is a German holiday market at Kingston Mannerchor and Damenchor, our local German heritage nonprofit. On Saturday, Dec. 7 from 10am-4pm, enjoy local craft and food vendors and a cafe ...

The New Paltz Central School District (NPCSD) is looking ahead both near and far in an increasingly difficult effort to strike a balance between the needs of its students and the ability of the ...

The ‘‘Our towns’’ column is compiled each month by Carol Johnson of the Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection. The entries have been copied from the December issues of the New Paltz Independent. To ...

Doyle was born in Ireland as the country headed into a long economic downturn that stretched from about 1980 until 1995. It ...