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Kingston, New York · KingstonA story about an upcoming Center for Photography at Woodstock exhibit in Kingston should have said that George and Nora Brown have been at Woodland Pond in New Paltz since 2019, not since last year. The facility is a continuing-care retirement community, not an assisted living facility. The multi-media project will be shown at CPW’s 474 Broadway location, not at Dederick Street in the city. Barbara Graves-Poller, Frank Cardinale and Chris Drago …See the Story
Corrections: July 26, 2024
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Kingston, New York · KingstonTOWN OF ULSTER, N.Y. – Terms that will be recommended for the next contract between the Ulster County Legislature and the Resource Recovery Agency are expected to include having a larger trash agency board and mechanisms to maintain a congenial relationship with lawmakers. Legislator Manna Jo Greene, D-Rosendale, provided an update on county Resource Recovery Agency Reform Committee suggestions during an agency board meeting on Thursday. “One re…See the Story
Reform committee mulls changes to Ulster County trash agency
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Kingston, New York · KingstonWAWARSING, N.Y. — A Kerhonkson man suffered head and shoulder injuries in a motorcycle crash on state Route 55A, police said Friday. James Breitung, 36, was eastbound on Route 55A at 6:15 p.m. Thursday, July 26, when his brakes malfunctioned, causing him to lose control of the 2005 Harley Davidson motorcycle he was driving and fall off the vehicle, state police said. Breitung was taken to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla by helicopter, pol…See the Story
Kerhonkson man injured in motorcycle crash, police say
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Kingston, New York · KingstonKINGSTON, N.Y. — A city man, who is a registered sex offender with a long history of crimes and violence against women, was arraigned on an indictment charging him with accosting a woman who rejected his sexual advances and then beating her with a hammer on Broadway, the Ulster County District Attorney’s Office said Friday. William Knox Jr., also known as Billy Knox, 54, of Kingston, is charged with attempted murder, attempted assault, assault …See the Story
Kingston man charged with attempted murder, accused of beating woman with hammer
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Kingston, New York · KingstonSHAWANGUNK, N.Y. — Whoever wrote “TRUMP” in white lettering that spanned the entire width of a stretch of state Route 52 could face a misdemeanor charge of making graffiti, authorities said Friday. In a statement, the state Department of Transportation said it “works to remove or cover up graffiti as quickly as practicable and reports incidents of defacement of our infrastructure to the appropriate law enforcement agencies.” In an email, State T…See the Story
Large ‘TRUMP’ graffiti painted on state Route 52 in Shawangunk
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Joe Biden · KingstonWho says politics isn’t fun? We’ve seldom experienced the thrill of a political roller-coaster like we’ve taken in the last few weeks. For Democrats, especially, it’s been a wild ride. Democrats went from worry, before the debate; to dismay, after the debate; to despair, after the Trump assassination attempt; to relief, after President Biden announced he was stepping aside; to euphoria, after he endorsed Kamala Harris. As Melanie Mason noted in …See the Story
Bill Press: Thanks to Biden, America finally has a chance to save itself
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Kingston, New York · KingstonKINGSTON, N.Y. — More than one-fifth of 391 bridges in Ulster County were listed as in poor shape in 2023, according to a report released Thursday by the state Comptroller’s Office. According to the report, “The Condition of Locally Owned Bridges in New York State, An Infrastructure Update,” 81 of the 391 bridges, or 20.7%, were considered by the Federal Highway Administration to be in poor condition that year. Of those, 63 of the more than 15…See the Story
More than one-fifth of Ulster’s bridges in poor condition, state report says
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