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Environment | Kingston Times
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Resistance to proposed new barge anchorages stiff. On Aug 26, 2016. A parking lot. A floating storage facility. A catastrophe waiting to happen. A tourism killer. Those are but a few of the choice descriptions offered Friday, Aug. 19 at a press conference by opponents of a request for 10 new anchorages outside Hudson River communities including Kingston, Highland, Milton, Port Ewen and Newburgh and going. Tappan Zee bridge build puts sturgeon under stress. On Aug 22, 2016. On Feb 4, 2016. On Dec 22, 2015.
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Culture | Kingston Times
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Stimuli of July Provoking images in city’s galleries. On Jul 18, 2016. Residual Tilt, the exhibition of Paul Evans’ small oil paintings on panel currently on view at One Mile Gallery, 475 Abeel St., references the pinball machine in gallery owner Janet Hicks’ kitchen. Pinball is an enclosed game with a rectangular structure and a ball, and every game is different, said Evans, who lives in Los. Dispute arises over transwoman’s use of gym locker room. By Jesse J. Smith. On May 4, 2016. By Jesse J. Smith.
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Community | Kingston Times
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Izzy the cat’s 700-mile journey to Kingston. By Kingston Times staff. On Aug 19, 2016. Cats are indeed creatures of mystery, so we’ll never know exactly how Izzy got from her home all the way in North Carolina to a parking lot of an Ulster Savings Bank branch in Kingston, or what adventures she had in her two years on the run. But she picked the right parking lot, as. Anti-Trump vandalism mystery brings pastor under police scrutiny. On Aug 18, 2016. By Jesse J. Smith. On Aug 8, 2016. By Jesse J. Smith.
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Swanzey-Noble showdown at Finance Committee meeting? | Kingston Times
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Swanzey-Noble showdown at Finance Committee meeting? By Jesse J. Smith. On Jul 15, 2015. Bull; 4:35 pm. Steve Noble. (Photo: Phyllis McCabe). City Director of Economic Development and Strategic Partnerships Gregg Swanzey says he just wants to keep members of the Common Council updated on his effort to untangle apparent problems with seven grants that could, he says, put the city at risk of losing some $342,000. Noble did not return calls seeking comment. But on his campaign’s blog, the candidate said...
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Editorial | Kingston Times
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Editorial: The right thing. By Kingston Times staff. On Jul 27, 2016. It took a law imported all the way from Rochester to do it, but the proposal to turn a Midtown ex-doctor’s office into an indoor shooting range pretty much looks like it’s not going to happen. That’s a good thing. This project never seemed to have much support from the people who would be most. Editorial: A toast to cooperation. On Mar 29, 2016. Editorial: Who will stand for Kingston? On Feb 5, 2016. On Dec 18, 2015. Editor’s not...
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Hugh Reynolds: Ursine urges. On Aug 27, 2016. A fable: Former Shandaken supervisor Neil ( There’s no law west of Boiceville ) Grant and a black bear walk into a bar in Phoenicia. Neilie! The bartender exclaims. Long time no see! Grant died in 1999, but the truth in jest is that bears are getting too close to home. Why, just last week, a frightened. Hugh Reynolds: Center of attention. On Aug 20, 2016. Hugh Reynolds: Donald who? On Aug 14, 2016. Letters: Barge anchorages; high-speed Internet. The public’s ...
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County Beat | Kingston Times
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Hugh Reynolds: Ursine urges. On Aug 27, 2016. A fable: Former Shandaken supervisor Neil ( There’s no law west of Boiceville ) Grant and a black bear walk into a bar in Phoenicia. Neilie! The bartender exclaims. Long time no see! Grant died in 1999, but the truth in jest is that bears are getting too close to home. Why, just last week, a frightened. Hugh Reynolds: Center of attention. On Aug 20, 2016. Hugh Reynolds: Donald who? On Aug 14, 2016. Hugh Reynolds: After the conventions, yuk. On Aug 7, 2016.
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Remembering Wilgus’s general store | Saugerties Times
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Where to get it. Remembering Wilgus’s general store. On Aug 10, 2015. Bull; 6:30 am. Behind the store area was the kitchen, where hot dogs, sausage and sauerkraut were cooked on a huge black stove, and beer was dispensed from kegs in the cellar under the store, brought up to the main floor by an ingenious homemade system of pipes. Henry had opened his general store in 1922, but Wilgus’s was never a speakeasy. He didn’t start serving beer until after Prohibition had ended. On a Saturday night in the summe...
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Taxes flat in proposed library budget | Saugerties Times
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Where to get it. Taxes flat in proposed library budget. On Aug 6, 2015. Bull; 5:00 pm. Photo by Will Dendis). The tax rate is increasing because the total assessed value of Saugerties real estate went down. The proposed $586,507 budget exceeds the current operating budget by $6,710. The library will make up the difference by applying $34,043 from its fund reserve; $9,312 more than it applied from the fund balance last year to balance the books. The cost of the budget vote and elections remains at $775.
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Local History | Saugerties Times
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Where to get it. Michael Sullivan Smith’s A Brief History of Saugerties published. On Jul 28, 2016. It only took 114 years, but Saugerties is finally getting a new hyperlocal history book. Local resident, artist and self-described history enthusiast Michael Sullivan Smith has recently published A Brief History of Saugerties, out now on the History Press. Smith was born in Washington DC and raised in Pennsylvania, and studied art at the Pratt. By Michael Sullivan Smith with Audrey Klinkenberg. The structu...