Shandaken’s Planning Board voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a 50-foot wireless tower at the Big Indian-Oliverea Fire Department, addressing a service gap in the area. The tower will provide Verizon service within 0.4 miles of the firehouse at 8 Firehouse Rd. Customers of other carriers will be able to use the network for emergency 911 […]

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The Onteora Board of Education backed a proposal Tuesday that would give students in grades 3 through 5 the option of taking state tests with paper and pencil rather than on computers. The measure was one of three New York State School Boards Association resolutions endorsed by the Onteora board. The proposals could be added […]

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Shandaken Chief of Ambulance Services Richard Muellerleile is retiring after nearly 15 years in the role to focus on his family and family business, Star Gas Products. Deputy Chief Mike Williams will serve as interim chief. Muellerleile, who also served as a town firefighter and worked as an EMS coordinator for Ulster County, announced his […]

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Ulster County and Bard College have installed 17 street-level air quality monitors at libraries, town halls, and other community hubs, creating a countywide network intended to give residents more localized information about the air they breathe. Most air quality measurements come from rooftop EPA monitors in densely populated areas. The project seeks to fill gaps […]

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To say that New York State Forest Ranger Rob Dawson wears many hats is an understatement. Aside from his olive-green and black baseball cap, several helmets hang from the roof of his black Ford F-250, including a wildland firefighting helmet, a swift-water rescue helmet, a rock-climbing helmet, a snowmobile helmet, and a chainsaw helmet with […]

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Eight injured veterans traveled to Windham last week for three days of biking, kayaking, and community through the Adaptive Sports Foundation’s Warriors in Motion program. The program, hosted by Windham’s Adaptive Sports Foundation, ran from June 23 to June 25, with a schedule that included biking, kayaking, volleyball, kickball, and more. Founded in 1984, the […]

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Dawn Neal-Ellsworth, a longtime Woodstock Rescue Squad volunteer who rose to captain and kept responding to emergencies while battling cancer, died Wednesday, July 1, at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla. She was 51. Neal-Ellsworth was captain of Woodstock Fire Department Company 5, better known as the Woodstock Rescue Squad, where she had served for more […]

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As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence this weekend with baseball, barbecues, trips to the beach, and even a World Cup tournament, local residents say a celebration of patriotism is proving complicated. Political ideologies have splintered voters. Conflict in the Middle East is resonating worldwide. Gas prices have jumped […]

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Inside the Mountain Top Historical Society’s 1913 train station in Haines Falls on Saturday, June 27, Greene County Historian Jonathan Palmer described a past often hidden in scattered records: the lives of enslaved people whose labor helped shape Greene County and the Catskills. Palmer, who is also the Ulster County archivist, spoke to a packed […]

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Celebrate the holiday weekend with fireworks after the annual Saugerties Stallions fireworks baseball game, start a new tradition at Phoneicia’s touch-a-truck bazaar, or attend a foot-stomping tribute to Woody Guthrie in Woodstock. Those are just some of the plans during a jam-packed slate of events to mark American’s 250th birthday this weekend. It’s also worth […]

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The Ashokan Center has received a $145,000 state grant to help design a new arts and education lodge at its 385-acre campus in Olivebridge. The grant was awarded June 2 through the New York State Council on the Arts’ Capital Projects Fund, which distributed $82.2 million to 132 nonprofit arts and cultural organizations across New […]

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George Washington took the oath of office as the first president of the United States on April 30, 1789. Administering the presidential oath on that spring day in New York City was Robert R. Livingston; the same Robert Livingston whose family owned and controlled vast land holdings in the Hudson Valley, including what we now […]

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The Community Foundation of Saugerties was awarded a $605,000 state grant for an environmentally friendly, accessible splash pad at Cantine Field, advancing a long-running effort to expand free recreation in town. The grant, announced Tuesday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, will help pay for a splash pad planned next to the kiddie pool at Cantine Field. […]

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Two Hunter-Tannersville students will share the title role in “Matilda the Musical,” which opens Thursday, July 2, at the Orpheum Performing Arts Center in Tannersville. The musical, based on the 1988 Roald Dahl novel, will be staged at 6 p.m. Thursday, followed by performances at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Friday, July 3, and a […]

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