Zena Homes advanced through two Town of Ulster reviews this week after the Planning Board issued a negative declaration for the proposed subdivision and the Zoning Board of Appeals denied a challenge from the Woodstock Land Conservancy. The Planning Board voted Tuesday to determine that the controversial project in the towns of Woodstock and Ulster […]

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In the winter of 2020-21, some of the world’s leading mountaineers converged on K2, the world’s second-highest mountain in the Karakoram mountain range between Pakistan and China, in pursuit of a feat widely considered nearly impossible: reaching its summit in winter. “The Last First: Winter K2,” a new documentary from Amir Bar-Lev, follows Icelandic climber […]

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Levon Helm Studios sued musician Amy Helm and seven other defendants in federal court Monday, alleging that she used company money to support her personal life and music career, concealed financial transactions from other shareholders, and caused the Woodstock venue to sustain at least $2 million in damages. The lawsuit also alleges that Amy Helm, […]

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An Ulster County man is charged in a July hit-and-run crash in Saugerties that killed a Mount Marion motorcyclist, the New York State Police said. Chase Godwin, 24, of the hamlet of Wallkill, reported to the state police barracks in Kingston on Aug. 7 and was charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting […]

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Nimble Roots Farm was having a successful first season. Farmers Christine and Fabio Ritmo were selling their produce at local farmers’ markets and had opened a storefront with another Catskill farm.  Then the farm flooded. The Ritmos arrived at their Cauterskill Road farm in Catskill, about a 20-minute drive to Haines Falls, on the morning […]

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The Saugerties Artists Studio Tour will be held Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 8 and 9, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days. With 46 artists participating, it will be the largest in the history of the annual event. Founded in 2002 with eleven participating artists, the tour was first organized by landscape painter Nancy […]

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The Hudson River School, one of the United States’ first true artistic movements, grew out of the beauty of the Catskill Mountains. Yet much of the art used to characterize the period was painted by men. A new exhibit at the Mountain Top Historical Society seeks to challenge this, showcasing female artists painting the Catskills […]

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Shandaken received a $60,000 grant to continue its participation in a federal program that reduces flood insurance costs for property owners, officials announced at the town’s board meeting on Monday. The town will use the money to climb the Community Rating System, a tiered system that rewards communities for good floodplain management, said Deputy Town […]

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Work began in late July on a $1 million restoration of Broadstreet Hollow, a Catskills stream that feeds New York City’s water supply, in an effort to slow erosion, reduce the fine sediment that clouds the water downstream and improve habitat for fish and other aquatic life. The project covers about 1,300 linear feet of […]

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Editor’s note: This story contains explicit language that some readers may find offensive. A Hunter Fire Company lieutenant and fierce critic of local government quit after a profanity-laced roadside argument with Village Mayor Alan Higgins over whether to close a flooded stretch of Main Street as a July 29 storm dumped eight inches of rain […]

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Work on a $1.2 million restoration of the historic Platte Clove Bridge will likely begin next year, leaving residents of the hamlet of Platte Clove without access to the lower section of Platte Clove Road for the 2027 season, officials said. Officials confirmed the timeline at a public information session at Hunter Town Hall on […]

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Inside the entrance to Chris Evers’ used bookstore on Partition Street in Saugerties is posted “A Doctor’s Advice.” It is from Dr. Seuss: “Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks.” “Is this good advice?” I asked him. “It’s good advice for my customers,” he said. Evers’ Our […]

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Saugerties honored Augusta Savage, the acclaimed Harlem Renaissance sculptor who lived there for 15 years, with a day celebrating her legacy that included a documentary, a slide show about her upstate life, readings of two of her unpublished short stories — and a mention of the chicken-foot soup she served to neighborhood children. An Orpheum […]

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Three state forest rangers cover one of the most heavily hiked corners of New York, down from five, and local police and fire crews are reaching hikers before the rangers do, Hunter officials said last week. The officials called on the state Department of Environmental Conservation to assign more rangers to Greene County, citing the […]

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Bangkok Market, the Thai pop-up eatery on Woodstock’s Dixon Avenue that said it drew 3 ½-hour wait times when it opened July 10 for a month-long run, shut down 12 days early last week after running into financial and staffing difficulties. Award-winning Brooklyn chef Elizabeth Calvo, who was born in Thailand, said on Wednesday morning […]

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A 12-year-old died Friday night after being ejected from a utility terrain vehicle and pinned beneath it in Maplecrest, in a crash that injured three other children, the Greene County Sheriff’s Office said Saturday. Deputies responded  near 84 County Route 56, also known as Big Hollow Road, in the Windham hamlet of Maplecrest at around […]

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The tennis was over, and the eggs were nearly gone. Marco Benevento sat at the kitchen table with his wife, KT, working through the last of breakfast, with a flight to Alabama in the morning and, between now and then, a day in the studio. Getting there means crossing the yard, and crossing the yard […]

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The solar-powered Solaris slips away from the Hudson River Maritime Museum’s dock, glides through the Rondout Creek, and heads toward the Hudson River. Wearing a flowing white gown, HariPrakaash sits on the boat’s floor before a large gong. She teaches Kundalini yoga, meditation, and gong sound healing, and during the summer she brings her practice […]

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Mountain Top Library Director Jaki Elmo and Town Historian Diann “Dede” Terns-Thorpe joined town residents Carol Dale and Lisa DiNino Nemerson last week at the library in Tannersville, narrowing a final list of historical properties in the village for an ongoing project to map the history of the town of Hunter.  The session was the […]

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Hurley Ambulance Service, a 24-hour paid operation rolled out in November after months of delays to augment volunteers, has cut emergency response times to under three minutes, according to service President Mathew Sirni. “It was not at all uncommon that people were waiting 15 minutes, 20 minutes, just to find out that there was an […]

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The Pine Hill Community Center was filled with movement, music and color on Saturday, celebrating unity and Native American and African heritage as the cultural center behind the event prepares to dissolve after more than two decades with the retirement of its founder. Organized by the Big Indian Native American Cultural Center and sponsored by […]

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The Hunter Town Board voted unanimously on Tuesday to authorize Supervisor Sean Mahoney to send a letter to Greene County asking to lower speed limits on a section of Platte Clove Road from 40 miles per hour to 30. The vote followed a nearly 20-minute discussion on safety concerns on the roughly 9.6 mile road, […]

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The Town Board voted unanimously on Thursday, July 23, to pass a resolution pledging to help alleviate the ongoing housing crisis, the first in a series of steps toward certification under the state’s Pro-Housing Communities Program. State officials use the term to describe a market in which supply has not kept pace with demand, pushing […]

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The full 203-acre property is listed at just under $3 million.

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Musician Amy Helm broke her silence on the intra-family dispute over Levon Helm Studios, accusing her stepmother’s advisors of executing a coordinated financial shakedown. “The hustlers who think they can manipulate her and further cash in on my father’s legacy will be exposed,” Helm, 55, said in a statement posted to social media Thursday. “Their […]

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The town of Hunter declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, July 29, after flash floods left multiple roads impassable and forced some residents to boil their water. The emergency, in effect for at least one day, followed rainfall that caused “significant flooding, hazardous roadway conditions, road closures, and damage to public infrastructure throughout portions […]

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Four teenagers guided their pigs around a show ring at the Greene County Youth Fair last weekend, trying to keep the animals moving while giving judge Nick Kron a clear view from every angle. Robert Pautz, 16, of Coxsackie, won the showmanship award with Stripe, his nearly 3-month-old Hampshire cross. “You have a whip in […]

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Three Windham hotels are urging the town Planning Board to reject Windham Mountain Club’s proposal for a 26-room luxury hotel, citing low occupancy rates at existing hotels and arguing the town doesn’t need more lodging. The owners of Wylder, Christman’s Windham House, and Albergo Allegria submitted letters to the Planning Board after the club introduced […]

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Donald Trump may be Democrats’ most immediate political challenge. Their most consequential long-term struggle may be within their own party. From New York City to Michigan, Colorado to Maine, Democrats are engaged in a fierce struggle over who will define the party’s future. Is it the progressive left, energized by democratic socialists and grassroots organizers? […]

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Not Fade Away has reopened in Woodstock after eight months without a storefront, giving the music-inspired retailer its 11th local home in 35 years. The shop opened this month at 5 Tannery Brook Road, steps from Tinker Street and next to a municipal parking lot. “We’re back,” co-owner Marty Leffer said. Leffer and co-owner Lindsey […]

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