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Woodstock redesignated its Bear Task Force as a five-member BearWise Committee that will advise the town on bear awareness, public education, and conflict prevention. The town board named the committee’s members at a business meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 18. They are Woodstock Supervisor Anula Courtis, Rachel Jackson, John Milo, Hannah Birenz, and Iris Permenter. The […]

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The Phoenicia Festival of the Arts will introduce a film festival during its fourth annual celebration, expanding the three-day event’s lineup of visual art, music, performances, poetry, and community programs. Events will take place along Phoenicia’s Main Street and at the Phoenicia Playhouse from Aug. 21 to 23. Christina Varga, the festival’s founder and producer […]

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Of all the things I thought the Trump administration would cause to enter the public lexicon, I certainly did not have screwworms on my list. If you somehow haven’t heard of this, screwworms are actually a fly that lays its eggs by burrowing into the flesh of other animals. Those animals are mostly cattle, sometimes […]

Phoenicia will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its landmark cast-iron eagle with a parade, ceremony, live music, and conservation programs on Aug. 22. Eagle Day will begin with a parade along Main Street at 11 a.m. on Saturday before moving to the eagle statue at the intersection of state Routes 28 and 214 for a […]

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Grandcamp, Evening, 1885 #seurat #georgesseurat

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The Hunter Town Board fully renewed Haines Falls Auto Service and Sales Inc.’s junkyard and scrap facility licenses on Aug. 11 after the owner met a series of conditions imposed in June.  The board had granted owner Rory France conditional renewals in June after neighbors complained that the business had become an eyesore and was […]

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The village of Hunter narrowly passed a ban on dumpsters and other exterior refuse containers on residential properties on Aug. 17, citing aesthetic and safety concerns.  Trustee Jason DiLeo and Mayor Alan Higgins voted for the Village of Hunter Refuse Control Law. Trustee Benjamin Sommers voted against it. The measure applies to large metal, wood, […]

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Hariklia Koundourakis boasts that her kourabiedes are the best.  The soft, buttery cookies, similar to shortbread, are made with ground almonds and dusted with powdered sugar. The popular dessert dates back to the early Ottoman Empire, with variations of the treat existing in countries across the Mediterranean and Western Asia. Koundourakis uses her mother’s recipe. […]

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Fara San Martino, Abruzzi, 1928 #surrealism #mcescher

There are specific rules for dirt bikes and ATVs in NYS. City of Poughkeepsie Police are cracking down on illegal riding, unregistered vehicles and reckless operators. Continue reading…

GEO Group made the donation weeks after securing two five-year immigration detention-center contracts expected to generate more than $160 million annually.

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer called on the Postal Service to restore operations at the West Kill post office, which has been closed for 19 months following an electrical fire.  “The West Kill Post Office is more than a place to pick up and drop off mail,” said Schumer, a Democrat, in a statement on Aug. […]

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“Natalie Harp’s intimate letters to Donald Trump are being revealed in full for the first time—showing her spilling her heart, and saying she is ‘unworthy’ of him,” the Daily Beast reports. Writes Harp: “You are all that matters to me. I don’t want to ever let you down.”

“Justice Department investigators have sought to interview law enforcement officials related to the FBI search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate as part of a Florida-based inquiry aiming to establish a conspiracy against the Republican president,” the Associated Press reports.

New York Times: “President Trump this week promised an ‘economic D-Day’ against Iran, a ‘crushing’ operation to ‘cripple’ Iran. The U.S. clampdown is formidable, a combination of wartime destruction, a naval blockade and sanctions that have already put the Iranian economy under more pressure than its regime has experienced in decades.” “But between the lines […]

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“President Donald Trump publicly reconciled Thursday with Michael Cohen, his former fixer who became a key prosecution witness against him, calling into Cohen’s radio show and podcast to argue that the criminal cases they once bitterly fought over were products of political weaponization — while using the platform to reprise familiar talking points about Iran […]