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How the Catskills Remember 9/11

Ram Singal was writing an email in the World Trade Center’s North Tower at 8:46 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, when the building shook. At first, he thought an earthquake had struck. Then the building shook again. Singal, a Port Authority project manager who had developed a structural integrity inspection program for the complex, knew […]

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Leavitt: I like to speak the truth

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Books On Books Collection – Ricky Jay

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Books On Books Collection – Ricky Jay

The Magic Magic Book (1994) The Magic Magic Book : An Inquiry into the Venerable History & Operation of the Oldest Trick Conjuring Volumes, Designated ‘Blow Books’ … (1994) Ricky Jay et al. Blue silk clamshell box decorated with red and silver metallic playing card motif, housing two softcover casebound and sewn volumes. Box: H270 […]

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Text • Taegan Goddard

RFK Jr. Uses Military Aircraft as He Campaigns for GOP

“Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was given access to military aircraft for his travels across the country, including as part of Republicans’ push ahead of the midterm elections,” the Washington Post reports.

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Crucifixion, 1492 #highrenaissance #michelangelo

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Woman and child in front of a farm, 1899 #pietmondrian #impressionism

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RFK Jr: Trump has kept every single promise that he's made

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RFK Jr: Trump told me he wanted safe food for all Americans

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RFK Jr on Trump: He is a self-effacing man of superior intelligence, of empathy and compassion, with an encyclopedic grasp of the issues in molecular detail

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Text • Isabella Schoonover

Woodstock Activist Helps Lead 207-Mile March Against Animal Testing

Hundreds of animal rights activists are expected to participate in a 14-day, 207-mile March to Abolish Animal Testing beginning Sept. 12, according to organizers. The march will take participants from Albany to Marshall BioResources in North Rose, a Wayne County company that breeds beagles, cats, ferrets, and minipigs for medical, veterinary, and pharmaceutical research. Woodstock […]

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Text • Mia Quick

$500,000 Grant Expands Free Tech Help Across Hudson Valley

A $500,000 state grant will expand free, one-on-one technology assistance across the Hudson Valley, including at libraries in Ulster and Greene counties. The grant from Empire State Development’s ConnectALL Office was awarded to the Westchester Library System to recruit and train workers for the Digital Navigators of the Hudson Valley program. Digital navigators help residents […]

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Text • Connor Greco

Windham Planning Board Moves Forward With Mountain Club’s Luxury Hotel Plan

The three members of the Windham Planning Board eligible to vote on the Windham Mountain Club’s proposed 26-room luxury hotel unanimously moved the project forward last week despite continued concerns from area hoteliers. At a Planning Board meeting on Thursday, Sept. 3, board Chair Lisa Jaeger, member Nate Holdridge, and alternate John O’Neill passed a […]

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Text • Connor Greco

In Maplecrest, Ceramicists Find Their Shape in Clay

Catskill-based artist Eileen Sackman has worked with ceramics for more than 25 years, making plates, cups, vases, and other pieces. Many prominently feature endangered animals. “It’s anywhere from near-threatened to endangered or extinct animals,” she said. “I take a percentage of the sales that I do and I donate them every month to a rhino […]

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Text • Isabella Schoonover

Saugerties Calls on State to Fund PFAS Treatment at Closed Landfills

Saugerties Town Supervisor Fred Costello has signed a letter calling on the state to regulate and help fund the treatment of PFAS in leachate from closed landfills. Leachate, sometimes called “garbage water,” is a toxic liquid created when rainwater filters through waste in landfills. It can carry PFAS and other contaminants into nearby streams, rivers, […]

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Text • Isabella Schoonover

Woodstock Activist Helps Lead 207-Mile March Against Animal Testing

Hundreds of animal rights activists are expected to participate in a 14-day, 207-mile March to Abolish Animal Testing beginning Sept. 12, according to organizers. The march will take participants from Albany to Marshall BioResources in North Rose, a Wayne County company that breeds beagles, cats, ferrets, and minipigs for medical, veterinary, and pharmaceutical research. Woodstock […]

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Text • Mia Quick

$500,000 Grant Expands Free Tech Help Across Hudson Valley

A $500,000 state grant will expand free, one-on-one technology assistance across the Hudson Valley, including at libraries in Ulster and Greene counties. The grant from Empire State Development’s ConnectALL Office was awarded to the Westchester Library System to recruit and train workers for the Digital Navigators of the Hudson Valley program. Digital navigators help residents […]

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Text • Connor Greco

Windham Planning Board Moves Forward With Mountain Club’s Luxury Hotel Plan

The three members of the Windham Planning Board eligible to vote on the Windham Mountain Club’s proposed 26-room luxury hotel unanimously moved the project forward last week despite continued concerns from area hoteliers. At a Planning Board meeting on Thursday, Sept. 3, board Chair Lisa Jaeger, member Nate Holdridge, and alternate John O’Neill passed a […]

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Text • Connor Greco

In Maplecrest, Ceramicists Find Their Shape in Clay

Catskill-based artist Eileen Sackman has worked with ceramics for more than 25 years, making plates, cups, vases, and other pieces. Many prominently feature endangered animals. “It’s anywhere from near-threatened to endangered or extinct animals,” she said. “I take a percentage of the sales that I do and I donate them every month to a rhino […]

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Text • Isabella Schoonover

Saugerties Calls on State to Fund PFAS Treatment at Closed Landfills

Saugerties Town Supervisor Fred Costello has signed a letter calling on the state to regulate and help fund the treatment of PFAS in leachate from closed landfills. Leachate, sometimes called “garbage water,” is a toxic liquid created when rainwater filters through waste in landfills. It can carry PFAS and other contaminants into nearby streams, rivers, […]

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New, 50-ton Volvo EC500 Electric excavator never needs charging

Volvo designed the 50-ton class EC500 Electric to deliver the same performance as the diesel-powered EC500 the brand’s customers know and love – but saying that is one thing. Proving it? That’s another thing, entirely.

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