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Oklahoma woman pleads guilty in fatal Newburgh drunk driving crash
According to court records, Nicole Hoke crashed into another car on Route 9W in June, resulting in the death of 61-year-old Laura Chavez-Aralos from Kingston and causing serious injuries to another individual.
Kingston begins approval process to secure school zone speed cameras
KINGSTON – The City of Kingston has taken the first step in what could be a lengthy process to ask the state for permission to establish a school speed zone camera program. Mayor Steven Noble outlined the demonstration program that is underway in New York City, Albany and Syracuse to the common council’s Public Safety and Government Committee Wednesday evening.
Peter Shapiro to Manage Historic Bearsville Theater in Woodstock
Peter Shapiro has added another room to his ever-expanding portfolio of classic venues, inking a long-term lease to manage and program the historic Bearsville Theater in Woodstock, NY.Michael Lang, Woodstock Co-Creator, Dies at 77 Situated in the Hudson Valley’s bucolic Catskills region, the storied theater was built in 1989 to accompany the Bearsville Studios, where artists including Patti Smith, The Rolling Stones, REM and The Pretenders recorded with Bearsville leading artist manager/entrepreneur Albert Grossman. Shapiro will manage the venue through his firm Dayglo Presents, which owns and operates the Brooklyn Bowl in New York, Las Vegas, Philadelphia and Nashville, along with the...
Town of Ulster loses three police officers to Kingston
Three officers with the Town of Ulster Police Department resigned late last month after taking positions with the City of Kingston Police Department, where they were able to earn more money. Officers Jacob Studt, Dakoda Wagner and Noah Kight submitted their letters of resignation over a three-day period in late...
Two arrested Ulster following traffic stop
TOWN OF ULSTER – Two Massena residents were arrested on the evening of April 18 following a traffic stop on Washington Avenue in the Town of Ulster. Ulster Sheriff’s deputies arrested Caleb Wagstaff, 21, and 25-year-old Caroline Dominique. Wagstaff was charged with the misdemeanors of drug possession and...
Woodstock merges Earth Day Fair, townwide volunteer cleanup
If you happened to be in downtown Woodstock around midday last Saturday, you will have noticed many small posses of people — mostly teenagers — wearing bright reflective vests and carrying trash bags, out doing good for their community. Earth Day weekend is the traditional time for a spring cleanup of public spaces as well as informational fairs on environmental topics, and this year’s was the first time that these two efforts in Woodstock were coordinated.
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