KINGSTON, N.Y. Ulster County lawmakers voted 17-5 to approve creating children’s mental health clinics in Kingston and Ellenville this week after a motion seeking to delay the vote was narrowly defeated. County Executive Jen Metzger said the two locations would be at the new Ulster County Center for Well-Being at 368 Broadway and the […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. Deborah DeWan has been selected as Ulster County’s first agricultural czar, county Executive Jen Metzger announced Friday, Feb. 16. DeWan began serving in her new role as the county’s agricultural services program administrator on Feb. 5. The new position is part of the Ulster County Agricultural Crisis Relief Program. It was created […]
SHANDAKEN, N.Y. Two Kingston High School honor roll students and athletes were killed Monday in a crash involving three passenger cars and a tractor-trailer on state Route 28 at the intersection of state Route 212, state police said Tuesday. A third student-athlete was injured. At about 8:56 a.m. Monday, Jan. 8, a Volvo tractor-trailer, […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. Ulster County will create two $18 million capital reserve funds, one dedicated toward the construction of a proposed Government Operations Center and the other toward the decarbonization of county buildings and facilities. County Executive Jen Metzger’s office said in a press release that the Ulster County Legislature approved dedicating $36 million of […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. Ulster County Sheriff Juan Figueroa has introduced a “comprehensive rehabilitation program” aimed at reducing recidivism and creating a positive outlook for inmates at the Ulster County Jail. IGNITE, Individually Growing Naturally & Intentionally Through Education, is an initiative of the National Sheriff’s Association and is “reinventing the foundation” of jail culture. “There’s […]