KINGSTON, N.Y. A newly released database of Ulster County employee salaries compiled by the Ulster County Comptroller’s Office shows the county’s psychiatrist James Standafer earned far more than any other county employee in 2022. The database, called the Ulster County Public Pay Dashboard, shows that Standafer, who works in the county’s Mental Health Department, […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. Environmental Education and Sustainability Coordinator Julie Noble has proposed developing a community fund to acquire parcels in the city for the purposes of conservation. Noble presented the plan at a Laws and Rules Committee meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 16. She said the funding would be derived from a tax on property sales that […]
KINGSTON, N.Y. – The Burning of Kingston, complete with British soldiers and American militia re-enactors firing off muskets, is set to return this October, six years after the last time militia re-enactors participated. The event will return to the city on Friday, Oct. 13, Saturday, Oct. 14 and Sunday, Oct. 15, according to Mayor Steve […]
After years of outdoor performances due to the pandemic, the Phoenicia Playhouse finally reopens its doors for indoor shows, starting with "The Addams Family."
Menorah at Academy Green Uptown
A large menorah at Academy Green Park in Kingston, N.Y., put up by the Jewish group Chabad of Ulster County, is shown on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, just a few hours before the beginning of Hanukkah. The eight-day holiday ends at nightfall on Friday, Dec. 18.
Menorah at Academy Green Governor Clinton