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Father and Daughter Hikers Found Dead on Mount Katahdin After Freezing Weather Hike

Freezing Rain · Ulster Park

Father and Daughter Hikers Found Dead on Mount Katahdin After Freezing Weather Hike

69% Center coverage: 13 sources

Both Tim and Esther Keiderling, who went missing Sunday while hiking Mount Katahdin in Maine, have been found dead. Harsh weather and rugged terrain hampered search efforts.See the Story

Kingston’s increased meter enforcement has not yet deterred parking violations, official says

Kingston, New York · Kingston

Kingston’s increased meter enforcement has not yet deterred parking violations, official says

100% Center coverage: 2 sources

KINGSTON, N.Y. — The city says increased parking enforcement this year has brought in more revenue from violations, but officials are not as sure it has reduced the number of drivers violating the city’s parking regulations. City Comptroller John Tuey told lawmakers at the Common Council Finance and Audit Committee’s Wednesday, June 11, meeting that the enforcement has mostly targeted drivers breaking numerous safety violations, including parkin…See the Story

Beans Cat Café in New Paltz provides safe refuge for adoptable cats

Cats · Kingston

Beans Cat Café in New Paltz provides safe refuge for adoptable cats

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — Customers at Beans Cat Café in the village can enjoy their coffee in the company of lovable, adoptable cats. The café opened its doors first in 2020 in Beacon, before founders Jessica and Justin Strika, who live in Highland, opened the second location in New Paltz at 11 Church St. “Originally we had wanted to open in New Paltz first, but it wasn’t working out so we expanded our search a little bit,” Jessica Strika said in an in…Read Article

Kingston received total of $30,000 in cannabis tax revenue after first two quarterly payments

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

KINGSTON, N.Y — The city’s comptroller said the city has taken in a total of $30,000 in cannabis sales tax revenues after its first two quarterly payments, but he expects this figure to jump significantly next year. John Tuey told the Common Council’s Finance and Audit Committee on Wednesday, June 13 the city recieved two quarterly payments of $15,000 each so far, but he noted neither of these included Lucky Green Ladies which opened in mid Febr…Kingston, New York · Kingston Read Article

Hinchey fertility egg-freezing and storage bill passes state Senate

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SAUGERTIES, N..Y. – A bill that would require insurance companies to cover costs of fertility egg-freezing and storage has been favored in the state Senate, according to Senator Michelle Hinchey. Hinchey, D-Saugerties, who sponsored the legislation, said in a Tuesday Instagram posting that the “Advancing Equal Access to Fertility Care Act” had passed the state Senate. She said that the Senate passage was the first-of-its-kind to pass a state l…Senate · Kingston Read Article

Public Service Department claps back at critics of rate hike proposal

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

KINGSTON, N.Y. – The Public Service Department has clapped back on criticism of a joint proposal it agreed to that recommends allowing Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. to raise its gas and electric delivery rates three years in a row. In a 69-page filing with the Public Service Commission, the staff defended its reasoning for agreeing to the joint proposal made between the department and Central Hudson. An evidentiary hearing on the proposal…Kingston, New York · Kingston Read Article

Cartoonist’s take: No Kings, just clowns

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No Kings, Just Clowns by Ratt, PoliticalCartoons.comKingston, New York · Kingston Read Article

Legion baseball: Kingston-Saugerties snaps losing streak at Father’s Day tournament

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

SAUGERTIES, N.Y. — Though it’s early in the season, Kingston-Saugerties American Legion pitcher Brady Reynolds and catcher Jack Neese agreed that the local combined Legion senior baseball team needed something to snap the club out of its doldrums. The combined Kingston Post No. 150 and Lamouree-Hackett Post 72 senior squad went into Saturday morning’s clash against the Rockland Pirates Post 130 club with a three-game losing streak, including two…Baseball · Kingston Read Article

Needles, maggots, feces: Vacated Samadhi Refuge in Saugerties left in state of filth

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SAUGERTIES, N.Y. — When the last residents of Samadhi Refuge vacated the building on Wednesday, June 4, they left behind a building in a shocking state of filth, with heaps of clothing, food, garbage and used hypodermic needles strewn in rooms, animal feces in hallways and packages of rotting meat crawling with maggots, a Freeman tour of the building revealed. In addition to the mountains of garbage that were left behind and will have to be haul…Kingston, New York · Kingston Read Article

Kingston Rent Guidelines Board set to vote

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Ulster trash agency contract with lawmakers still in limbo

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

TOWN OF ULSTER, N.Y. – Working without a contract for the past two weeks has not put an additional strain on the Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency in its daily operations, Executive Director Marc Rider said. The update was provided Friday, one day after the trash agency board put a successor five-year agreement on hold because it had not moved out of the county Legislature’s Energy, Environment and Sustainability Committee. “I’ve said sinc…Kingston, New York · Kingston Read Article

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