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KINGSTON, NY — The day after Election Day, residents of the City of Kingston unified in a peaceful walk for Black lives, and a celebration of America’s democracy and the ongoing presidential election. The Wednesday Walks 4 Black Lives began back in early June and have been occurring biweekly in […]
Arlo Guthrie is incredibly talented. I’ve known him for years and interviewed him countless times. As the son of Woody Guthrie, he is one of the few sons who may be better known than his famous father. Of course, when Woody was around, we didn’t have the media outlets that […]
New Yorkers looking for a socially distanced scare this season are in luck as the annual Haunted Capitol tours will still be held virtually each week leading up to Halloween. The New York State Office of General Services will be hosting these virtual ghost stories at 1 p.m. this Thursday, […]
Joseph L. Bruno, the former New York State Senate majority leader and champion for the Capital Region, has died at 91. Bruno not only served as a state senator, he also served in the Army as an infantry sergeant in the Korean War, and was a prominent local businessman. “When […]
The September Meeting of the New York State Board of Regents got started with a jolt of enthusiasm — the announcement of the 2021 Teacher of the Year and the awarding of the Marge A. Tierney Memorial Scholarship. The New York State Teacher of the Year award went to Jennifer […]
The head of the State University of New York has stepped down after less than three years of service. Kristina Johnson, who took the helm of the 64-campus SUNY system in September 2017, made the announcement Wednesday. She is leaving SUNY to serve as the president of the Ohio State […]
The front-runner for the Green Party’s 2020 presidential nomination, Howie Hawkins, has selected Angela Walker as his running mate. Walker, a truck driver from South Carolina, is a veteran labor and racial justice activist and has twice previously run for office as an independent socialist. “I’ve known Angela since 2014. […]
State Sen. Jen Metzger, D-Rosendale, will hold a series of informational online livestream videos in collaboration with experts geared toward informing Hudson Valley and Catskills residents about the novel coronavirus outbreak. The schedule for the series is every Tuesday and Thursday at 5 p.m. for the next four weeks and […]