Numerous roads still closed
Here’s the latest list of closed roads from the Ulster County Executive’s Office. ROAD CLOSURE LIST Updated 9/2/11 @ 1800 Denning: County Line – Sundown between Grassy Rd And Ridge Ln...
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Joe Venditti and Danielle Bliss of Ulster Park make a point of taking the long route to work. The two Esopus natives who did their time in prestigious art schools such as NYU School of Visual Arts and...
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Port Ewen man’s Facebook page gets thumbs-ups with every storm
Port Ewen resident Alex Marra has been a weather zealot since grammar school, indulging in a passion so consuming that it amounts to hours of attention per day, and so expansive that a simple Facebook...
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Wurts Street Bridge: A span with no future?
(Phyllis McCabe) It will take more than a paint job to restore the rust-encrusted, bumpy old Rondout Creek bridge between Kingston and Port Ewen, state officials say. Despite its dilapidated look, the...
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Deadly déjà vu
A memorial to Derek Wood. (Photo by Phyllis McCabe) On Nov. 30, 1994, Paul DeGraff Jr., then 23, spent a Wednesday evening drinking beer, doing shots and shooting darts with his league buddies at a bar...
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Work on Rondout Creek Bridge expected next spring
(Phyllis McCabe) Bids for painting, paving and repairing the long-neglected, rust-encrusted, bumpy (old) Rondout Creek Bridge will be advertised on Sept, 19, officials announced this week. “This will...
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Common Council, towns of Esopus and Ulster election results
Steve Schabot. There were some tight races and there’ll be some new faces on Kingston’s Common Council come 2014. According to unofficial results Tuesday night, council Minority Leader Deb Brown will...
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Port Ewen man to fight world champion Brazilians in UFC competition
Keith “Shabang-Bang” Berish after a victory at the Tropicana recently. “Ground ’em and pound ’em” is Keith “Shabang-Bang” Berish’s strategy for how he’s going to take out his opponent in his first...
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St. Cabrini Home sells, to become international school
Win Morrison and Regina Doi. (Photo: Dan Barton) Local realtor Win Morrison and educator Regina Doi had a dual purpose on their minds for their visit to Old Dutch Church on Thursday, July 24. One was...
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Wurts Street Bridge to close 7 a.m. Monday, Aug. 4
(Phyllis McCabe) A historic bridge in downtown Kingston will get a badly needed facelift — and area drivers an unwelcome headache — in the coming months as work begins on the venerable span connecting...
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