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Gimmer Shelter

Woman Looking for $500 Room in Hudson Valley Must Be High or Something

Local Facebook users reacted with disbelief yesterday evening as they came across a post by 24-year-old Jen McPherson reading:  “Lost my digs… long story, cops were involved, let me just …

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Late Capitalism

Employers Complain of Trouble Filling Openings for Dead-End, Low-Paying Jobs

Phillip Pollizzi, 52, started his first pizzeria in Newburgh in 1978. Today, he owns eight restaurants in the Mid-Hudson Valley and Western Massachusetts. Like most restauranteurs, he says he’s had …

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Gimmer Shelter / The Plague

Unvaccinated Ulster Residents to Be Relocated to Ellenville

“You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink,” said County Executive Ryan K. Patrick. “Those who decide not to receive these safe and effective vaccines can’t be allowed to circulate among the productive members of society. Therefore, we have made the choice to relocate them to Ellenville.”

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The Plague

Deemed Essential, New Paltz’s Blue Moon Re-Opens for ‘Corona Cuties’ Night, Featuring Masked Dancers

NEW PALTZ- While restaurants, bars, hair salons and clothing shops remain shuttered in this Hudson Valley college town, one of the first businesses to close plans to re-open tonight: Blue …

Deemed Essential, New Paltz’s Blue Moon Re-Opens for ‘Corona Cuties’ Night, Featuring Masked Dancers Read More
Ordinary is Extraordinary

Religious Groups, Hopeless Romantics Laud Return of Courtship in Age of Social-Distancing

With each day bringing news of more deaths, higher unemployment and further extension of lockdowns with no end in sight, it’s only natural to search for a silver lining. Some …

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The Life of the Mind

Local Newspaper Comments Section Offers Another Edifying Discourse 

KINGSTON- The online comments section of a local newspaper provided another example of nuanced and subtle debate that, while not settling the matter in question fully, nevertheless served to illuminate …

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Behind the Wheel

Kingston Potholes to Be Preserved as Wetlands Habitat 

KINGSTON- Sweeping new EPA regulations  announced earlier today would protect Kingston’s potholes as “lush oases of amphibian life in an urban setting.” As a result of the regulations, the 745 …

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Gimmer Shelter / Late Capitalism

Hip Kingston Shop Accused of Bias Against Locals 

KINGSTON- A hip new boutique/co-working space/bookstore/artisanal butcher shop is coming under fire by critics who accuse it of displaying bias against local residents. The furor erupted this weekend when Jessica …

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Dystopia Now

Breaking: Kingston Announces Harsh New Snow Ordinance

  KINGSTON- With a large winter storm on the way, City of Kingston officials issued a tough new policy that will surely ruffle the feathers of city motorists. Abelard began …

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Gimmer Shelter

Win-win: Kingston to house priced-out residents of crime-ridden neighborhood in former jail

In a move touted as a “win-win” by local officials, residents of Midtown Kingston who have been subject to rising rents due to gentrification and a spike in crime this …

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  • Kingston Rebuilds Stockade to Keep Out Potentially Infectious TouristsKingston Rebuilds Stockade to Keep Out Potentially Infectious Tourists
  • New Paltz Markers Commemorate Historic Drug Trips New Paltz Markers Commemorate Historic Drug Trips 
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