Reincarnating old wood into something chic
The next time you turn up your nose at the sight of a black lacquer dresser from 1984 gleaming in the sun on your neighbor’s lawn, don’t be such a hater. There’s art in them thar drawers. And don’t you dare sneer at that collapsed barn on that overgrown, abandoned plot along your commute. Any...
Bob Cohen and Bob Cohen will be performing duets at Temple Emanuel
Ever Google yourself when you were alone? American standards singer Bob Cohen, 73, of Bethlehem, Pa., has. And just as he expected, he found … Bob Cohen. American standards singer Bob Cohen, also 73, of Kingston. Pennsylvania Bob said that has known of Kingston’s Bob Cohen since the 1960s, admiring his work in folk-revival band...
Family Court’s day care funds cut in half
There is no court filled with bitterness, contempt and consternation more than a family court. Unwitting children are often hostage to the intense dramas in stressed-out families that often explode under pressure. Kids often listen to their mothers recount details of domestic violence experiences. Others are forced to withstand countless accusations and allegations. Some kids...
Queens Galley on the move?
Washington Manor, a Washington Avenue boarding house complex which also houses the Queens Galley soup kitchen, will be completely renovated, restored and developed into what developers say will be a “pre”-assisted living facility.” While those renovations are taking place, developers say Queens Galley is welcome to stay, but it seems the soup kitchen may well...
Chief says Nissen’s impact on community outweighs circumstances of his death
The New York State Police have wrapped up their investigation into the Dec. 9, 2011 car-crash death off-duty Town of Ulster cop and Miller Middle School resource officer Travis Nissen and said alcohol, as well as possible fatigue and inattention, played a role in the crash on Route 28 in Olive. Toxicology results revealed that...
Stink bugs OMG: Annoying insects irk homeowners
They are slow. They are stupid. They look like a cross between a cockroach and a decaying leaf teetering sluggishly across your window sill, like something with the body profile and behavior from an early ’80s Atari game. Squish it, and its meaty guts reek of rotting cilantro. They are moving in, and they aren’t...
Classes inform shoplifters of better choices
If they were going to make a Breakfast Club sequel with eight very different individuals bonding by baring the darkness of their innermost pain, it could be filmed Tuesdays at the Everette Hodge Community Center. The Ulster County YWCA offers a four-week cognitive-behavioral program to help those convicted of shoplifting see the folly of their...
K9 Center offers dogs training, socializing and fun
“If you talk to the animals they will talk to you, and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them, you will not know them … Let them whisper in my ear, and I shall listen.” These are the words of retired veterinarian and canine behavior-training expert, Dr. Karen Garelick of...
Good stuff already popping up at South Pine Street City Farm
Kingston gardeners who like to save their seedlings for the following spring’s plantings just got a huge boost — the South Pine Street City Farm and YMCA are partnering on a new greenhouse to be built at the Midtown YMCA Community Garden. A $5,000 federal Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) grant will help fund...
Kingston Community Radio chats up airwaves for decade
How many not-for-profit community radio stations can broadcast that they have hung in for 10 straight years in an era where amplitude modification radio is on a quaintness level with the Victrola? At least one — Kingston Community Radio airs on WGHQ, 920 on your AM dial, weekdays between 5 and 9 a.m. with the...
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 page devoted to regional weather gained 8,852 fans in approximately one year. “When I was a kid I used to...
Citizens rally to raise funds for movies in parks
If you’re worried that the only sky your kids see anymore is the one in the background of an Angry Birds game on their iPads, then scrape them off the couch and go bowling with the Friends of Kingston Parks and Recreation. The group wants to roll to raise money for Movies Under the Stars...