Lost and found and “liked”
If you are on Facebook and live anywhere in the Hudson Valley, then for the past year your newsfeed may well have contained heart-wrenching home photos of children draped over a patient old terrier, golden Labradors racing across lawns or a vexed-looking striped cat with red-eye from camera flash waiting by the door to be...
KayCee Wimbish takes the city farm’s rake
When one thinks of Kingston, one might think of historical sites and buildings, arts, music, culture, wealthy and downtrodden neighborhoods… “city-type” stuff. But how many think of slow, quiet growing time in a sunny veggie garden? How many people think of John Deere? Or kids playing in the dirt? Urban farmer KayCee Wimbish does. South...
Archdiocese allows both city parochial schools to stay open
It was news a lot of people had been waiting for, and were overjoyed to receive. The New York Archdiocese sent out an electronic “Iris Blue alert” Tuesday evening advising Kingston Catholic school families that they will not be merging Kingston Catholic and St. Joseph’s schools, as they had originally planned. Rather, both will stay...
Uptown farmers’ market moving down a block
The organizers of the Kingston Farmers’ Market have announced a change in venue for the 2013 Uptown edition, slated to open Saturday, May 25. The Uptown market, traditionally held every Saturday on Wall Street between North Front and John streets, with Crafts on John Street every other week, will now move south one block. The...
Soldner’s background, community commitment served city well
Kingston is a mine which bears a thousand diamonds. One such gem was Gerard “Jerry” Soldner, who recently passed away on March 30, survived by his wife of 56 years, Dr. Doris Bridges Soldner, three daughters and five grandchildren. The couple moved into the circa-1740s Cornelius VanBuren house on the corner of Green Street less...
Kids help design Kinderland II
If you could design your very own home and the sky was the limit, what would it include? Indoor pool? Furnished and catalogued library? Replica of a Lower East Side dive bar? Imagine asking kids that same question on a topic extremely important to them: their play space. The Junior League of Kingston did just...
Kingston’s first female plumber recalls pioneer days
Back in the ’80s, single mom and waitress Eileen Kennedy was huddled with her young daughter in a restaurant next door to her freezing cold apartment, trying to warm up from the chill, when she heard a woman talking about how much money she was making working in Manhattan’s Local 638 Steam Fitter Trade Union....
Job-seeking teens crowd Kingston Youth Job Fair
The days of abundant jobs for teens have gone the way of the dodo. Here in 2013, young workers are competing with grownups for the scarce opportunities to earn a paycheck. It’s in this context that the Ulster County Workforce Investment Youth Council hosted their fifth annual job fair Tuesday for kids 16-21. Over 25...
Uptown retailers wary of extending hours
As Uptown Kingston is popping with the opening of a new restaurant every week — each seemingly more remarkable than the next — the question of whether shops should extend their weekday hours and even open on Sundays persists. Many of the shops and restaurants Downtown keep extended summer weeknight and Sunday hours, but Uptown...
Locals have a number of techniques to stay spry until spring
You don’t need a quote from a psychologist to tell you how depressing and de-motivating winter can be, especially in the last few weeks before spring finally hurries up and gets here. Locals are finding all sorts of ways, both physical and mental, to get through the season without losing it completely. One such person...
Old Dutch will introduce its new dominie at its 90th annual George Washington dinner
The Old Dutch Church on Wall Street in Kingston will be hosting its annual sit-down dinner next Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 6:30 p.m. to honor George Washington’s 281st birthday. The centuries-old church will be introducing their new dominie and first female minister, the Rev. Dr. Renee House, who replaces the Rev. Kenneth Walsh, to the...
Joe LaLima sees it all from his Broadway barbershop
Joseph LaLima has had his hands in Kingston people’s heads since 1968. LaLima’s Barbershop is the oldest barbershop on Broadway, neatly tucked in at number 678 for 39 years. And still, $9 hair cuts for men. While some hair-cutting places are just that, places, Kingston is blessed with some great barbershops that serve as community...